Trump administration pulls funding for high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston

Published April 15, 2025 9:46am ET

The Department of Transportation pulled $63.9 million in federal funding for a high-speed rail project between Dallas and Houston.

The Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak canceled the grant that would have funded, in part, private company Texas Central Partners’s route, which links two major Texas cities by high-speed rail. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called the project “a waste of taxpayer funds.”