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Third time a charm: Leander to stay in CapMetro rail world
May 10th, 2022
TNW's Treangen asks Texas lawmakers to consider short-line investment
May 10th, 2022
May 10, 2022 - TRA Newswire -TNW Corporation CEO Paul Treangen, President of the Texas Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, testified on April 26th before the Texas House of Representatives' Transportation Committee on the role of short lines in...
Will Texas miss out on it's share of $66 billion in federal rail funds?
May 8th, 2022
May 8, 2022 - TRA Newswire -The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is expected to announce, this month, the procedures for filing for Infrastructure Law rail grant programs. $66 billion in advanced appropriations are to be available for passenger and freight...
Opinion: Amtrak board nominees, why no one from out here in flyover country?
May 5th, 2022
May 5, 2022 - TRA Opinion -Late last week President Biden announced his nomination of five individuals for the board of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) all of whom will be subject to Senate approval. With the current administration...
Analysis: Texas Central Railway awaits state Supreme Court verdict
April 30th, 2022
April 29, 2022 - communityimpact.com -The April 29 episode of the Houston Breakdown podcast includes an update on Texas Central's plans for high-speed rail connecting Houston and Dallas.Texas Central Railway awaits verdict (communityimpact.com)Go to the podcast at 12 minutes 15...
Mexico: angry at Gov. Abbott border crackdown, will run rail line to New Mexico, not Texas
April 30th, 2022
April 29, 2022 - ttnews.com -Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border crackdown is generating fresh backlash, with Mexico’s economy minister announcing that a new rail line to the U.S. would now go via New Mexico instead of the Lone Star State.“We’re...
Supply chain troubles: KCS offers crews to UP and BNSF to move snarled trains in Houston
April 30th, 2022
April 30, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Railroads are having a tough go with supply chain hiccups across the country and Texas is not immune to the consequences.In a letter to the Surface Transportation Board, Kansas City Southern (KCS) indicated that...
Trinity Metro has a new President/CEO
April 30th, 2022
April 30, 2022 - TRA Newswire - Tarrant County's public transportation provider, Trinity Metro, announced that Richard W. Andreski, a public transportation veteran with 23 years of experience and more than 10 years of executive leadership, has been selected as the...
Oklahoma & Kansas Rail Caucus update efforts on extending Heartland Flyer from Fort Worth northward to KS
April 30th, 2022
April 30, 2022 - TRA Newswire -The Northern Flyer Alliance, a grass-roots group working to extend the current Fort Worth to Oklahoma City rail service north to Kansas, has been busy garnering support from cities, towns and state legislatures.The alliance...
Texas House Transportation hears why rail projects must be funded
April 26th, 2022
April 26, 2022 - TRA Austin -The Infrastructure bill that Congress passed last fall can make an impact on future freight and passenger rail projects in Texas, if the state will only find the means to fund a state match...