August 21, 2025 - TRA Austin - The Texas Transportation Commission, meeting in Austin today, concurred with the Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments' funding of construction and projects that included $3.6 million "for Amtrak's Heartland...

August 19, 2025 - San Antonio Express-News, Richard Webner - Passenger rail has long been a subject of indifference, if not scorn, amidst the Republican political leadership of Texas, a state that has come to identify itself with super-tall highways and...

August 20, 2025 - TRA Newswire -A 'first-person' report on new service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama that started Monday, re-establishing train travel along the Gulf Coast that had been missing for 20 years. Texas Rail Advocates Advisor Chris...

August 17, 2025 - Axios.com - For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, an Amtrak conductor in New Orleans shouted "all aboard!" as passengers loaded up a Mobile-bound train on Saturday.Why it matters: The Mardi Gras line links New Orleans with four other Gulf Coast towns...

August 16, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Tesla has a big railroad shipping footprint in Central Texas, thanks to a newly constructed 183,340 square-foot Class A rail-served industrial facility in Taylor, just to the northeast of Austin. JLL Capital Markets announced it...

August 15, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Following the promotion of Jeff Davis to an executive level position, the Texas Department of Transportation announced that it is accepting applications for the position of Rail Division Director.The details of the position can...

August 10, 2025 - KBTX.com, Donnie Tuggle - DALLAS, Texas (KBTX) - The lead investor behind the proposed Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail project says the plan is “shovel-ready” and could become the fastest train in the world if built, while a state lawmaker...

August 10, 2025- TRA Newswire -Dallas-based Trinity Industries, one of the largest freight car builders in the U.S., will close one of two facilities in the East Texas city of Longview as part of a restructuring program. 170 employees are...

August 10, 2025 - RailPassengers.org -Just a few days following Union Pacific’s announcement of its intent to merge with Norfolk Southern, Amtrak revealed it has settled with UP over its long-running late-trains proceeding and asked the Surface Transportation Board to dismiss the...

August 7, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) voted to send a letter to DC-legislators supporting high-speed rail that would connect the DFW region with greater Houston.The support letter...