April 3, 2026 - DallasNews.com - Op-Ed - Peter LeCody, Texas Rail Advocates - Voters in three North Texas cities will soon decide if they want to become "transit isolationists" and remove themselves from the Dallas Area Rapid Transit network. If...

March 23, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Come out to the Dallas Great Train Show Saturday, March 28 and Sunday, March 29 and visit with Texas Rail Advocates to learn how we are helping to support more trains to more places...

March 1, 2026 - TRA Newswire -An academic rail symposium, partnered between Texas Rail Advocates and University of North Texas at Dallas, gave college students a look at potential careers within the industry, as well as focusing on issues that...

January 12, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Texas Rail Advocates, in conjunction with the University of North Texas - Dallas School of Business, will present the first in a series of Academic Rail Symposiums February 27th at the Dallas campus.The event,...

July 23, 2024 - TexasTribune.com - The state’s booming population, congestion problems and billions of federal dollars on the table have officials eyeing ways to boost passenger rail.A robust passenger rail system has long been seen as a pipe dream in...

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,...

June 12, 2024 - TRA Newswire -You are invited to tune in this Friday, June 14 at 11:30 am Central for an update on passenger rail developments and opportunities on the state and federal levels.  This hour-long passenger rail update is presented...

January 17, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The head of the Federal Railroad Administration, Amit Bose, will give a keynote address during the 20th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference to be held in the Dallas-Fort Worth area April 15-16.Its not just rail...

February 21, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Rail funding, infrastructure, railroad regulation, long trains and new technology are some of the topics that attendees will hear  at the 19th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference. The premier all-rail conference held yearly in Texas...

September 22, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Texas cities and county Commissioner Courts are signing resolutions and letters of support for rail funding in the upcoming legislative session.Spurred on by Texas Rail Advocates' Fair-Share-For-Rail Campaign which points out that freight and...