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Trump Administration’s first budget calls for end to national network trains - dumps urban transit

March 16th, 2017
Updated March 16, 2017 - NARPrail.org & TRA Newswire - The White House released its “skinny budget”—a general budget outline with few programmatic details—today. And while infrastructure investment has been a major theme of President Trump’s campaign and first 100 days,...

Passengers oppose job-killing resolutions aimed at proposed Texas bullet train

March 14th, 2017
March 14, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Freestone County Times - Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Railroad Passengers is calling on leaders in the Texas State Legislature to reject a draft of job-killing regulations aimed at the private-sector project to...

Big turnout at UT-SA hears why Texas needs more train service

February 17th, 2017
February 17, 2017 - TRA Newswire - (San Antonio) - Over 85 interested citizens, students and members of the National Association of Railroad Passengers in Texas gathered on the UT-SA Campus Thursday evening and heard about an important high speed rail...

Houston Rail Advocates Meet to Support Texas High Speed Rail Project

November 1st, 2016
November 1, 2016 - CommunityImpact.com - A dozen Greater Houston-area residents met at the Houston Amtrak station Saturday, Oct. 29, in support of improving and expanding passenger rail services throughout the nation. During its first Houston meeting, the group—members of the...

Amtrak expands "Bikes on Board" to Texas Eagle & Sunset service

September 23rd, 2016
September 22, 2016 - ProgressiveRailroading.com Amtrak is permitting riders to bring bicycles on trains along several additional national routes, the passenger railroad announced yesterday. The railroad's train-side check-in bicycle service has been expanded to the following routes: Cardinal, Sunset Limited, California Zephyr,...

Rail meeting held September 10 in Fort Worth

September 3rd, 2016
National Association of Railroad Passengers hosts regional meeting - Updates on Texas rail projects September 3, 2016 - TRA Newswire - National Association of Railroad Passengers Division Leader Bruce Ashton is inviting NARP members in North Texas to hear updates about rail projects...

Amtrak names Wick Moorman new President / CEO

August 20th, 2016
August 19, 2016 - NARP / TRA Newswire - Amtrak Chairman Tony Coscia announced that  Charles “Wick” Moorman, a long-time railroad industry leader, will be Amtrak’s next President and CEO beginning September 1. "Wick is the retired chairman, CEO and president of Norfolk...

Amtrak's Texas On Time Performance decision by STB being challenged

August 20th, 2016
August 12, 2016 - NARP / TRA Newswire - Following the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) final rule to define on-time performance for passenger rail using on-time arrival and departure at all stations along a passenger-train's route—a huge victory for passengers including...

TX-MX-OK Rail Study brings out comments from NARP Representative

August 17th, 2016
August 10, 2016 - San Antonio Express-News - AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Transportation held a public meeting Wednesday evening to share plans for a high-speed passenger train that could cross Texas, connecting to Mexico and to Oklahoma. Dozens attended but...

Feds drop proposal to prioritize freight trains over Amtrak - measure on-time at each station

July 28th, 2016
July 28, 2016 - TheHill.com In a big win for passenger rail operators like Amtrak, a panel of federal regulators has reversed course on two proposals that the passenger rail service says would have led to significant delays. The Safety Transportation Board...

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