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County judges in I-35 Lone Star Rail Corridor disappointed in lack of funding for rail

December 11th, 2023
December 11, 2023 - SanAntonioReport.org - Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai joined his counterparts in Travis and Dallas counties Friday in expressing their disappointment that a passenger rail expansion plan connecting the major metros was left out of a major funding...

Texas Rail Advocates congrats Texas Transpo Commission and TxDOT on FRA corridor rail grants

December 10th, 2023
December 12, 2023 - TRA Newswire Austin -Speaking before the monthly Texas Transportation Commission meeting in Austin, Texas Rail Advocates President Peter LeCody congratulated the Transportation Commissioners and Executive Director Marc Williams for being the recipient of two TxDOT Corridor Identification...

Federal railroad grant denied for passenger rail in central Texas

December 9th, 2023
December 8, 2023 - Fox4Austin.com - On Friday, the Federal Railroad Administration approved five corridors for passenger rail expansion in Texas and excluded the corridor connecting Austin, San Antonio and Dallas-Fort Worth."So that is disappointing news, but it's not the end...

The busy I-35 Lone Star Rail Corridor didn't make the first round of federal rail grants

December 8th, 2023
December 8, 2023 - TRA Newswire -As reported by MySanAntonio.com today, the County Judges of two of the largest Texas metro areas, Austin and San Antonio, were miffed why the I-35 Lone Star Rail Corridor wasn't included on today's list...

Houston-to-Dallas high-speed rail project awarded $500,000 federal grant

December 8th, 2023
December 8, 2023 - HoustonPublicMedia.org - The long-envisioned initiative was one of seven high-speed rail projects across the country selected to receive grant funding from the Federal Railroad Administration, which awarded a total of $8.2 billion to 79 rail projects that...

'More lanes or more trains?' Proposed rail projects in Texas get federal funding boost

December 8th, 2023
December 8, 2023 - KERAnews.org -More passenger rail projects are on the horizon in North Texas and across the state as federal officials announced new funding on Friday.The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is awarding a $500,000 grant for the proposed I-20...

Travis and Bexar County Judges team up for Lone Star Rail Corridor trains

December 7th, 2023
December 8, 2023 - TRA Newswire -County Judges from two of Texas' largest metropolitan areas say that it's time for trains to connect their regions and beyond.Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai and Travis County Judge Andy Brown were on X...

Texas scores multiple federal passenger rail corridor grants; not on I-35. Heartland Flyer, Sunset Ltd to benefit: Full details

December 6th, 2023
Updated 8pm CST - December 9, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates learned that the Federal Railroad Administration has awarded planning grants to the Texas Department of Transportation, Amtrak, the North Central Texas Council of Governments and the Southern...

Delayed Presidio International Rail Bridge project to chug on into 2025

December 1st, 2023
November 29, 2023 - BigBendSentinel.com -The timeline for reopening the international rail bridge between Presidio and Ojinaga has been pushed back a few months, with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) estimating that the line will now reopen in summer...

Union Pacific expands direct Houston dock service to 9 inland destination cities

December 1st, 2023
December 1, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Effective today, Union Pacific Railroad expands their international intermodal service from the docks at Port Houston to a total of nine inland markets.Five pervious inland terminals are now joined by direct links from the...

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