Pasadena, TX
Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Houston, TX (10.5 mi).
About Pasadena
Pasadena is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Harris County. It is part of the Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands metropolitan area.
Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.
Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)
| Item | Basis | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal construction | Mid-size terminal — 200K–1M catchment ($1–2B range) | $1.5B |
| Land acquisition | Regional factor 1.2× on $200M base | $240M |
| Track: Pasadena → Houston | 10.5 mi × $500M/mi | $5.2B |
| Annual operations (share) | Staffing, power, maintenance | $30M/yr |
| Stop total (excl. annual ops) | $7.0B |
Best terminal location (proposed)
a greenfield site at the Beltway 8 / Fairmont Parkway interchange. The petrochemical corridor workforce is the ridership base, and this interchange sits in the middle of it. Beltway 8 gives all of east Harris County a direct drive. Building greenfield avoids taking dense residential blocks in an established refinery town.
Before / after
Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.
- La Porte — port-adjacent city on Galveston Bay.
- Deer Park — SH-225 corridor town in the refinery belt.
- South Houston — I-45 corridor city at the Houston approach.