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16-acre transit oriented development planned at DART's SMU/Mockingbird Station
January 25th, 2026
January 25, 2026 - TRA Newswire -A 16-acre, master-planned transit-oriented development (TOD) at Dallas Area Rapid Transit's SMU/Mockingbird Station will feature apartments, a hotel, office space, and underground parking for DART customersDART and Trammell Crow Company have celebrated the groundbreaking...
Big Bend region international rail bridge could reopen this summer after shut down for close to 20 years
January 24th, 2026
January 24, 2026 - TRA Newswire -There are only seven international rail crossings along the U.S./Mexico border to handle all the freight traffic between the two nations at present. That is expected to change later this year when an 8th...
Short line railroad holding company G&W has 44 industrial projects underway nationwide, including in Texas
January 23rd, 2026
January 23, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), a short line railroad holding company, has announced its latest industrial development results – with 44 projects accounting for more than $1 billion in customer investments in 16 states,...
Fort Worth's Trinity Metro resolution highlights partnership with DART in advance of suburban pull-out elections
January 22nd, 2026
January 21, 2026 - FortWorthReport.org, Eric E. Garcia -Trinity Metro is offering its support to Dallas Area Rapid Transit as five member cities consider withdrawing from the DART system.Board members of the Fort Worth agency approved a resolution Jan. 20...
CPKC investing US$800 million in American manufacturing with Tier 4 locomotives; Wabtec Fort Worth plant benefits
January 22nd, 2026
January 22, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) is keeping the Wabtec locomotive plant busy in Fort Worth with the purchase of newly built rail vehicles for the North American railroad. This month, CPKC expects to receive the first...
STB throws UP-NS merger back for more data; UP's Vena says merger is good for nationwide commerce
January 18th, 2026
January 18, 2026 - TRA Newswire -The Surface Transportation Board turned back Union Pacific’s application to acquire Norfolk Southern this past Friday. The Board didn’t say the transaction is good or bad, pro-competitive or anti-competitive. What it did say, very clearly, is...
Austin light rail completes FTA environmental review, moving closer to federal funding
January 18th, 2026
January 16, 2026 - CommunityImpact.com - Austin's light rail project cleared a key federal review in January, marking a "major milestone" in the multibillion-dollar transit system's ongoing development.The nearly 10-mile Austin Light Rail is one piece of the Project Connect transit program rolling out following voterapproval in 2020. The...
Texas Eagle: Underrated Amtrak route Is quietly becoming America’s last great cross-country adventure
January 17th, 2026
January 17, 2026 - TheTravel.com - If you're dreaming of a cross-country train ride that takes you from the skyscrapers of Chicago to the desert sunsets of the American Southwest—without the crowds of more famous routes—then it's time you discovered the Texas...
TRA urges Texas lawmakers to add TxDOT's statewide transit plan to their interim hearings
January 16th, 2026
January 16, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Texas lawmakers will hold what they call 'Interim Charge Hearings' in the upcoming months, to review legislation that passed during the 2025 session and determine what should be studied leading into the next gathering...
Riding the Sunset Limited, a Texas train ride to remember
January 14th, 2026
January 6, 2026 - Houstoniamag.com, Brittany Britto Garley - A ride on America’s oldest named passenger train reveals the beauty and the bumps of traveling through Texas, the slower way.Traveling across Texas can feel endless. The highways stretch for hours, crossing desert...