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TxDOT issues 90 day letter that will discontinue support for the popular Heartland Flyer train

April 27th, 2026
April 27, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Depending on which state supplies information on the rail service, Texas or Oklahoma, it seems that the Heartland Flyer's days are numbered unless last minute funds can be cobbled togethere, again. It's starting to look...

Report: Heartland Flyer delivers $11.7 million annual impact to Oklahoma; state needs to fund this service

April 24th, 2026
April 25, 2026 - TRA Newswire -While some Oklahoma legislators complain that their state share of funding for the Heartland Flyer passenger rail service only sends Sooner dollars south on the train to be spent in Texas, the opposite is...

Austin company gets the greenlight for autonomous Texas-Mexico elevated railway

June 29th, 2025
June 19, 2025 - KXAN.com -An Austin company is looking to revolutionize the way products move between Texas and Mexico.Green Corridors, LLC just got the green light from the White House via a permit to build an elevated railway for autonomous...

Save the Heartland Flyer: Why we need the Fort Worth-OKC train more than ever

May 30th, 2025
June 2, 2025 Updated - TRA Austin -Regular funding for the daily train that runs between Fort Worth, Gainesville and Oklahoma CIty, as requested by the Texas Department of Transportation, was pulled by budget lawmakers in Austin and was not...

Why the Amtrak Sleeper Car Is the ultimate way to travel across Texas

October 24th, 2023
November 2023 - TexasMonthly.com / By Sasha von Oldershausen -The road to far West Texas is rambling, which is to say there’s no easy way to get there, no matter where you’re coming from. I learned this quickly during my three years...

TX-OK-KS Heartland Flyer corridor designation request awaits fed approval

December 9th, 2022
December 9, 2020 - TRA Newswire -A tri-state DOT request for passenger rail service from Fort Worth, through Oklahoma City to Kansas now winds its way through the Washington D.C. bureaucracy. The transportation departments  of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas submitted...

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...

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...

Amtrak Prez/CEO meets with U.S. Rep Cuellar on Texas-Mexico passenger service

March 25th, 2022
March 25, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Amtrak President /CEO Stephen Gardner and Chief Financial Officer Tracie Winbigler met recently with U.S. Rep Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) to discuss passenger service between San Antonio and Monterrey, Mexico. According to San Antonio radio...

Crew shortage forces Amtrak to reduce Texas service

January 18th, 2022
Updated January 20, 2022 - TRA Newswire - Amtrak has announced temporary service cuts to its national network train service due to "staffing challenges resulting from Covid-19 and the highly active Omicron variant," according to a company statement. 8% of service...

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