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Five trains a day between Fort Worth and San Antonio, with intermediate stops in Cleburne, Waco, Round Rock, Austin, and San Marcos. Eventually extend through service to Dallas, but rely on Trinity Railway Express for connecting services in the interim.  Upgrade route for eventual top speed of 125 mph.  Shoot for an average running speed of 88 mph, which would mean approximately three hours from Fort Worth to San Antonio. Push/pull operation. No dinning car!  No sleeping car! No checked bagage. Business class and coach class only. Crew = one engineer, one conductor, one bistro car attendant.  Control access to stations ala BART. Sell 90 per cent of tickets on-line or through automatic ticketing machines at the station, as well as at banks, grocery stores, high volume convenience stores, etc. Charge a 10 per cent penalty for purchasing tickets from a station agent. Shoot for 100 per cent on-line or ticket machine sales in five years. Contract for on-line reservation, ticketing, etc. systems. Don't use government agencies to provide any services.  Provide ample parking and connections with local transit at aforementioned stations. Upgrade station, i.e. heating and air conditioning, restrooms, appearance, etc. Contract for construction and operations; accept bids from lowest effective cost bidder. Require operation to recover operating costs within three years and capital costs within five to seven years.   The I-35 corridor between Dallas/Fort Worth is one of the most congested corridors outside of the NEC and California. This is where the focus should be.  Not the restoration of long distance trains that will never cover their costs!  Eliminate the long distance trains and use the savings to develop corridors similar to the I-35 in Texas as well as others.
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