Ellis County joins suit against ‘bullet train’

The proposed highspeed passenger rail line bisecting Ellis County was once again the target of opposition from the Commissioners’ Court on Tuesday as commissioners agreed to weigh in on a lawsuit challenging it.

Commissioners approved a resolution in support of a friends-ofthe-court brief in the case of James Fredrick Miles v. Texas Central Railroad and Integrated Texas Logistics Inc. The suit is currently on appeal before the Texas State Supreme Court.

County Judge Todd Little said every county between Dallas and Harris counties involved in the rail line routing will join in the brief.

Texas Central Railroad proposes a 90-minute trip via high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston with one stop in the Brazos Valley, while replicating the Japanese “bullet train” system.