July 17, 2024 - TRA Newswire - Once a glorious facility that spanned the Arkansas and Texas border and hosted numerous daily trains, the Texarkana Union Station has fallen into a state of disrepair and has become an eyesore for the region. That may change...

July 16, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Should the State of Oklahoma and Texas want to expand from one daily roundtrip currently offered on the Heartland Flyer between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City, now would be the time to move on...

July 16, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The Federal Railroad Administration's announcement of over $1.1 billion in Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) grant funding last week comes right after a Texas Department of Transportation draft presentation of a line item asking the state...

July 15, 2024 - TRA Newswire -To help keep a thriving Texas economy moving, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is drafting a record-breaking 10-year transportation plan, and the public is invited to weigh in on potential projects in communities...

June 27, 2024 - A regional transit authority boosts the economy, says Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council Executive Director Manuel Cruz. People have more mobility. It is easier for them to get to work, visit the doctor, go to college,...

July 12, 2024 - TRA Newswire - Eliminating a cumbersome move from ship-to-truck-to-rail at Union Pacific Railroad's Port Houston on-dock service is paying off with additional inland markets added in 2024.The sucessful service, which began in May 2023, enables intermodal containers...

July 12, 2024 - TRA Newswire -To mollify Dallas City Council members that didn't want to see an elevated high-speed rail line on the western fringe of downtown Dallas, the Regional Transportation Council was shown a new proposed route that...

July 10,  2024 - SpectrumLocalNews.com -MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s massive, debt-fueled passenger rail building program is not going to end with the administration of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, but will instead double, he said Wednesday.López Obrador said his...

July 9, 2024 - TRA Newswire -What kind of rail system do we want to have in future Texas? Do we want corridor passenger trains, high-speed rail, improvements to at-grade rail crossings, faster transit times for shippers with infrastructure improvements,...

Updated July 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Rail service is in a recovery mode following Hurricane Beryl's push through the Texas Gulf Coast. Union Pacific Railroad reports that "all impacted track segments, with the exception of the Galveston area, have been...