{"id":331225,"date":"2026-06-10T21:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/331225\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:45:18","slug":"bullet-train-could-drive-billions-of-dollars-for-fort-worth-arlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/331225\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullet train could drive billions of dollars for Fort Worth, Arlington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/dallas\/news\/2026\/06\/09\/bullet-train-could-bring-billion-dollar-boost.html?cx_testId=112&amp;cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&amp;cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:this story and more North Texas business news;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;this story and more North Texas business news&quot;}\" class=\"link \">this story and more North Texas business news<\/a> from our content partners at the Dallas Business Journal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A new study estimates a proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/travel\/dallas-to-houston-bullet-train-route-remains-controversial\/287-7e878c0a-be8f-453b-8f05-39a9f828daed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:high-speed rail line;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;high-speed rail line&quot;}\" class=\"link \">high-speed rail line<\/a> would generate billions of dollars in new property tax revenue for Fort Worth and Arlington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The report, commissioned by Tarrant County&#8217;s two largest cities and completed by AECOM, found that a long-proposed Dallas-to-Houston bullet train could drive approximately $3.3 billion and $4 billion in property tax revenue between 2036 to 2050 to stations in Fort Worth and Arlington, respectively. Fort Worth Report first reported on details of the study.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A proposed downtown Fort Worth station could result in $1.2 billion in annual spending and 19.4 million square feet of new commercial development at full system buildout, according to the analysis. Hotel tax revenue could grow to about $84 million annually and sales tax could rise to $12 million a year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile in Arlington, the analysis projects the train line could generate $1 billion in annual spending, as reported by Fort Worth Report. Hotel tax revenue in the city could increase to $98 million, while another $21 million would come from annual sales tax revenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/dallas\/news\/2026\/06\/09\/bullet-train-could-bring-billion-dollar-boost.html?cx_testId=112&amp;cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&amp;cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Read this story and more North Texas business news from our content partners at the Dallas Business Journal.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,6756],"class_list":["post-331225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-fort-worth-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}