June 19, 2025 - TRA Newswire - If you're one of 5,000 people in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, you are going to receive an e-mail action alert from DC-based Rail Passengers Association asking for your help to contact officials and save...
June 17, 2025 - fortworthreport.org, Eric. E. Garcia -TEXRail, Trinity Metro’s passenger rail line, has a booming ridership — making it the nation’s No. 1 rail system to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said.The smooth and safe operation of...
June 9, 2025 - FortWorthReport.org, Eric E. Garcia - The Heartland Flyer hasn’t rolled off the tracks just yet.Regional officials are working to maintain funding to keep the Amtrak passenger train’s daily trips from Fort Worth to Oklahoma City — at least temporarily. State...
June 5, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Mayors from Fort Worth to Oklahoma City call for continued fundingWhile Amtrak operates the service, states are legally required to fund costs (see section 209 below)For more than 25 years, the Heartland Flyer has been...
June 2, 2025 Updated - TRA Austin -Regular funding for the daily train that runs between Fort Worth, Gainesville and Oklahoma CIty, as requested by the Texas Department of Transportation, was pulled by budget lawmakers in Austin and was not...
April 24, 2025 - fwtx.com - This contribution accelerates plans to transform Heritage and Paddock parks into vibrant downtown spaces.The north end of downtown Fort Worth is about to get a $1 million boost — and possibly a long-overdue glow-up. The...
April 21, 2025 - RailwayAge.com -Could June 30, a deadline only ten weeks away at this writing, mark the final run for Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer, the only passenger train in Oklahoma? That could happen, according to a report posted by the...
April 13, 2025 - TRA Newswire -North Texas is on the cusp of losing the only daily train that serves Fort Worth, Gainesville and Oklahoma points because the yearly funding for the train was stripped out of the Texas legislative...
April 9, 2025 - Forrworthreport.org, Eric E. Garcia -Over the course of April 7-8, rail advocates and industry leaders at the Southwestern Rail Conference in Hurst said they are monitoring state legislation that could affect high-speed rail.“The appetite for high-speed...
March 4, 2025 - ForrWorthReport.org, Eric E. Garcia -An urban rail system that emanates from downtown Fort Worth and extends to the city’s rapidly growing areas to the north, south and west is among the sweeping transit recommendations a committee...