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Fort Bend County looks to new transit routes to ease commutes to Houston

April 25th, 2025
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...

Good neighbor: BNSF donates $1 million to help revitalize two Fort Worth parks

April 24th, 2025
April 24, 2025 - fwtx.com - This contribution accelerates plans to transform Heritage and Paddock parks into vibrant downtown spaces.The north end of downtown Fort Worth is about to get a $1 million boost — and possibly a long-overdue glow-up. The...

Fort Worth advances high-speed rail economic study with Arlington at $75K price tag

April 24th, 2025
April 23, 2024 - FortWorthReport.org, Eric E. Garcia -Fort Worth and Arlington — Tarrant County’s tourism hotspots — plan to work together to study the economic benefits of a proposed high-speed rail route to Dallas.On April 22, Fort Worth City...

Union Pacific reports 1st Quarter: revenue and income flat, but some bright spots

April 24th, 2025
April 24, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific operating revenue was $6 billion in the first quarter of 2025, pretty much flat on a 7% growth in volume in their mix of business lines. Operating income was $2.4 billion for...

Judi Elmore, Oklahoma Champion of the Heartland Flyer, passes away

April 24th, 2025
April 24, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Oklahoma business owner and Champion of the Heartland Flyer, Judi Elmore, heard her last train horn sound on Tuesday April 22nd, when the daily service stopped to pick up passengers in the Sooner city...

Hearing scheduled for Monday, April 28 on high-speed rail in the I-35 DFW/Austin/San Antonio corridor

April 23rd, 2025
April 23, 2025 - TRA Newswire -A new twist in the high-speed rail saga happens Monday, April 28 when House Bill 483 finally gets a hearing in the Transportation Sub-Committee on Funding.The committee will hear from Texas Representative John Bucy,...

Follow rail legislation on TRA's Under the Dome page: freight and passenger rail bills are now being heard

April 21st, 2025
April 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Legislation is now being heard in Austin that affects the future of freight and passenger rail movement in Texas. Texas Rail Advocates is tracking  a total of 26 bills that have been filed.  Interested citizens...

Heartland Flyer End of the Line?

April 21st, 2025
April 21, 2025 - RailwayAge.com -Could June 30, a deadline only ten weeks away at this writing, mark the final run for Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer, the only passenger train in Oklahoma? That could happen, according to a report posted by the...

Kansas secures passenger rail future as Texas risks regional setback with Heartland Flyer

April 18th, 2025
April 18, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Heartland Flyer Extension gains ground while Texas hesitates on fundingTOPEKA, KS – In a bold move for regional mobility and economic development, Kansas has officially secured a future for expanded passenger rail service with the...

Texas House Transpo hears high-speed rail testimony: could be 7 years away from running Dallas-Houston trains

April 17th, 2025
April 17, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The effort to finally have high-speed train service in Texas got a shot in the arm today at the Capitol in Austin. Testimony from the organization reworking the finances of the bullet train project...

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