April 25, 2024 - TRA Newswire -"We've been working on this for ten years and we're almost there", according to Southern Rail Commission Chairman Knox Ross, referring to reestablishing passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast, from New Orleans to...

March 14, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it has awarded up to $400,000 to the Southern Rail Commission (Louisiana) through the Interstate Rail Compacts (IRC) Grant Program. The program...

March 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire -What is the impact of the far-reaching Infrastructure Law that Congress passed in 2021 and how does Texas figure into the billions of dollars that are in play for passenger and freight rail projects.Those...

December 8, 2023 - KERAnews.org -More passenger rail projects are on the horizon in North Texas and across the state as federal officials announced new funding on Friday.The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is awarding a $500,000 grant for the proposed I-20...

Updated 8pm CST - December 9, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates learned that the Federal Railroad Administration has awarded planning grants to the Texas Department of Transportation, Amtrak, the North Central Texas Council of Governments and the Southern...

September 22, 2023 - TRA Newswire / Rail Passengers Association -Amtrak service along the Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Mobile is now assured to return following the announcement of a $178 million dollar grant announced by U.S. Senator Roger...

September 9, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The Southern Rail Commission announced at a quarterly meeting yesterday that Amtrak has reached an agreement with Canadian Pacific / Kansas City Southern (CPKC) to conduct the study for establishing passenger rail service from...

July 1, 2023 - TRA Newswire - East Texas Congressman Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-01) has jumped aboard the push for passenger rail along the I-20 corridor. Congressman Moran issued a statement after learning that funding for the I-20 Passenger Rail Corridor, which he supported...

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...

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...