Southern High Speed Rail

Welcome to the Web site of the
Southern High-Speed Rail Commission.
The SHSRC serves the states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, in order to promote passenger rail transportation on a regional basis.

The membership consists of the Governor of each member-state, a representative from each state's Department of Transportation, and five citizen-members appointed by the Governor of each state.

Click Here to view a Fact Sheet about the SHSRC!

Southern High Speed Rail Celebrates 40 years of Amtrak

SHSRC Expense Report
Form September2011

If you have any questions concerning this web site, please contact South Alabama Regional Planning Commission,
Chris Miller, Assistant Executive Director, cmiller@sarpc.org

Southern High-Speed
Rail Commission

Photo of train station by pbo31 on Flickr.

Southern High-Speed Rail Commission Member-States

Alabama Louisiana Mississip ppi

Information on each state concerning membership, funding, participation, the state of passenger
rail, improving rail ridership, the difference between Corridor and Long-Distance Service, and,
special concerns. (PDF files for each state)

Note: The Southern Rapid Rail Transit Commission was renamed Southern High-Speed Rail Commission October 9, 2008.

HR 2095 Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2008,
as enacted by Congress, October 1, 2008

This legislation reauthorizes the Federal Railroad nation’s rail safety program for fiscal
years 2009 through 2013. It also clarifies that the primary mission of the FRA is to ensure
safety on the nation’s railways, creates . . . .

See PDF files: Summary ; Full Text

U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal
Railroa d Administration.
NOTE: No changes have been
made since December 4, 2004

Federal Railroad Administration
Corridor Chronology

Rail-Related Legislation Passed by State
Legislatures in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas

During the Spring, 2009 state legislative sessions in Alabama, Mississippi
and Texas, several rail-related pieces of legislation were signed into law.

The legislation is summarized on the News page of our Web site. PDF files
provide the entire text of each bill.

Go to Southern HSR News page.

Administered by the
South Alabama Regional Planning Commission

SHSRC Congressional Briefing Trip, March 26-28, 2012
L-R Billy McFarland, Knox Ross, Greg White, Michael Jackson, Senator David Vitter, Martin Bruno, Kay Kell and Chris Miller