May 31, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Fort Worth based BNSF Railway, carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services and Mexican rail provider Grupo Mexico Transportes (GMXT) have launched a new intermodal service in Mexico with Dallas-Fort Worth as one of the primary...

The fate of the Heartland Flyer is in the hands of the Texas legislature. Regular funding for the train, as requested by the Texas Department of Transportation, was pulled by budget lawmakers in Austin and resides in what is called...

May 29, 2025 - TRA Austin -Today, Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill that singles out and could potentially put a damper on investment in high-speed rail development in Texas.House Bill 2003, filed by rural Representative Cody Harris, (R) Palestine,...

May 26, 2025 - Laredo Morning Times -A border security collaboration between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Canadian Pacific Kansas City is set to enhance safety along the expanding railroad trade route at the U.S.-Mexico border through the Laredo...

Updated May 27, 2025 - TRA Austin -Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill Friday that would, for the first time, create a grant program to eliminate dangerous at-grade rail crossings across the state. A supplemental budget of $250 million was...

May 11, 2025 - TRA Austin -The Good: A few bills dealing with grant programs for at-grade rail crossing separations and short line railroad development are moving through the legislature in the final weeks of the current session.The Bad: Cody...

April 28, 2025 - TexasHighways.com - When Houston Natives Kim and Sean Ballesteros purchased a second home 465 miles away in the West Texas community of Sanderson, they wanted their vacation to begin the moment they walked out the door. “We didn’t...

April 28, 2025 - TRA Austin -In the first step of a long journey, Texas Representative John Bucy III presented House Bill 483, legislation that would enable high speed rail in Texas along the Interstate 35 corridor. Bill author Bucy, in...

April 25, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Agreements have been reached for new twice-daily Amtrak intercity train service along the Mississippi Gulf Coast between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala. Starting this summer, the new state-sponsored Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will offer convenient morning...

April 25, 2025 - KHOU.com -Officials are continuing efforts to examine options for expanding public transit in order to better connect residents in Fort Bend County with central parts of Houston.A study by the Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC), in partnership...