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FRA covers 6 years of expenses for new and expanded rail service: a 2nd roundtrip for the Heartland Flyer or Austin-San Antonio?

July 16th, 2024
July 16, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Should the State of Oklahoma and Texas want to expand from one daily roundtrip currently offered on the Heartland Flyer between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City, now would be the time to move on...

Feds dangle $1.1 billion in rail crossing safety funds; good timing for TxDOT's "exceptional item request"?

July 16th, 2024
July 16, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The Federal Railroad Administration's announcement of over $1.1 billion in Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) grant funding last week comes right after a Texas Department of Transportation draft presentation of a line item asking the state...

TxDOT wants your input on the updated Texas Rail Plan - funding seems to be top priority, so far

July 9th, 2024
July 9, 2024 - TRA Newswire -What kind of rail system do we want to have in future Texas? Do we want corridor passenger trains, high-speed rail, improvements to at-grade rail crossings, faster transit times for shippers with infrastructure improvements,...

Recap Southwestern Rail Conference: The case for passenger rail in Texas

May 1st, 2024
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...

Big step forward for restored international rail bridge between Presidio TX and Ojinaga MX

March 29th, 2024
March 29, 2024 - TRA Newswire (Austin) -Reopening of the Rio Grande rail bridge, between Ojinaga, Mexico and Presidio, in deep Southwest Texas took a giant step forward Thursday when the Texas Transportation Commission approved letting of a $33 million...

Little Flatonia sees big things ahead with a future Amtrak stop

March 25th, 2024
March 25, 2024 - TRA Newswire -You've probably seen the signs announcing Flatonia when traveling along Interstate 10 in South Texas. It's about halfway between San Antonio and Houston in Fayette County. You'll pass a number of other smaller towns...

Agenda set for 2024 Southwestern Rail Conference April 15-16 in DFW metroplex

March 10th, 2024
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...

Does anyone want to bid on a $33 million freight rail security center at Presidio, Texas? Anyone?

February 15th, 2024
February 18, 2024 - TRA Newwire -No trains over the Rio Grande at Presidio, yet. But it's getting closer.It's frustrating that a brand new, sturdy international rail bridge over the Rio Grande River at the Texas-Mexico line, built after a...

Is TxDOT, Transpo Commission and Texas lawmakers ready to apply for billions in federal rail grants, or not?

February 4th, 2024
February 4, 2024 - TRA Commentary and Analysis - Here's the billion dollar question. Can TxDOT, the Texas Transportation Commission and our state lawmakers get on the same page to receive a chunk of $66 billion in guaranteed federal rail grants,...

FRA Administrator Amit Bose to speak at 20th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference April 16

January 17th, 2024
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...

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