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Oil News: KCS to build Port Arthur terminal / Corpus Christi rail expansion / Monahans new transload

January 17th, 2019
January 17, 2018 - (Austin) - The Houston Chronicle is reporting that state regulators have issued a permit that will allow Kansas City Southern Railway Co. to build a rail and marine terminal in Port Arthur for crude oil, gasoline, ethanol and...

Grapevine mayor: City stands to benefit from Plano DART extension

January 13th, 2019
January 10, 2019 - CommunityImpact.com - Prior to the debut of TEXRail on Jan. 10, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a $908 million loan was awarded to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit System to connect the DART to the Dallas-Fort...

Dallas Fort Worth Airport welcomes Trinity Metro’s TEXRail service

January 13th, 2019
January 11, 2019 - InternationalAirportReview.com - The commuter rail line which connects downtown Fort Worth to Dallas Fort Worth, which provides direct access to the airport, will be free to users until the end of January 2019. Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW)...

R. J. Corman unit earns Toyota San Antonio switching pact

January 6th, 2019
January 2, 2019 - RailwayAge.com - R. J. Corman Switching Company, LLC was awarded work as the automotive loading provider at four of Toyota’s North American’s locations: Georgetown, Ky., Tupelo, Miss., Princeton, Ind., and San Antonio, Texas. Corman has performed work for...

Cotton Belt commuter line construction contract awarded

January 6th, 2019
January 4, 2019 - RailwayGazette.com - Dallas Area Rapid Transit has awarded a joint venture of Archer Western and Herzog Contracting a $783m contract to build the 42 km Cotton Belt commuter rail line, with assistance from lead designer Jacobs Engineering....

TEXRail cleared by FRA to start service to DFW Airport

January 6th, 2019
Updated January 7, 2018 - NBCDFW.com - After a bit of a delay, the long-awaited launch of TEXRail train service will take place this week. Trinity Metro announced Monday afternoon that they'd received word from the Federal Railroad Administration that the entire...

San Antonio joins chorus for daily cross-country Sunset Limited rail service

December 22nd, 2018
December 22, 2018 - TRA Newswire - The San Antonio city council has joined a list of cities across the southern tier states supporting a call for daily service by Amtrak's Sunset Limited, which now only runs tri-weekly through Texas and...

Where do you want to ride? Help update the TxDOT Rail Plan

December 19th, 2018
December 19, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Your input is needed to shape the future of passenger and freight rail in Texas. The Texas Department of Transportation must update the Texas Rail Plan in 2019 to meet federal requirements. TxDOT is asking...

DART to close on RRIF loan agreement for Cotton Belt project

December 18th, 2018
December 18, 2018 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) this week expects to close on an agreement for a $908 million loan with the Federal Railroad Administration's Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) program. The loan will be used to fund the...

Transpo leader State Rep. Joe Pickett, citing health issues, to retire

December 16th, 2018
December 16, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Considered one of the state's leading policy leaders on transportation issues, State Representative Joe Pickett - El Paso, said he will retire from the Texas House to undergo cancer treatments. Pickett has served the last...

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