DALLAS, TX — Texas Central, developer of the Texas High-Speed Train, announces an agreement with train system installation firm Mass. Electric Construction Co., a subsidiary of Kiewit Corporation. Mass. Electric’s work focuses on installing the core system, critical safety elements that include all necessary power, signaling and communications equipment. The company is the latest addition to the team of partners Texas Central has assembled to build the first true high-speed train in the U.S., which will connect Houston and North Texas in just 90 minutes including one stop in the Brazos Valley.

The core system that will be installed by Mass. Electric is a key component of the N700S Shinkansen technology being deployed for the Texas high-speed train. Using a “complete system approach” means from the beginning everything is designed and engineered to work together as an integrated unit — the trains, the infrastructure and the supporting high-speed rail technologies.

“The Shinkansen total system approach has created performance unparalleled in the industry, having transported over 10 billion people safely,” said Carlos F. Aguilar, CEO of Texas Central. “Marrying the experience of Mass. Electric with the dedication to safety of an integrated system, brings the project one step closer to construction and operation.”

Specifically, under a Core Systems Installation Agreement, Mass. Electric would install the systems that supply and distribute electrical power for running the train and related equipment, signaling and control of the trains, and communications, to ensure the trains, the tracks and operators all communicate with one another and with network operations. Mass. Electric has completed over $4 billion of transportation projects nationwide.