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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton targets Austin’s light-rail plans

March 26th, 2024
March 21, 2024 - TexasStandard.org -Austin’s effort to build a high-frequency urban rail network is facing a challenge from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose legal arguments seek to dismantle the funding mechanism behind the voter-endorsed transit expansion.In a court filing,...

Guest Contribution: The Brazos Valley should welcome passenger rail

March 25th, 2024
March 25, 2024 - TheBatt.com - Garion Frankel, Guest Contributor -In 1867, the Houston and Texas Central Railroad, after years of delay, rumbled into Bryan for the first time, greeted by raucous celebrations glorifying the Brazos Valley’s newfound connections to the outside world. Along with...

Little Flatonia sees big things ahead with a future Amtrak stop

March 25th, 2024
March 25, 2024 - TRA Newswire -You've probably seen the signs announcing Flatonia when traveling along Interstate 10 in South Texas. It's about halfway between San Antonio and Houston in Fayette County. You'll pass a number of other smaller towns...

Amtrak's FY25 Grant/Legislative package has request for Texas & Oklahoma upgrades

March 24th, 2024
March 24, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Amtrak's recent General and Annual Legislative Report and Fiscal Year 2025 Grant Request to Congress holds some hope for improvements to the three three trains that serve Texas.If approved, a $25 million Texas and...

UT-Austin/ FRA study looks at electrification of railway lines

March 24th, 2024
March 24, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The University of Texas at Austin is about halfway through a federally funded project to re-examine the economics of converting mainline railways from diesel-powered trains to electrified operations.The project at UT-Austin is to be...

BNSF and CPChem collaborate on quicker railcar turnaround at Texas facility

March 23rd, 2024
March 23, 2024 - TRA Newswire -For several years, Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) and BNSF have worked closely on improving successful service and sustainability practices. That's how CPChem became one of the BNSF customers honored during their inaugural BNSF Sustainability Awards for making...

Early Bird registration ends March 30 for Southwestern Rail Conference

March 23rd, 2024
March 23, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Early registration saves attendees $100 for the Southwestern Rail Conference, but time is limited to sign up for the Premier Rail Conference in Texas that covers passenger and freight rail issues. The Early Bird registration...

Did you see the longest wind turbine blade train traveling through Texas?

March 15th, 2024
March 15, 2024 - TRA Newswire -A recent shipment of wind turbine blades from a Colorado manufacturer to delivery at the Port of Brownsville, Texas broke an all-time record for a shipment by rail as it traveled through the state.From...

The Texas Eagle at 50: Train serving East Texas is key to future of commerce, travel in Longview

March 15th, 2024
March 14, 2024 - Longview News Journal -Fanfare greeted the return of passenger rail service at every stop in made in East Texas early on March 14, 1974 - 50 years ago Thursday.Crossing over from Arkansas, the train stopped in...

FRA announces $400K grant for Southern Rail Commission to expand passenger rail across the American South

March 14th, 2024
March 14, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it has awarded up to $400,000 to the Southern Rail Commission (Louisiana) through the Interstate Rail Compacts (IRC) Grant Program. The program...