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Fort Worth's Trinity Metro resolution highlights partnership with DART in advance of suburban pull-out elections

January 22nd, 2026
January 21, 2026 - FortWorthReport.org, Eric E. Garcia -Trinity Metro is offering its support to Dallas Area Rapid Transit as five member cities consider withdrawing from the DART system.Board members of the Fort Worth agency approved a resolution Jan. 20...

CPKC investing US$800 million in American manufacturing with Tier 4 locomotives; Wabtec Fort Worth plant benefits

January 22nd, 2026
January 22, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)  is keeping the Wabtec locomotive plant busy in Fort Worth with the purchase of newly built rail vehicles for the North American railroad. This month, CPKC expects to receive the first...

STB throws UP-NS merger back for more data; UP's Vena says merger is good for nationwide commerce

January 18th, 2026
January 18, 2026 - TRA Newswire -The Surface Transportation Board turned back Union Pacific’s application to acquire Norfolk Southern this past Friday. The Board didn’t say the transaction is good or bad, pro-competitive or anti-competitive. What it did say, very clearly, is...

Austin light rail completes FTA environmental review, moving closer to federal funding

January 18th, 2026
January 16, 2026 - CommunityImpact.com - Austin's light rail project cleared a key federal review in January, marking a "major milestone" in the multibillion-dollar transit system's ongoing development.The nearly 10-mile Austin Light Rail is one piece of the Project Connect transit program rolling out following voterapproval in 2020. The...

Texas Eagle: Underrated Amtrak route Is quietly becoming America’s last great cross-country adventure

January 17th, 2026
January 17, 2026 - TheTravel.com - If you're dreaming of a cross-country train ride that takes you from the skyscrapers of Chicago to the desert sunsets of the American Southwest—without the crowds of more famous routes—then it's time you discovered the Texas...

TRA urges Texas lawmakers to add TxDOT's statewide transit plan to their interim hearings

January 16th, 2026
January 16, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Texas lawmakers will hold what they call 'Interim Charge Hearings' in the upcoming months, to review legislation that passed during the 2025 session and determine what should be studied leading into the next gathering...

Riding the Sunset Limited, a Texas train ride to remember

January 14th, 2026
January 6, 2026 - Houstoniamag.com, Brittany Britto Garley - A ride on America’s oldest named passenger train reveals the beauty and the bumps of traveling through Texas, the slower way.Traveling across Texas can feel endless. The highways stretch for hours, crossing desert...

BNSF Railway beats its own industry-leading safety record in 2025

January 13th, 2026
January 13, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway had its best year ever in reporting safety results for 2025, a record in the company's 177-year history. The railroad continues to lead its peers in North America when it...

Texas Rail Advocates teams with UNT-Dallas for a student Rail Symposium

January 12th, 2026
January 12, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Texas Rail Advocates, in conjunction with the University of North Texas - Dallas School of Business, will present the first in a series of Academic Rail Symposiums February 27th at the Dallas campus.The event,...

BNSF exec Igoe joins R.J. Corman Railroad as President and COO

January 6th, 2026
January 6, 2026 - TRA Newswire -R. J. Corman Railroad Company today announced Matthew (Matt) Igoe will join R. J. Corman Railroad Company as President & Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. He will assume responsibility for transportation, mechanical, engineering, and day-to-day network performance across...