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...

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...

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...

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 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,...

September 8, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Amtrak President Roger Harris will be the featured luncheon speaker at a national gathering of passenger rail advocates in San Antonio on Saturday, October 4.DC-based Rail Passengers Association holds their national fall meeting in...

September 3, 2025 - Governing.com -While other states struggle to fund major transportation projects, Texas' 10-year transportation spending plan had surpassed $100 billion for the third year in a row. "Their entire budget is based on a fallacy, which is more...

August 31, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Denton County Transportation Authority, operator of the regional A-Train service between Denton and Carrollton in the I-35 corridor, is looking ahead to expand service.The agency is planning a two-mile extension from its southern terminus...

August 30, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Unlike Union Pacific Railroad, which is planning to marry and change the name and company colors of East coast-based Norfolk Southern to its own, Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway only want a dance partner and...

August 30, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Texas North Western Railway Company (TXNW) held a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony in the panhandle community of Etter this week, commemorating the completion of an $8.2 million expansion and improvement project for the short line.TXNW...