February 5, 2026 - TRA Newswire -The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) knows that the future of travel in a growing state like ours needs intercity rail as a transportation choice and it's important not to take a...

January 17, 2026 - TheTravel.com - If you're dreaming of a cross-country train ride that takes you from the skyscrapers of Chicago to the desert sunsets of the American Southwest—without the crowds of more famous routes—then it's time you discovered the Texas...

December 24, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Built in 1930 in the renaissance style, the historic Union Train Station that straddles two cities in two states has fallen into disrepair and has been a stagnant blight in downtown Texarkana, Texas and...

November 28, 2025 - KLTV.com - And one of them lives right here in East Texas—with no plans of slowing down.For the past 17 years, Martha Ann has worked right over at the Mineola Train Depot. At 92 years old, she...

November 20, 2025 - Bloomberg.com, Benton Graham -The reporter's journey says a lot about the state of passenger rail in many parts of the US, where decades of service cuts have derailed the network’s efficiency — and where efforts to...

November 24, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Ridership increased aboard Amtrak's three Texas train routes in 2025, even as capacity constraints resulted in fewer available coaches and sleepers for part of the year. The daily Texas Eagle, tri-weekly Sunset Limited and the...

April 28, 2025 - TexasHighways.com - When Houston Natives Kim and Sean Ballesteros purchased a second home 465 miles away in the West Texas community of Sanderson, they wanted their vacation to begin the moment they walked out the door. “We didn’t...

March 15, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Springtime always brings out the track crews for necessary repairs and infrastructure upgrades and 2025 will have Union Pacific maintenance-of-way gangs hard at work between Marshall in East Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. If...

December 9, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Despite having fewer coaches and sleeping cars available for service, Amtrak's Texas Eagle service increased in ridership and revenue for the fiscal year that ended October 31st. The Heartland Flyer, a partnered service of the...

October 13, 2024 - FortWorthReport.org, David Montgomery -Nearly 400 miles north of Fort Worth, Rod Kreie, the mayor of Newton, Kansas, happily envisions a day when he and his friends can hop aboard a southbound Amtrak to go watch his...