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Port Freeport completes $146M container terminal expansion
June 18th, 2023
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June 18, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Recently completed expansion at Port Freeport along the Texas Gulf Coast means more business for the Union Pacific-served seaport. In 2019 Texas Rail Advocates reported that the Port Freeport Commissioners had approved a construction contract with McCarthy...
How four mayors from the Deep South are leading the expansion of national passenger rail to DFW
June 18th, 2023
May 31, 2023 - t4america.org - The mayors of Monroe, Ruston, and Shreveport, Louisiana, have joined forces with the mayor of Vicksburg, Mississippi to fight for new Amtrak service through their communities. This move has placed these four local officials at...
Roy Walthal: 1951-2023, attempted to bring high speed rail to Texas
June 18th, 2023
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June 18, 2023 - Legacy.com - Roy Dell Walthall III suffered catastrophic brain damage on Friday, June 9th and passed away June 16th 2023. Roy lived the most amazing life and will be remembered and loved forever by all those whose lives...
EDITORIAL: The Amtrak Board of Directors doesn't look like the country they represent
June 18th, 2023
June 18, 2023 - TRA Editorial - U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, will convene a full committee nomination hearing this coming Wednesday, June 21 at 10:00 a.m. ET to consider nominations for...
July 10 is deadline for submitting an Interstate Rail Compact federal grant, Texas is not participating
June 15th, 2023
June 15, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates has learned that the state of Texas is not interested in a share of some $5.8 million in federal funding for states to participate in the Interstate Rail Compact (IRC) Program....
Daily Amtrak service across the Texas I-10 Corridor would be big economic benefit to cities and towns
June 14th, 2023
June 14, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Increasing service from tri-weekly to daily on Amtrak's combined Sunset Limited / Texas Eagle route through Texas would result in a positive economic impact to the cities and towns that the train serves. That's according...
Council of Governments steps in to bail out state of Texas on Heartland Flyer funding shortfall
June 12th, 2023
June 12, 2023 - The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) may be stepping in where the state of Texas faltered to make up a funding shortfall of $700 thousand for the popular daily Heartland Flyer service between Fort...
Tourist attraction Texas State Railroad gets $10 million from legislature
June 12th, 2023
June 10, 2023 - JacksonvilleProgress.com - State Senator Robert Nichols (R – Jacksonville) and State Representative Cody Harris (R – Palestine) secured $10 million through House Bill 1, the General Appropriations Act, for the Texas State Railroad.“The Texas State Railroad is...
TxDOT rail investigators help keep people and goods moving safely on railroads
June 11th, 2023
June 11, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Battling the Texas heat, rattlesnakes and more, Texas Department of Transportation rail investigators travel the state to keep trains and drivers safe around the tracks.Texas has more railroad mileage than any other state in...
Two grassroots groups in Central Texas want to see more Austin to San Antonio trains
June 11th, 2023
June 11, 2023 - TRA Newswire -"Imagine a fast, frequent, reliable train running between San Antonio and Austin. Say goodbye to traffic." That is the aim of a new, grassroots organization formed in the Austin area called RESTART Lone Star...