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7 short line railroads in Texas to benefit from $140 million in federal CRISI infrastructure grants

October 29th, 2024
October 29, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Seven short line railroads that operate in Texas will be receiving up to $140 million in federal railroad grants that will help with track and bridge upgrades, along with other infrastructure improvements, it was...

Fort Worth poised to be major hub for national rail travel. Will the pieces fall into place?

October 15th, 2024
October 13, 2024 - FortWorthReport.org, David Montgomery -Nearly 400 miles north of Fort Worth, Rod Kreie, the mayor of Newton, Kansas, happily envisions a day when he and his friends can hop aboard a southbound Amtrak to go watch his...

Texas NOT participating in share of $1 billion in fed/state partnership rail grants

October 7th, 2024
October 7, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Texas Rail Advocates has been told that, as of now, the Texas Department of Transportation will not be participating in a Federal/State Partnership Program where the state could receive a share of $1 Billion...

TxDOT wants public input on the U.S. 287 corridor - your comments on rail are important

August 25th, 2024
August 25, 2024 - TRA Newswire -You might not have known that U.S. 287 runs from the panhandle all the way down to Port Arthur, angling its way through Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Fort Worth, and East Texas down to the Gulf...

FRA Report: Amtrak's Texas trains show improved on-time performance in 2024 vs. 2023

July 6th, 2024
July 6, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Compared to the same period in 2023, the three Amtrak intercity passenger rail services that operate in Texas showed an improvement in on-time performance (OTP) for the first six months of this year.Statistics released...

Feds wrap up first step in expansion of long-distance passenger rail vision for Texas and U.S.

June 12th, 2024
June 12, 2024 - TRA Newswire - A fourth and final working group meeting of the Federal Railroad Administration's Amtrak Long-DIstance Passenger Rail Study wrapped up today in Dallas, highlighting 15 potential routes to link cities and towns across the...

TRA and Rail Passengers Assoc contacting mayors and county judges in path of FRA proposed long distance routes

June 1st, 2024
June 1, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Texas Mayors and County Judges along two proposed Federal Railroad Administration long-distance passenger rail routes will soon be receiving letters asking for their support for daily train service.The FRA has outlined 15 conventional-speed passenger...

North Central Texas COG's Dan Lamers at Southwestern Rail Conference: High-speed rail will eventually be here

April 25th, 2024
April 25, 2024 - TRA Newswire -"High-speed rail is on everybody's mind, the next frontier in transportation", in the words of Dan Lamers, Senior Program Manager at the North Central Texas Council of Governments. "I know there are some people...

FRA's Amit Bose at Southwestern Rail Conference: rail funding opportunities ahead

April 19th, 2024
April 19, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Federal Railroad Administrator Amit Bose, speaking at the 20th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference in Hurst, Texas this week, said that a lot of work has already been accomplished by the agency on establishing high-speed...

Feds say 2-person train crew is the rule, tho there may be some exceptions

April 2nd, 2024
April 2, 2024 - TRA Newswire - After two years of listening to all sides of the issue, the Federal Railroad Administration ruled today that two-person crews will be maintained on most all rail routes in the U.S., though there may...

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