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Travis and Bexar County Judges team up for Lone Star Rail Corridor trains

December 7th, 2023
December 8, 2023 - TRA Newswire -County Judges from two of Texas' largest metropolitan areas say that it's time for trains to connect their regions and beyond.Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai and Travis County Judge Andy Brown were on X...

Texas scores multiple federal passenger rail corridor grants; Heartland Flyer, Sunset Ltd to benefit

December 6th, 2023
December 8, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates learned that the Federal Railroad Administration has awarded planning grants to the Texas Department of Transportation, Amtrak, the North Central Texas Council of Governments and the Southern Rail Commission. These federal...

Delayed Presidio International Rail Bridge project to chug on into 2025

December 1st, 2023
November 29, 2023 - BigBendSentinel.com -The timeline for reopening the international rail bridge between Presidio and Ojinaga has been pushed back a few months, with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) estimating that the line will now reopen in summer...

Union Pacific expands direct Houston dock service to 9 inland destination cities

December 1st, 2023
December 1, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Effective today, Union Pacific Railroad expands their international intermodal service from the docks at Port Houston to a total of nine inland markets.Five pervious inland terminals are now joined by direct links from the...

Another Texas industrial rail park is shovel ready, this time it's Texarkana

November 30th, 2023
November 30, 2023 - TRA Newswire -TexAmericas Center (TAC), owner and operator of the 3rd ranked industrial rail park and one of the largest mixed-use industrial parks in the United States, announced that its Brazos Site n Texarkana, Texas has been qualified...

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson on U.S. House Transpo rail hearing: Texas needs intercity passenger rail corridors

November 29th, 2023
November 29, 2023 - TRA Newswire (Washington) -Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, invited today to testify before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, said he is "eager to do anything I can to support intercity passenger rail...

Genesee & Wyoming’s Rail Link, Inc. switching subsidiary wins new contracts in Texas

November 27th, 2023
November 27, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Genesee and Wyoming, the largest short line operator in the nation, has picked up new switching contracts in Texas to add to the five railroads it now operates in the state.Railcar switching subsidiary, Rail...

Opinion: Strategic High-Speed Rail Could Really Boost Texas

November 27th, 2023
November 27, 2023 - Dallas Morning News Editorial via govtech.com - As congestion and accidents plague roadways, innovative transportation solutions are key to sustaining rapid growth, and high-speed rail could be a huge boon for Texas if implemented strategically.That’s why a...

Former DART Prez Gary Thomas inducted into Texas Transportation Hall of Honor

November 26th, 2023
November 26, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Gary Thomas, the former President and Executive Director of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), and current Transit & Rail Market Director at Lochner, was inducted into the esteemed Texas Transportation Hall of Honor this month.The...

Mexico orders railroads to prioritize passenger train services over freight operations - two lines to reach Texas border cities

November 26th, 2023
UPDATED November 26, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Mexico’s government issued a federal mandate this week forcing private railway companies operating in the country to offer passenger service over their normal daily freight runs.Two of the passenger lines proposed would run...