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Proposed bill passed in the Texas House could halt plans for Austin's Project Connect and force re-vote
May 4th, 2023
May 3, 2023 - CBSaustin.com - A bill recently passed in the Texas House could impact plans for Austin’s Project Connect. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson alluded to a possible re-vote on the project due to the proposed legislation.“The legislation aimed at...
Texas Senator Cruz: let's take a national approach for passenger rail; Joins with Senator Tester on Amtrak board makeup
May 4th, 2023
May 4, 2023 - TRA Newswire - The new ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), has come out in advocating for a national approch to develop passenger rail policy. Cruz picks...
Austin Capitol update: Now the budget conferees go at it
April 25th, 2023
April 25, 2023 - TRA Austin - Is it too late for any funding for rail this session? The state budget has now been sent to a conference committee composed of five Representatives and five Senators. The Gang of 10 will now...
Trinity Metro post-covid ridership has recovered to 85%, TEXRail ridership shows 74% annual growth
April 25th, 2023
April 25, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Rich Andreski, President and CEO of Trinity Metro, is seeing regional passenger rail rebounding in a post-Covid world and is optimistic about future expansion, maybe even with a unified regional rail network. Speaking at the...
TxDOT’s proposed plans for passenger trains could improve travel for Texas Triangle
April 24th, 2023
April 20, 2023 - TheDailyTexan.com - Kylee Howard, Senior News Reporter - The Texas Department of Transportation announced their hope to build passenger trains connecting Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio and Houston during a conference in Dallas earlier this month. According to Texas Rail...
UP announces seamless North American connection service; Q1 results battered by bad weather
April 24th, 2023
April 24, 2023 - TRA Newswire - A second cross-border rail alliance is born this monthHot on the heels of the recent merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, now called CPKC, which created a North America funnel for...
Time to call your State Senator and Representative, lets get rail funding for Texas
April 20th, 2023
Updated April 22, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The days are dwindling down for the 88th Texas legislative session and there has been nary a dollar set aside yet for state rail funding so Texas can compete for the billions in...
Amtrak wants to see major service expansion in Texas Triangle, I-10 and I-20 national trains
April 19th, 2023
April 19, 2023 - TRA Newswire -If the Federal Railroad Administration approves Corridor Identification programs for the nation's passenger rail service, Amtrak, Texans could look forward to more trains between Lone Star cities. Ambitious plans include making the Sunset Limited, now...
Railroader and advocate Garl Latham passed away
April 17th, 2023
April 17, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Gary Boyd Latham, a career Texas railroader with over 40 years professional experience in both freight and passenger operations, passed away last week.Garl was the owner of Latham Railway Services, a Texas-based planning and consulting...
The marriage is final: Texas has a new named railroad today
April 14th, 2023
April 14, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Today marks the start of a new partnership between Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS), now to be known as CPKC throughout Texas and the rest of North America. The merger of...