When the builders of Texas' planned high speed rail system put shovel to dirt, architecture students from the University of Texas at Austin, UT-Arlington and Prairie View A&M may have helped drive the design.

Texas Central Partners, the private company that is set to develop a bullet train line that would take riders from Dallas to Houston in 90 minutes, announced on Wednesday the results of a contest aimed at allowing the system's target customers to help shape the vision for stations in Dallas, Houston and the Brazos Valley.

The competition — which was open to students studying architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning or transportation at colleges around the state — had three prizes. One was for station architectural design, one for urban design and one for sustainable design.

The contest drew 45 proposals from almost 100 students. Earlier this month, 13 finalists presented their proposals to judges in Dallas.

"The winners of the competition displayed truly innovative ideas, design creativity and an emphasis on sustainability — principles upon which the Texas Bullet Train project will be built," Texas Central CEO Tim Keith said in a statement.

Julia Green, a UT-Arlington student, won the station architectural design prize for her vision of the Dallas station. Her proposal included gallery space for local artists, as well as retail and restaurant space on a second story.

Dana Moore, Nathan Chen, UJ Song, Hannah Williams and Alex Davila, a team from UT-Austin, won the urban design prize for their Dallas station design. The team's proposal described the station as "the edge of a new Texas," and showed renderings of a sloping, open station bordered by green park space.

Ledell Thomas and Kaylah Wesley of Prairie View A&M University won the sustainable design prize for their Brazos Valley Station proposal. Their submission centered on the use of native materials and energy efficient design.

Each team won $5,000 for its school and $2,000 for team members.