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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...
Amtrak applies for Federal Grants to improve long distance network, includes Texas
June 5th, 2023
June 5, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Amtrak has submitted applications for approximately $716 million in Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) funding for 16 proposed projects around the country that would improve Long Distance reliability, reduce travel times and expand service. These...
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...
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...
Amtrak wants to see major service expansion in Texas Triangle, I-10 and I-20 national trains
April 19th, 2023
April 19, 2023 - TRA Newswire -If the Federal Railroad Administration approves Corridor Identification programs for the nation's passenger rail service, Amtrak, Texans could look forward to more trains between Lone Star cities. Ambitious plans include making the Sunset Limited, now...
TxDOT Rail Division announces initiatives to move goods and people, help economic development
April 13th, 2023
April 13, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The Rail Division at the Texas Department of Transportation has some initiatives underway to improve the flow of goods and people through rail improvements and to show how rail benefits economic development."We've really done...
Amtrak to lead FRA application process for Dallas-Atlanta I-20 route expansion
March 10th, 2023
March 10, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Amtrak will be lead agency applying for federal authorization to link Dallas-Fort Worth with passenger rail service through East Texas, northern Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi to Atlanta and East coast markets previously not reachable...
Amtrak’s Texas Eagle sees ridership increase after pandemic decrease
February 27th, 2023
February 27, 2023 - KLTV.com (video) - Coming through Longview twice a day, Amtrak’s ‘Texas Eagle’ continues to be a reliable alternative of travel for many.With connecting rails all over the country, train travel is often cheaper than flying, in part...
Amtrak says Sunset Limited on-time performance is substandard; railroads respond to charges
January 31st, 2023
January 31, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Canadian National (CN) have responded to a complaint filed by Amtrak that the railroads "substandard" dispatching has affected the performance of its Sunset Limited service that runs between New...
Amtrak puts out feelers for replacement of aging Superliner equipment
January 20th, 2023
January 20, 2023 - TRA Newswire / RailPassengers.org -Amtrak expects to get responses from as many as 10 manufacturers by the end of March as it kicked off the process of replacing bi-level Superliner equipment for its national network service. The...