August 7, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) voted to send a letter to DC-legislators supporting high-speed rail that would connect the DFW area with Houston.The support letter is...

August 6, 2025 - Trains.com -The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis has issued its final Environmental Impact Statement for the Green Eagle Railroad, a 1.3-mile line that would be part of a new 19-mile rail route and bridge...

August 7, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Speaking before the Texas Transportation Commission's monthly meeting in Austin last week, Texas Rail Advocates President Peter LeCody urged transportation officials for "a rail vision, a statewide plan for intercity passenger rail corridor service."LeCody...

August 6, 2025 - TRA Newswire - The Chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission, San Antonio banker James Bruce Bugg, Jr., reportedly had complications following back surgery and passed away Wednesday morning. He was 70 years old.As Chairman, Bugg presided over the...

August 5, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The needs continue to be great in funding freight projects for rail and maritime modes in Texas and in the recent legislative session the outcome turned out to be a mixed bag. In a...

August 4, 2025 - TRA Newswire - The announcement that Union Pacific will purchase east-coast Class 1 Norfolk Southern for $85 billion and create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad has large intermodal shippers in Texas and nationwide rethinking who their carrier...

August 4, 2025 - T4america.org - $66 billion was dedicated to rail in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), but this historic amount was directed into a federal structure that has repeatedly failed to efficiently manage passenger rail projects, including...

August 1, 2025 - TRA Newswire - The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) invites the public to provide input on recently proposed initiatives, including funding to continue Amtrak service between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City and expansion plans for the...

July 31, 2025 - TRA Austin - At the July meeting of the Texas Transportation Commission today, it was announced that Texas Department of Transportation   Rail Division Director Jeffrey "Jeff" Davis has been promoted to Chief Administrative Officer at the agency....

July 26, 2025 -TRA Newswire -In a post on X, KUT-FM Transportation Reporter Nathan Bernier described how recent flooding in the Hill Country of Texas has closed down a freight rail link along part of a 162-mile corridor through the...