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Originally Posted by JManc
Yes and there was actually one years ago and there's been talk about being it back but a lot of politics and red tape.
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Right there was surely rail service in the pre-interstate era, but was there any in the last 50 years?
Looking at the map the key problem is where it would stop in Houston... the current Amtrak stop is not in a great place and not easily accessible anymore from the line to Galveston without re-instating some track.
If I were in charge, I'd move the Houston train station to underneath the UH-Downtown main building (
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7652...7i16384!8i8192 ) , and add a rail connection from approximately here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7666...7i16384!8i8192 to here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7676...7i16384!8i8192
Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I bet a regular rail service between that relocated downtown station and Galveston would actually do quite well (intermediate stops at EaDo, Pecan Park, South Houston, Southpoint / Sam Houston Tollway, Webster, League City, Dickinson, Texas City / La Marque).