AUSTIN, Texas — Texas state legislators are trying to revive a long-proposed commuter rail service between Austin and San Antonio.
The San Antonio Current reports that 20 state representatives have sent a letter to the chairman of the House Transportation Committee requesting a feasibility study of rail service prior to the 2021 legislative session.
The most recent effort to create rail service between the two cities ended in 2016 when Union Pacific withdrew from an agreement to study the possibility of allowing passenger trains on its route paralleling Interstate 35.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg told the Rivard Report his city would support a new rail project if the state worked with the two cities.
“It has been a priority for this community for almost three decades,” Nirenberg said. “And I’ve always said it will happen once the governor’s office makes it a priority.”
