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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...

Candian rail & terminal company adds major Houston ship channel rail facility to its portfolio

October 3rd, 2025
October 3, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Cando Rail & Terminals (“Cando”), one of North America’s largest owners and operators of first and last mile rail infrastructure, has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the rail terminal...

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...