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Texas Senate Transportation Committee hears testimony on rail-xing funding windfall; Chairman Parker asks for ideas

August 25th, 2026
August 25, 2026 - TRA Austin - Fresh from an announcement August 14th that the state will receive three quarters of a billion dollars in federal rail crossing funds, Texas Senate Transportation Chairman Tan Parker asked those giving testimony at a hearing...

Senator Tan Parker: applauds funding agreement for the Heartland Flyer; Amtrak to continue with $17 million station improvements

August 25th, 2026
August 25, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Texas secured the future of one of its most vital regional rail connections today with the signing of an agreement among the Texas Department of Transportation, and Amtrak to sustain the Heartland Flyer, the...

TRA asks Texas Transportation Commission to add Passenger Rail Priorities in their 2027 legislative budget request

June 28th, 2026
June 27, 2026 - TRA Austin - Speaking before Texas Transportation Commissioners in Austin this week, Texas Rail Advocates President Peter LeCody asked the agency to add passenger rail priorities to its 2027 appropriations budget request. Earlier in June, Commissioners were...

America250 railroading celebrated by BNSF in Fort Worth with Lt Governor Dan Patrick, Senator Tan Parker

June 16th, 2026
June 16, 2026 - TRA Newswire -A specially decorated America250 locomotive led a line of BNSF business cars on a journey from the railroad's Alliance Intermodal Facility to Fort Worth Central Station today, as the railway celebrated the U.S.A.'s upcoming milestone. Aboard...

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