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AECOM awarded TEXRail extension project

November 13th, 2020
November 13, 2020 - TRA Newswire - AECOM has been selected by Trinity Metro to conduct the environmental assessment and preliminary engineering for the TEXRail extension project in Fort Worth. Trinity Metro plans to extend the commuter rail line south from downtown...

Texas Central CEO: Joe Biden supports Dallas-Houston high-speed rail project

November 12th, 2020
November 12, 2020 - Dallas Business Journal - Evan Hoopfer - When developing a project as complex as a high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston, it's beneficial to have backers in high places. Carlos Aguilar, CEO of Dallas-based Texas Central developing...

Trinity Industries, Watco, G&W and others unveil 'RailPulse' real-time railcar tracking system

November 12th, 2020
November 12, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Dallas-based Trinity Industries, Inc. (NYSE: TRN) has announced plans to enter into a joint venture with Norfolk Southern, GATX Corporation, and two major short-line railroad players, Genesee & Wyoming and Watco, to create a...

Jaguar Transport Holdings buys five short-lines, 1 in E. Texas

November 5th, 2020
November 5, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Jaguar Transport Holdings (Jaguar) and The Western Group (TWG) have announced that Jaguar has acquired five short-line railroads, one in East Texas, and a railroad construction and maintenance company from TWG. Jaguar is partnered with...

Texas one of 7 states on safety campaign: Stop. Trains Can't.

November 5th, 2020
November 5, 2020 - TRA Newswire - A $ 6.6 million effort is now running on radio stations and through digital and social media in 7 states, including Texas, with a message for drivers and high-risk highway-rail crossings: Stop. Trains Can't. The U.S....

Texas high-speed rail rules posted to Federal Register

November 5th, 2020
November 5, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Documents that support safety standards and procedures for environmental impacts of the Texas bullet train project have now been published to the Federal Register and will come into effect on December 3. The high-speed rail...

Austin voters pass $7.1 billion transit initiative

November 4th, 2020
Updated November 5, 2020 - AustinMonitor.com - With the passage of Proposition A, voters have given the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority the green light to build out the core elements of the city’s first mass transit system over the coming decade...

Denton County has a new A-Train operations and maintenance contractor

November 2nd, 2020
November 2, 2020 - TRA Newswire - As of this past weekend, Rio Grande Pacific Corportation (RGPC) has assumed operations and maintenance of Denton County Transportation Authority's A-Train rail system. “We’re looking forward to our partnership with Rio Grande Pacific for the...

Gary Thomas announces retirement as DART President/Executive Director

October 30th, 2020
Photo Dallas Morning News October 30, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Gary C. Thomas, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) president/executive director, has informed the DART Board of Directors of his intention to retire from his position after almost 20 years of leadership....

Amtrak in October.... what's going to happen now?

October 28th, 2020
October 28, 2020 - Commentary by Russ Jackson -   Here we are in October, 2020.  Covid 19 is still spreading across the country, wildfires are burning in California and Colorado, another hurricane is hitting the Gulf Coast, a massive cold front...

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