Bullet Train to Link DAL and HOU
I will believe it when I see the tickets being sold. Light rail and high speed rail are the great white whales of state budgets. They sound great, but when the dollars meet the balance sheet, it is generally not worth it. It is a drain on the state for as long as it exists. It will never sell enough tickets to even come close to paying for itself.
California has been threatening the same thing for decades. They already have a high speed rail that connects all the cities in CA, it’s called Southwest Airlines.
As far as it’s impact on SWA, they will just deploy a few flights worth of capacity elsewhere. I doubt they would even feel it. They end up canceling 1-2 flights a day as it is to get aircraft they need for disruptions.