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Beleaguered Northeast Texas Rural Rail District looks for a new operator
October 15th, 2025
October 15, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The board of the Northeast Texas Rural Rail District (NETEX) is putting out feelers for a new railroad to run freight service on the 65.6 mile-long operational corridor. The operator of the rail line...
Houston light rail commuters experience delays on Red Line following signal change
October 15th, 2025
October 3, 2025 - HoustonPublicMedia.org -To raise awareness about the new delays, LINK Houston organized a morning rush hour race on Thursday between pedestrians and the METRO Red Line across seven downtown blocks.Light rail riders are experiencing delays along the...
Bill filed by Congressman Nehls gives Texas commuter rail operators time to secure new liability limits
October 13th, 2025
October 13, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Congressman Troy Nehls (R-Texas) has been joined by Congressman Seth Moulton (D-Mass) in introducing the Passenger Rail Liability Adjustment Act, a bipartisan bill to give commuter and passenger rail systems more time to secure liability insurance...
East Texas short line railroad to celebrate $15 million in upgrades to the line
October 13th, 2025
October 13, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Henderson Overton Branch rail line, part of Blacklands Railroad, will celebrate $15 million worth of upgrades to the line during a celebration Wednesday at the Henderson Civic Center in East Texas.Rusk County officials, community...
New Gulf Coast "Mardi Gras" passenger rail service is an instant success
October 8th, 2025
October 8, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The new Amtrak Mardi Gras trains running between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama have carried well over 15,000 riders after five weeks of service along Gulf Coast cities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Those...
New CapMetro Red Line rail station coming soon to Uptown ATX
October 8th, 2025
October 8, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Construction gets underway in November at the new North Burnet/Uptown CapMetro Red Line rail station, at the heart of north Austin's fast-growing Uptown ATX community. The North Burnet/Uptown station is located within the 66 acre...
'Huge opportunity': Transit leaders keep up push for S.A-to-Austin rail
October 7th, 2025
October 6, 2025 - San Antonio Express-News, Richard Webner, Transportation Writer -During a presentation over the weekend, Caroline Mays, a senior director at the Texas Department of Transportation, displayed three maps not of the state's highways - the agency's usual...
A Texas first: BNSF launches solar and wind powered weather monitoring station
October 6th, 2025
October 6, 2025 - TRA Newswire -BNSF Railway has deployed its first solar- and wind-powered weather station in Haslet, just north of Fort Worth. The station runs without commercial power and supports real-time weather monitoring across the rail network.The automated weather...
TxDOT is studying the Austin-San Antonio corridor for passenger rail service
October 5th, 2025
October 5, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Texas Department of Transportation is taking a closer look at potential intercity passenger rail service in the heavily congested I-35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio.Caroilne Mays, Senior Director of Planning and Modal...
Connecting the Heartland - How Northern Flyer Alliance Is Reviving Rail in the Midwest
October 3rd, 2025
October 3, 2025 - Guest Blog, Beth Russell, MBA, Communications Director at All Aboard Ohio -In the vast stretch between Texas and Kansas lies a gap, not in geography, but in mobility. The Northern Flyer Alliance (NFA) is working tirelessly to fill...