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Short Line Grant Program is a first for Texas "mom and pop" railroads
June 2nd, 2025
June 2, 2025 - TRA Austin - The Texas House and Senate have both given the nod to a grant program for the 50-some Texas short line railroads and the legislation to make it a reality has been sent to Governor...
BNSF Railway, J.B. Hunt and Mexico rail provider GMXT to offer intermodal service that includes DFW market
May 31st, 2025
May 31, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Fort Worth based BNSF Railway, carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services and Mexican rail provider Grupo Mexico Transportes (GMXT) have launched a new intermodal service in Mexico with Dallas-Fort Worth as one of the primary...
Save the Heartland Flyer: Why we need the Fort Worth-OKC train more than ever
May 30th, 2025
June 2, 2025 Updated - TRA Austin -Regular funding for the daily train that runs between Fort Worth, Gainesville and Oklahoma CIty, as requested by the Texas Department of Transportation, was pulled by budget lawmakers in Austin and was not...
New law will require prospective Texas high-speed rail companies to disclose sensitive proprietary information
May 29th, 2025
May 29, 2025 - TRA Austin -Today, Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill that singles out and could potentially put a damper on investment in high-speed rail development in Texas.House Bill 2003, filed by rural Representative Cody Harris, (R) Palestine,...
CBP and CPKC join forces to boost US-Mexico rail security at Laredo with cutting-edge tech
May 26th, 2025
May 26, 2025 - Laredo Morning Times -A border security collaboration between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Canadian Pacific Kansas City is set to enhance safety along the expanding railroad trade route at the U.S.-Mexico border through the Laredo...
Texas puts $250M in a grant program to fund railroad grade separation projects
May 26th, 2025
Updated May 27, 2025 - TRA Austin -Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill Friday that would, for the first time, create a grant program to eliminate dangerous at-grade rail crossings across the state. A supplemental budget of $250 million was...
Texas legislature update: the good, bad and ugly rail bills in the final weeks
May 11th, 2025
May 11, 2025 - TRA Austin -The Good: A few bills dealing with grant programs for at-grade rail crossing separations and short line railroad development are moving through the legislature in the final weeks of the current session.The Bad: Cody...
Travel differently: Three train routes to discover Texas anew
April 30th, 2025
April 28, 2025 - TexasHighways.com - When Houston Natives Kim and Sean Ballesteros purchased a second home 465 miles away in the West Texas community of Sanderson, they wanted their vacation to begin the moment they walked out the door. “We didn’t...
Texas Rep Bucy's bill signals a new era in enabling high speed rail in the I-35 corridor
April 28th, 2025
April 28, 2025 - TRA Austin -In the first step of a long journey, Texas Representative John Bucy III presented House Bill 483, legislation that would enable high speed rail in Texas along the Interstate 35 corridor. Bill author Bucy, in...
New Gulf Coast intercity passenger service starts this summer, it's called the Mardi Gras train
April 25th, 2025
April 25, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Agreements have been reached for new twice-daily Amtrak intercity train service along the Mississippi Gulf Coast between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala. Starting this summer, the new state-sponsored Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will offer convenient morning...