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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...
Fort Bend County looks to new transit routes to ease commutes to Houston
April 25th, 2025
April 25, 2025 - KHOU.com -Officials are continuing efforts to examine options for expanding public transit in order to better connect residents in Fort Bend County with central parts of Houston.A study by the Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC), in partnership...
Good neighbor: BNSF donates $1 million to help revitalize two Fort Worth parks
April 24th, 2025
April 24, 2025 - fwtx.com - This contribution accelerates plans to transform Heritage and Paddock parks into vibrant downtown spaces.The north end of downtown Fort Worth is about to get a $1 million boost — and possibly a long-overdue glow-up. The...
Fort Worth advances high-speed rail economic study with Arlington at $75K price tag
April 24th, 2025
April 23, 2024 - FortWorthReport.org, Eric E. Garcia -Fort Worth and Arlington — Tarrant County’s tourism hotspots — plan to work together to study the economic benefits of a proposed high-speed rail route to Dallas.On April 22, Fort Worth City...
Union Pacific reports 1st Quarter: revenue and income flat, but some bright spots
April 24th, 2025
April 24, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific operating revenue was $6 billion in the first quarter of 2025, pretty much flat on a 7% growth in volume in their mix of business lines. Operating income was $2.4 billion for...
Judi Elmore, Oklahoma Champion of the Heartland Flyer, passes away
April 24th, 2025
April 24, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Oklahoma business owner and Champion of the Heartland Flyer, Judi Elmore, heard her last train horn sound on Tuesday April 22nd, when the daily service stopped to pick up passengers in the Sooner city...
Hearing scheduled for Monday, April 28 on high-speed rail in the I-35 DFW/Austin/San Antonio corridor
April 23rd, 2025
April 23, 2025 - TRA Newswire -A new twist in the high-speed rail saga happens Monday, April 28 when House Bill 483 finally gets a hearing in the Transportation Sub-Committee on Funding.The committee will hear from Texas Representative John Bucy,...