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TX House Transportation Committee hears 11 anti-high speed rail bills

April 17th, 2019
April 17, 2019 - TRA Austin - anti-bullet train bills were left pending in committee Into the midnight hour today a special House Transportation sub-committee heard 11 bills that were all designed to slow down or kill a private enterprise building...

It's your opinion: Why I want high-speed rail in Texas

April 15th, 2019
Your opinion does matter. What's your reason for wanting high-speed trains to connect our cities in Texas? We're gathering comments from everyday citizens like you that want more and better transportation options when you travel in Texas. Comments on why high-speed rail...

Texas Rail Advocates Rallies Support for High-speed Trains

April 15th, 2019
April 15, 2019 - TRA Newswire - TRA and its allies apply pressure in Austin to secure a future for high-speed rail in Texas   As opponents of high-speed rail resort to underhanded legislative maneuvers to preserve the status quo, Texas Rail...

TAKE ACTION NOW: High-speed rail needs your help

April 14th, 2019
April 14, 2019 - Dear Texas Rail Advocates follower, Your help is needed for calls and emails to your Texas Representative and Senator in a most urgent way. If you want to ride high-speed rail in the future we are asking you...

Texas Rail Advocates: Stands In Opposition To Secretive Anti-Train Budget Rider

April 11th, 2019
April 9, 2019 - QuorumReport.com - TRA Decries Closed Door Legislative Maneuvers and Aims to Rally Public Support for Continued Rail in Texas   Enthusiasm for expanded rail travel has been building across Texas in recent years, forcing opponents to resort to...

Guest Opinion - Change, at 190 mph

April 10th, 2019
April 5, 2019 - Robbie Briggs, President & CEO, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty - Texans are legendary for love affairs with their cars - and maybe more so their trucks - gleefully navigating ribbons of roadways, stretching thousands of miles...

Texas Deepwater Partners and Shell to restore Deer Park Rail Terminal on Houston Ship Channel

April 9th, 2019
April 8, 2019 - BusinessWire - A Houston rail/maritime project, when completed, will have the capability of loading up to 48 railcars a day, or about 33,000 barrels of refined products a day. Texas Deepwater Deer Park Terminal LLC (“TDWP DP”), a...

Dallas' Union Station Renamed After US Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

April 8th, 2019
April 6, 2019 - NBCDFW.com - History was made Saturday in honor of a legendary lawmaker and daughter of Dallas. Union Station was renamed Eddie Bernice Johnson Union Station. The legendary congresswoman, elected in November 1992, was surrounded by national, state and local...

10 Texas lawmakers endorse high-speed rail project in STB letter

April 8th, 2019
April 8, 2019 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - Ten U.S. House members representing Texas districts have written to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) in support of Texas Central's Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail project. U.S. Reps. Colin Allred (D-Texas) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) led the...

New travel study shows increased demand, ridership for Texas’ high-speed trains

April 8th, 2019
April 8, 2019 - TRA Newswire - More than 6 million passengers are expected to use the train annually by 2029, more than 13 million passengers expected by 2050 Train will save 60 to 90 minutes per trip between Houston...

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