Despite a momentary flash of hope last week, the possibility of boarding a train in Downtown Houston—or at Hobby or Bush airports—and exiting near Galveston’s Strand district anytime in the near future remains the longest of long shots. But given that it’s been more than 30 years by some accounts, and nearly 60 by others, this elusive yet persistent idea may never fully go away.
In this case, hopes were rekindled last Thursday in Nextdoor’s Avenue K community. A user from Tomball posted a link to a public survey for the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Regional Public Transportation Coordination Plan, appending the question, “Would you ride a train to Galveston? Why not ask for it?”
The post drew nearly 20 supportive replies, as Avenue K members shared the potential merits of commuting to and from UTMB (staff and patients alike), streamlining cruise passengers’ journeys to and from their vacations, and, perhaps most of all, “anything that helps me avoid the Gulf Freeway,” wrote one neighbor…