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Timber Rock Railroad to begin $50M capital projects; added to BNSF short line program
July 3rd, 2025
July 3, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR), a short line railroad that operates in deep Southeast Texas, has been added to BNSF Railway's Shortline Select Program. The Class 1 railroad started the Shortline Select program in the...
What’s happening with high-speed rail in Texas: federal funding cut, but project developers press ahead
July 3rd, 2025
July 2, 2025 - Environmentamerica.org - Seventeen years after it was first proposed, the vision of a high-speed rail line connecting Dallas and Houston is still just that – a vision. But momentum is building again. New legislation, fresh debates, and...
Amtrak to begin Gulf Coast service from New Orleans to Mobile, AL August 18
July 1st, 2025
July 1, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Tickets are now available for new twice-daily Amtrak intercity train service starting Aug. 18 between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans, along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The new state-sponsored Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will offer convenient morning...
Transit State of Good Repair conference to be held in Dallas July 23-24
June 30th, 2025
June 30, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Global Mass Transit announces the second edition of its Transit State of Good Repair – South conference, will take place July 23–24, 2025, at Dallas Marriott Suites Medical/Market Center, Texas.The mission of the conference...
Spanish operator Renfe to leave Dallas to Houston bullet train project behind
June 29th, 2025
June 27, 2025 - WFAA.com - The Dallas-to-Houston bullet train project has hit another obstacle.Renfe, the Spain-based railway company contracted as the development’s early operator, has closed American subsidiary company Renfe of America and put it into liquidation. According to a...
CPKC trying to restore rail service after IT systems integration disrupts shipments
June 29th, 2025
June 29, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Sometimes when you try to merge two separate railroads together it goes well..... and sometimes it doesn't.Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) found out that trying to merge legacy network Kansas City Southern (KCS) into...
Austin company gets the greenlight for autonomous Texas-Mexico elevated railway
June 29th, 2025
June 19, 2025 - KXAN.com -An Austin company is looking to revolutionize the way products move between Texas and Mexico.Green Corridors, LLC just got the green light from the White House via a permit to build an elevated railway for autonomous...
Save the Heartland Flyer: Rail Passengers Association launches appeal to 5,000 in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas
June 18th, 2025
June 19, 2025 - TRA Newswire - If you're one of 5,000 people in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, you are going to receive an e-mail action alert from DC-based Rail Passengers Association asking for your help to contact officials and save...
Fort Worth transit agency approves 10-year extension with commuter rail contract operator
June 18th, 2025
June 17, 2025 - fortworthreport.org, Eric. E. Garcia -TEXRail, Trinity Metro’s passenger rail line, has a booming ridership — making it the nation’s No. 1 rail system to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said.The smooth and safe operation of...
Union Pacific launches TrackSafe Houston to increase rail safety in the region
June 18th, 2025
June 18, 2025 - TRA Newswire - A Union Pacific Railroad pledge states "we will all go home safe." The pledge is now taking on an expanded meaning as the commitment extends beyond their team and customers to the communities they serve...