June 7, 2019 - al.com - By John Sharp | jsharp@al.com Amtrak is expected to return to the Gulf Coast within 24 months, linking a new passenger rail between New Orleans and Mobile. U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., announced Friday the awarding of a $33...

November 15, 2018 - pnj.com - Railroad giant CSX plans to sell 373 miles of track between Pensacola and Jacksonville to Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad, a subsidiary of Boca Raton-based Rail USA. The deal was made public as part of a filing with...

June 21, 2018 - al.com - Governor goes against recommendation of her Southern Rail Commission appointees Cities more needs for highways and port even though airport authority likes idea In a setback for supporters hoping to see passenger rail service return...

UPDATED August 30, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Massive flooding caused by Hurricane / Tropical Storm Harvey has wreaked havoc with all modes of transportation, especially railroads, along the Texas Gulf Coast and around Houston.  All three Class I railroads that serve...

July 19, 2017 - wtxl.com - A federal panel submitted a report to Congress this week recommending passenger rail service return to the Gulf Coast. The Big Bend has been without it for more than a decade. The Gulf Coast Working Group...

January 1, 2017 - Politico - In the Donald Trump era, even red-state Republicans are cheering Amtrak's efforts to restart the Gulf Coast passenger train line that Hurricane Katrina wiped out. MOBILE, Ala. — A decade after Hurricane Katrina wiped out a...

December 20, 2016 - NOLA.com - The Federal Railroad Administration has allocated about $2.5 million for 11 passenger rail stations on potential routes east and west of New Orleans. The move brings New Orleans one step closer to passenger train service...

March 16, 2016 - TRA Newswire The Federal Railroad Administration is asking for interested parties to submit Requests for Proposals (RFP) for high speed rail projects around the country, including potential for fast trains that would traverse the South Central High Speed Rail...

January 27, 2016 - TRA For the first time in over ten years an Amtrak train will once again run between New Orleans and Florida but don't get ready to buy a ticket quite yet. The former line dubbed the Sunset...

WASHINGTON – Special to TRA - September 17, 2015 U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today questioned Acting Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Sarah Feinberg, about the agency’s efforts to...