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Ride the Heartland Flyer or ship your goods through Oklahoma? Comment now on the Oklahoma State Rail Plan

December 5th, 2025
December 5, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Our neighbors to the north are looking for public input as the State of Oklahoma prepares to update it's State Rail Plan, just as Texas and other surrounding states have done in the past. If...

Meet the 92-year-old who keeps the Mineola Amtrak Train Depot running

December 5th, 2025
November 28, 2025 - KLTV.com - And one of them lives right here in East Texas—with no plans of slowing down.For the past 17 years, Martha Ann has worked right over at the Mineola Train Depot. At 92 years old, she...

Texas cities start planning to tap into TxDOT's new Rail Grade Separation Grant Fund

December 4th, 2025
December 6, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Thanks to the 89th Texas legislature passing a rail grant program to eliminate at-grade crossings,  supported by Texas Rail Advocates, cities are starting to gear up their application for funds. The grant program, first...

All aboard a 23-hour train ride from Dallas to Houston, where train dreams meet reality in Texas.

December 4th, 2025
November 20, 2025 - Bloomberg.com, Benton Graham -The reporter's journey says a lot about the state of passenger rail in many parts of the US, where decades of service cuts have derailed the network’s efficiency — and where efforts to...

Amtrak's FY25 year-end ridership is up on all 3 Texas passenger rail services

November 24th, 2025
November 24, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Ridership increased aboard Amtrak's three Texas train routes in 2025, even as capacity constraints resulted in fewer available coaches and sleepers for part of the year. The daily Texas Eagle, tri-weekly Sunset Limited and the...

TRA Commentary: TxDOT's statewide multimodal transit plan must be implemented to connect our cities

November 24th, 2025
November 24, 2025 - TRA Commentary -Why does the first ever Texas Department of Transportation plan for a statewide transit network have to be "an admirable long shot" as one Texas newspaper editorial recently commented? While other states are contracting in...

Fort Worth, BNSF and Hillwood announce creation of Alliance Logistics District

November 19th, 2025
November 19, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Hillwood, BNSF Railway and the City of Fort Worth have announced the creation of the Alliance Logistics District, officially designated and approved by the Fort Worth City Council at its Nov. 11 meeting.The District...

Houston-based HyOrc launches pilot program for clean energy locomotives

November 16th, 2025
November 16,2025 - TRA Newswire -Already testing hydrogen gas-engine locomotives in Europe, HyOrc Corporation is expanding its footprint and has signed a memorandum of understanding with Zeltech (Zero Emissions Locomotive Technologies) to deploy its principles to U.S. markets.Houston-based HyOrc is...

25-year study reveals North Texas transit oriented development has $18 billion direct impact

November 16th, 2025
November 15, 2025 - NBCDFFW.com, by Alexis Garcia -The University of North Texas (UNT) Economic Research Group released results of a 25-year-long study of the economic impact of transit-oriented development in North Texas on Thursday.The group found that development within...

Texas-based rail operator CLR unveils new brand, new leadership and new vision

November 15th, 2025
November 15, 2025 - TRA Newswire -CLR, formerly known as County Line Rail, launched its new website, https://www.clrail.com/, this week to support the company's national expansion strategy and brought onboard a rail veteran to help with its vision for the...