WFAA Channel 8 ABC TV  from Texas recently went to Japan to view and understand the Shinkansen high speed trains there. This video hits on some excellent points about high speed rail. Highly recommended for Canadians to watch to help understand the basic differences from our current antiquated passenger rail service and modern passenger rail.

Of all the high speed rail projects and plans in America perhaps the best idea comes out of Texas. Texas Central Railway has partnered with Central Japan Railway Co . JR Central has decades of experience in high speed rail. We think that partnership is a very smart move. Texas Central High-Speed Railway is a private, for-profit Texas company, working to bring high-speed, high-tech rail to our great state with a route between Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston in the next ten years with a travel time of 90 minutes. These bullet trains will move at speeds over 200 miles-per-hour and exceed the expectations of every traveler. Texas Central is working closely with JR Central, the internationally respected high-speed passenger rail leader, to utilize the proven N700-I Bullet Train system. About JR Central. JR Central has developed the latest generation of world-class high-speed passenger rail and its Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed rail line has been in operation for nearly 50 years with a per...