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Stay off my tracks! UP goes to court over CPKC moving grain trains over their lines between Beaumont and Houston-Galveston ports
August 29th, 2023
August 29, 2023 - TRA Newswire -, Hey CPKC, if you want to use UP tracks for your grain trains, you better get a new agreement first. That's the contention of Union Pacific. The company wants a federal court in Western Missouri...
Rural Congressman and State Rep blast Amtrak-Texas Central potential partnership, Dallas and Houston Mayors disagree
August 27th, 2023
August 27, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Following a joint announcement that national passenger rail provider Amtrak and Dallas-Houston bullet train developer Texas Central Railway may form a partnership to advance high-speed rail, a rural U.S. Congressman and a Texas State...
Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railway partners with local school district to aid community recovery
August 27th, 2023
August 27, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railway, LLC (BRG) recently presented Point Isabel School District with a check for $9,000 during a ceremony that honored each of BRG’s nine recipients of the 2022 OmniTRAX Safe Shipper...
Phase One of Project Connect; Light Rail Coming to Austin
August 26th, 2023
August 23, 2023 - rtands.com -Light rail is coming to the city of Austin as the first phase of Project Connect is underway.According to CBS Austin, the first phase of Project Connect is underway, and a light rail will be coming to the city....
Why did Texas miss out on a new $220 million passenger railcar manufacturing plant?
August 26th, 2023
August 25, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Texas would have been the ideal state for Siemens Mobility to host the groundbreaking for a brand new $220 million passenger railcar manufacturing and services facility. Building passenger trains and servicing them smack dab in the middle of...
Tropical storm Harold knocked out South Texas rail line, Hilary caused outage on Sunset freight route
August 24th, 2023
August 24, 2023 - TRA Newswire -While the state suffered through another week of 100+ degree days, the raging heat was broken by an unlikely visitor. Tropical Storm Harold visited parts of South Texas Tuesday and resulted in flooding conditions...
Travis County Judge calls on Austin-area to be included in high-speed rail project
August 24th, 2023
August 20, 2023 - WFAA.com - AUSTIN, Texas — Travis County Judge Andy Brown grew up in Austin and has heard the stories about high-speed rail coming to Texas just as long as the rest of us.He says this time feels...
NCTCOG Hosting 4 High-Speed Transportation Open House Opportunities Beginning Aug. 29
August 24th, 2023
August 24, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The North Central Texas Council of Governments is hosting four "open house" events soon so the public can learn more about the high-speed rail connector study between Fort Worth and Dallas, that would tie-in...
Partnerships are key in moving high-speed rail toward completion in Texas
August 17th, 2023
August 18, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Imagine boarding a train in Tarrant County and being transported to Houston in less than two hours, bypassing the traffic along the region’s major highways and the potential backups that may occur.This vision is closer...
Commentary: Passenger & freight rail is OK in Texas, as long as it's not in YOUR backyard
August 13th, 2023
August 14, 2023 - TRA Commentary -BNSF Railway recently pulled back from plans to develop a needed 950-acre logstics park in the small North Texas town of Gunter after outcries from some of the 2,250 locals that didn't want to...