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TEXRail in Grapevine provides a path to transit across the region

May 18th, 2019
May 15, 2019 - CommunityImpact.com - About 200,000 have taken advantage of TEXRail in its first four months of operation between Grapevine and Fort Worth. In July, the passenger rail line will start picking up passengers every half-hour instead of every...

A fiery Fort Worth train derailment could change how railroads handle hazardous cargo

April 30th, 2019
April 26, 2019 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Gordon Dickson - Some tanker cars involved in a fiery train derailment Wednesday in south Fort Worth were older model rail cars that are considered less safe for transporting flammable liquids than newer models, federal...

1,000th new locomotive rolls off Fort Worth assembly line

April 26th, 2019
April 26, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Wabtec, formerly GE Transportation, celebrated the 1,000th locomotive produced at it's north Fort Worth plant this week. The locomotive will be delivered to Canadian National Railway (CN). The Evolution Series Tier 4 was the first...

Fort Worth has a great little TEXRail train station with an awful name – not anymore!

March 26th, 2019
March 26, 2019 - Fort Worth Star Telegram - Gordon Dickson - Since it opened in 2001, the Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center has served as a gorgeous little train and bus station – but with a truly awful acronym for...

Amtrak route from Meridian MS to Fort Worth comes after Gulf Coast train

February 12th, 2018
February 3, 2018 - meridianstar.com - Negotiations are underway to revive a long-awaited Amtrak route connecting Atlanta and Ft. Worth, Texas, through Meridian, but it has taken a backseat to a Gulf Coast train route that was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. “The...

GE Transportation-Fort Worth gets 200 locomotive order

December 26th, 2017
December 26, 2017 - TRA Newswire - The future of GE Transportation's Fort Worth plant got a little brighter this week with the announcement that CN, the Canadian National Railway Company, placed an order for 200 new locomotives over the next...

Three things must happen before North Texans can get TEX Rail commuter trains

November 25th, 2017
November 24, 2017 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Gordon Dickson - If all goes according to plan, a year from now the long-awaited TEX Rail commuter train service will make its maiden voyage from downtown Fort Worth to Grapevine and Dallas-Fort...

Dallas & Fort Worth move toward high speed rail connection

November 25th, 2017
November 13, 2017 - Dallas Morning News  - Dallas and Fort Worth officials are moving forward on plans to create a separate entity to manage a potential high-speed connection between the two cities. The Dallas City Council's Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure & Sustainability Committee gave...

Take a sneak peek at TEXRail trains that will carry riders in Fort Worth next year

October 18th, 2017
October 16, 2017 - Fort Worth Star Telegram - BY Gordon Dickson - One of the first TEX Rail cars off the assembly line was publicly unveiled last week during a transit exposition in Atlanta — and Fort Worth officials say...

TEXRail's first new railcar to be shown at Atlanta transpo expo

October 1st, 2017
October 1, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Attendees at the American Public Transportation Association's Expo in Atlanta will get the first look at TEXRail's self-propelled rail car this month. The first Stadler "Flirt" Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) rolled out of the plant...

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