Rival of Texas bullet train blasts Japanese funding for $15B project

A French competitor of Texas Central Partners LLC is attacking the Dallas-based company for securing a $300 million loan with Japanese backing for the proposed Houston-to-Dallas bullet train project. SNCF America Inc., the Maryland-based arm of the French national railway company, released a statement Sept. 17 questioning whether Texas Central can build a high-speed rail line without public money. Texas Central, a private company, has long said it will not use government funds to pay for...