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All Aboard! Silver Line Opens on Oct. 25 with Free Rides Across DART System; Regional Transportation Council looks at expansion

October 3rd, 2025
October 3, 2025 - TRA Newswire -A major milestone in North Texas public transportation will soon be reached: The DART Silver Line will begin operations Saturday, Oct. 25.The North Central Texas Council of Governments announced that the 26-mile, east-west regional...

Passenger Rail makes steady progress in the Rio Grande Valley

October 3rd, 2025
October 1, 2025 - riograndeguardian.com -MISSION, Texas - A group called RGV Rail Advocacy held an info share Sept. 30 at the Mission Events Conference Center. The 501(c)(3) non-profit provided an open free space for RGV citizens to learn about...

Kazakhstan Awards Wabtec a $4.2 Billion Locomotive Order

September 26th, 2025
September 26, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Wabtec Corporation, which operates a major locomotive manufacturing facility at Fort Worth Alliance announced this week a landmark agreement with National Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the national railway of Kazakhstan, to deliver Evolution Series...

UP wants a shot at serving a Bay City petrochemical plant, now only reached by BNSF

September 25th, 2025
September 25, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific Railroad is looking at a little friendly competition and is proposing to build a new 5 mile long branch line that would serve a petrochemical facility in Bay City, Texas. That polymer...

Don Franks named new TxDOT Rail Division Director

September 25th, 2025
September 25, 2025 - TRA Austin -The Texas Department of Transportation's Rail Division has a new Director. He is Don Franks, who previously served as the Section Director for Rail Safety and Compliance at the agency.  He replaces Jeff Davis, who...

$5 Billion to be awarded: Could California's billions in fed high-speed rail money pulled back now be Texas' gain?

September 23rd, 2025
September 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire -States and rail entities will soon be scrambling to apply for over $5 billion that the Federal Railroad Administration just announced will be designated for intercity passenger rail projects, including safer at-grade rail crossings. In...

Big Spring short line railroad changes hands, expect expanded industrial development plans

September 21st, 2025
September 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Big Spring Rail Systems, which maintains and operates 8 miles of rail line in West Texas has been sold to a national supplier of oilfield chemicals, Isomeric Industries. Terms of the sale were not...

Editorial: Don’t hamper Texas high-speed rail any further

September 14th, 2025
September 12, 2025 - Dallas Morning News Editorial -Texas lawmakers in Washington should stop a House proposal that could unwisely limit high-speed rail’s future possibilities in our state.A House appropriations bill contains a provision that would prohibit federal dollars from...

DART's new Silver Line to DFW Airport opens for business October 25th

September 13th, 2025
September 13, 2025 - TRA Newswire - It's about to happen.  Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) President & CEO Nadine Lee announced the official Grand Opening of the Silver Line, the region’s most anticipated rail expansion in decades, will be Saturday,...

September 15-21: See Tracks? Think Train week

September 10th, 2025
September 9, 2025 - GoRail.org -September 15-21 marks the start of See Tracks? Think Train!® Week 2025, a national campaign to raise awareness about safety near railroad tracks. Led by Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) in partnership with railroads, the U.S. Department of Transportation,...