December 12, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Bringing back passenger rail service that was lost over a half-century ago is not cheap. But it is needed to stimulate the economy on Northern Oklahoma and South Central Kansas. Officials today heard Kansas Department...

December 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire -It's not years anymore. Knox Ross, Chairman of the Southern Rail Commission, says that the return of passenger service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama is "down to months, not years."At the quarterly commission...

December 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire - In the season just ended, BNSF Railway announced record agricultural volumes, which includes grain harvest, for the month of October, with a 7 percent increase in volume and velocity from 2023.  BNSF handles more agricultural...

December 10, 2024 - TexasTribune.com, Joshua Fechter -A years long effort to bring high-speed rail to Texas has recently shown signs of life, but state lawmakers have consistently put up roadblocks to keep it from happening.The illusive dream of high-speed...

December 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire - Trinity Metro's successful TEXRail service from downtown Fort Worth to DFW International Airport is expanding with the purchase of additional consists. With over 3 million riders under its belt since its launch in December 2019,...

December 9, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Despite having fewer coaches and sleeping cars available for service, Amtrak's Texas Eagle service increased in ridership and revenue for the fiscal year that ended October 31st. The Heartland Flyer, a partnered service of the...

December 9, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Seeing the current and future demand for freight rail service in the Lone Star state, BNSF Railway continues to add double-track segments in a key north-south Texas route.BNSF has completed a new section of...

December 8, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Looking for something special to do this holiday season with the kids? What could be more fun for the young ones, or those who haven't outgrown their love of trains, than a day out on...

November 24, 2024 - TRA Newswire -It's deja vu at the state capitol as anti high-speed rail bills are filed in advance of the start of the 2025 legislative session in mid-January.Two bills for the 2025 session have been filed...

November 25, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Right on the heels of Texas Representative John Bucy III's pre-filed bill that would bring high-speed rail to the I-35 travel corridor, State Senator Sarah Eckhardt (D) Austin,  filed Senate Bill 424 as a...