March 14, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Early registration for the 21st Annual Southwestern Rail Conference at the Hurst Texas Conference Center ends March 22nd so you only have a few days to take advance of a discounted rate.The only all-rail...

March 14 2025 - TRA Newswire -You'll be able to buy tickets soon for the start of passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama. During the quarterly meeting of the Southern Rail Commission (SRC),...

January 7, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker (R), a long-time supporter of intercity passenger rail service, announced that the Federal Railroad Administration has awarded a Restoration and Enhancement Grant of over $21 million to restart rail service...

December 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire -It's not years anymore. Knox Ross, Chairman of the Southern Rail Commission, says that the return of passenger service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama is "down to months, not years."At the quarterly commission...

August 8, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The Mobile City Council approved resolutions this week that clears the way for passenger rail service to resume between New Orleans and the Port City for the first time in 20 years.The final vote...

July 26, 2024 - TRA Newswire -An agreement is said to be finalized that would restore passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama along the Gulf Coast corridor. The agreement, which is scheduled for final approval during the first...

June 17, 2024 - TRA Newswire-A congressional bill filed by a Nebraska Senator that would hold Amtrak accountable for executive bonuses and make the railroad more transparent in its finances has also raised the eyebrows of Texas Senator Ted Cruz,...

May 1, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Nearly 300 attendees at last month's Southwestern Rail Conference in the Dallas area heard presenter after presenter lay out the case for more passenger rail service in the Lone Star state.From Amtrak's high-speed guru Andy Byford...

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...