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Suit filed in fed court: Union Pacific wants a do-over in the recent CPKC merger
May 7th, 2023
May 7, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific is not happy with the recent Surface Transportation Board decision that allowed the merger of Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) into the new CPKC. UP has filed suit in...
Texas Central CEO grilled by Texas lawmakers, bill to advance from House Transportation Committee
May 6th, 2023
May 6, 2023 - TRA Austin - Over the objections of Texas Central Railway CEO Michael Bui, House Bill 2357 was passed out of the Texas House Transportation Committee this week and sent to Calendars, the next step before being...
Texas Chairman Nehls leads letter to Biden Administration to prioritize rail safety over special interests
May 6th, 2023
May 6, 2023 - TRA Newswire - A letter from the Subcommittee Chair of Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, Texas Representative Troy Nehls (TX-22) to the Federal Railroad Administration is urging the agency to immediately return to prioritizing the continued testing...
Amtrak's Texas Eagle to operate at higher speeds, but not in the Lone Star state
May 6th, 2023
May 6, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The good news is that the daily Texas Eagle, operating from San Antonio to Chicago, will be running faster at 100 miles per hour, shaving time off its run. The bad news is that...
Complaints of "crewless trains" running in Houston are unfounded
May 6th, 2023
May 6, 2023 - TRA Newswire -An April 26th Opinion Column in the Houston Chronicle intimated that because some signs say "locomotive cabs may be unoccupied" they pose a danger when Union Pacific trains are moved from one nearby yard...
Proposed bill passed in the Texas House could halt plans for Austin's Project Connect and force re-vote
May 4th, 2023
May 3, 2023 - CBSaustin.com - A bill recently passed in the Texas House could impact plans for Austin’s Project Connect. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson alluded to a possible re-vote on the project due to the proposed legislation.“The legislation aimed at...
Texas Senator Cruz: let's take a national approach for passenger rail; Joins with Senator Tester on Amtrak board makeup
May 4th, 2023
May 4, 2023 - TRA Newswire - The new ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), has come out in advocating for a national approch to develop passenger rail policy. Cruz picks...
Austin Capitol update: Now the budget conferees go at it
April 25th, 2023
April 25, 2023 - TRA Austin - Is it too late for any funding for rail this session? The state budget has now been sent to a conference committee composed of five Representatives and five Senators. The Gang of 10 will now...
Trinity Metro post-covid ridership has recovered to 85%, TEXRail ridership shows 74% annual growth
April 25th, 2023
April 25, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Rich Andreski, President and CEO of Trinity Metro, is seeing regional passenger rail rebounding in a post-Covid world and is optimistic about future expansion, maybe even with a unified regional rail network. Speaking at the...
TxDOT’s proposed plans for passenger trains could improve travel for Texas Triangle
April 24th, 2023
April 20, 2023 - TheDailyTexan.com - Kylee Howard, Senior News Reporter - The Texas Department of Transportation announced their hope to build passenger trains connecting Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio and Houston during a conference in Dallas earlier this month. According to Texas Rail...