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BNSF continues historic commitment to support passenger rail

August 20th, 2026
August 20, 2026 - BNSF.com - Susan Green, Staff Writer -As a freight railroad, we can move just about anything. But we also help move people by supporting commuter rail.This continues a tradition that started with our famed predecessor lines...

Houston's CMC Railroad refinances $88 million to expand infrastructure, 1,100 new railcar storage spaces

August 20th, 2026
August 20, 2026 - TRA Newswire -CMC Railroad, LLC, the rail service partner for Gulf Inland Logistics Park, announced the closing of an $87.9 million credit facility with Bank of Texas, a division of BOK Financial. The facility refinances CMC...

Runaway train: Amtrak Mardi Gras smashes 1st year expectations

August 19th, 2026
August 18, 2026 - WWL.com -Today the Amtrak Mardi Gras turns one year old, and its success has been like, well, a runaway train.To paraphrase a slogan from a well-known bus company, the success mostly comes from leaving the driving...

Attendees at TRA's Museum of the American Railroad event soaked in railroad history

August 16th, 2026
August 16, 2026 - TRA Newswire -At a special event hosted by Texas Rail Advocates, attendees spent the better part of a sizzling Saturday morning getting an extended history lesson about trains on the grounds of the Museum of the...

Trinity Metro kicks off Tarrant County important double-track project for Trinity Railway Express

August 14th, 2026
August 14, 2026 - fortworthreport.org, Eric E. Garcia -A plan to expand Trinity Railway Express capacity is moving forward.On Friday, city and transportation officials celebrated the start of the second mainline track project for the passenger train that connects downtown...

Texas scores big: $755 million to TxDOT in federal rail grants for grade separation projects, locals get grants as well

August 14th, 2026
August 14, 2026 - TRA Newswire -A federal grant from the Federal Railroad Administration will give the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) more than three-quarters of a billion dollars for rail grade separation projects across the state.TxDOT will receive more...

The popular Heartland Flyer has new funding through most of 2027; additional two years is on TxDOT's budget request

August 13th, 2026
August 13, 2026 - TRA Newswire -At today's Regional Transportation Council meeting at the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), Transportation Director Michael Morris assured its members that the Heartland Flyer now has another year of funding.The Fort Worth...

BNSF puts some zip in its Phoenix to DFW service; adds zing to 2nd quarter company stats with revenue up 15%

August 12th, 2026
August 12, 2026 - TRA Newswire -BNSF announced that, compared to the same period in 2025, its 2nd quarter 2026 revenue rose 15% to $6.6 billion while operating income was up 13% to $2.3 billion. Net income increased 6% to...

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) sets records for rider satisfaction

August 11th, 2026
August 11, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Showing the best results since pre-pandemic years, a Dallas Area Rapid Transit survey showed that 89.6% of riders say they are likely to continue using DART, the highest percentage since polling began in 2012. DART...

Texas' new grade separation grant program means safer road/rail crossings

August 10th, 2026
August 10, 2026 - Texas Railroad Association - For communities that lie along busy railroad tracks, the effects of an rail crossing extend far beyond the time motorists spend waiting for a train to pass. Occupied crossings can delay an ambulance,...