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Travis County Judge Andy Brown says "you want trains, I want to give 'em to you"

December 9th, 2025
December 9, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The top county administrator the encompasses Texas' capital city, Travis County Judge Andy Brown, wants to see traffic relief on the I-35 travel corridor between Austin and San Antonio and is leading the charge...

Growing freight rail demand in Houston area prompts industrial park expansion agreement

December 9th, 2025
December 9, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Rail traffic continues to grow in the greater Houston market, with more companies looking to relocate and expand to the region. Part of the allure is access to the rail and maritime facilities, availability...

Project Connect: Austin light rail plans moving quickly for a transit project of its magnitude

December 8th, 2025
December 4, 2025 - KXAN.com -Austin is currently in the middle of a decade-long plan to bring a light rail system to the city and surrounding area.Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) is currently in its planning, design, and development phase of...

Amtrak's Gulf Coast Mardi Gras Service marks exceptional first-year performance

December 8th, 2025
December 8, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Amtrak Mardi Gras ServiceSM is concluding its inaugural quarter as one of the most successful service launches in Amtrak’s history. Since debuting in August, the route has exceeded expectations across every major performance metric, demonstrating...

Ride the Heartland Flyer or ship your goods through Oklahoma? Comment now on the Oklahoma State Rail Plan

December 5th, 2025
December 5, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Our neighbors to the north are looking for public input as the State of Oklahoma prepares to update it's State Rail Plan, just as Texas and other surrounding states have done in the past. If...

Meet the 92-year-old who keeps the Mineola Amtrak Train Depot running

December 5th, 2025
November 28, 2025 - KLTV.com - And one of them lives right here in East Texas—with no plans of slowing down.For the past 17 years, Martha Ann has worked right over at the Mineola Train Depot. At 92 years old, she...

Texas cities start planning to tap into TxDOT's new Rail Grade Separation Grant Fund

December 4th, 2025
December 6, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Thanks to the 89th Texas legislature passing a rail grant program to eliminate at-grade crossings,  supported by Texas Rail Advocates, cities are starting to gear up their application for funds. The grant program, first...

All aboard a 23-hour train ride from Dallas to Houston, where train dreams meet reality in Texas.

December 4th, 2025
November 20, 2025 - Bloomberg.com, Benton Graham -The reporter's journey says a lot about the state of passenger rail in many parts of the US, where decades of service cuts have derailed the network’s efficiency — and where efforts to...

Amtrak's FY25 year-end ridership is up on all 3 Texas passenger rail services

November 24th, 2025
November 24, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Ridership increased aboard Amtrak's three Texas train routes in 2025, even as capacity constraints resulted in fewer available coaches and sleepers for part of the year. The daily Texas Eagle, tri-weekly Sunset Limited and the...

TRA Commentary: TxDOT's statewide multimodal transit plan must be implemented to connect our cities

November 24th, 2025
November 24, 2025 - TRA Commentary -Why does the first ever Texas Department of Transportation plan for a statewide transit network have to be "an admirable long shot" as one Texas newspaper editorial recently commented? While other states are contracting in...