Links
AIR-RAIL LINKS: THE TRAIN TO THE PLANE (Texas airports listed first)
- Dallas Love Field - (DAL) DART Light Rail Orange and Green Line
- DFW International Airport - (DFW) TEXRail to Fort Worth
- DFW International Airport - (DFW) Trinity Railway Express - TRE
- Atlanta GA (ATL) - MARTA
- Baltimore/Washington - (BWI) Amtrak
- Baltimore/Washington - (BWI) Light Rail to Baltimore
- Baltimore/Washington - (BWI) MARC Trains
- Burbank Bob Hope Airport - (BUR) Trains to the north and Antelope Valley
- Burbank Bob Hope Airport - (BUR) Trains to the south and LA Union Station
- Chicago Midway - (MDW) CTA
- Chicago O'Hare - (ORD) CTA and METRA (North Central Service)
- Cleveland Hopkins - (CLE) RTA
- Denver - (DEN) RTD "A Line"
- DFW International Airport -(DFW) DART Light Rail to Dallas - TEXRail to Fort Worth
- Miami - (MIA) Metrorail trains to the city
- Miami - (MIA) Tri-rail trains to the north
- Milwaukee - (MKE) Amtrak Hiawatha service
- Minneapolis/St Paul - (MSP) Metro Transit Light Rail
- New York Kennedy - (JFK) AirTrain
- Newark - (EWR) NJ Transit
- Oakland - (OAK) BART & Amtrak
- Philadelphia - (PHL) SEPTA and Amtrak
- Phoenix - (PHX) Valley Metro Light Rail
- Portland - (PDX) Max Red Line
- Providence - (PVD) MBTA & Amtrak
- Salt Lake City - (SLC) TRAX Green Line
- San Francisco - (SFO) BART Yellow and Red Lines
- Sea-Tac - (SEA) Link Light Rail
- South Bend - (SBN) South Shore Line
- St Louis - (STL) MetroLink Light Rail Red Line
- Washington DC Reagen - (DCA) Metrorail Yellow and Blue Lines
- Washington Dulles - (IAD) Metrorail Silver Line
AMTRAK TEXAS INTERCITY SERVICE
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY FREIGHT AND PASSENGER RAIL PROGRAMS
- Michigan State University - Center for Railway Research and Education
- Michigan Tech
- National University Rail Center
- Penn State
- Texas A&M Transportation Institute
- Texas Southern University
- University of Denver Intermodal Transportation Institute
- University of Illinois
- University of Nevada Las Vegas
- University of Southern Mississippi
- University of Tennessee - Knoxville
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- University of Wisconsin
FEDERAL & STATE RAIL AGENCIES & LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
- Federal Railroad Administration Home Page
- Surface Transportation Board
- Texas Department of Transportation Rail Division
- Texas House Transportation Committee
- Texas Senate Committee on Transportation
- U.S House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECTS
INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS
MODEL RAILROADING
PASSENGER RAIL OPERATORS
RAIL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS
- Arkansas Association of Railroad Passengers
- Colorado Rail Passenger Association
- Friends of Passenger Rail Oklahoma
- Light Rail Now (Austin, Texas based)
- Louisiana Association of Railroad Passengers
- Northern Flyer Alliance
- Passenger Rail Oklahoma
- Rail Passengers Association (National Association of Railroad Passengers)
- RailPAC (California and Nevada)
- Restart Lone Star Rail District
- San Antonians for Rail Transit
- Texas Eagle Marketing & Performance Organization (TEMPO)
RAIL BLOGS, BOOKS & TRAVELOGUES
RAIL CAR TRAVEL - PRIVATE CAR AND VACATIONS
RAIL DETRACTORS AND NIMBY GROUPS
- Anti high-speed rail / Congressman Kevin Brady
- Anti high-speed rail / Congressman Michael McCaul
- Anti high-speed rail / Ex-Congressman Joe Barton
- Anti high-speed rail / Reroute The Route
- Anti high-speed rail / Texas Representative Jake Ellzey
- Randal O'Toole
- Texans Against High Speed Rail
- Wendell Cox
RAIL MUSEUMS AND TOURIST RAILROADS
- Austin Steam Train
- Galveston Railroad Museum
- Grapevine Vintage Railroad
- Jefferson Railway
- Marshall Texas Depot and Museum
- Museum of the American Railroad - Frisco Texas
- Red River Railroad Museum - Denison Texas
- Rosenberg Railroad Museum
- Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum
- Texas Heritage Railroading Museum - Houston
- Texas State Historical Association
- Texas State Railroad - Palestine to Rush
- Texas Transportation Museum - San Antonio
RAIL PLANNING ORGS (REGIONAL - MPO) - TEXAS
RAIL STUDIES & PROJECTS - Texas
- Arkansas High-Speed Passenger Rail Study (2020)
- Austin-Houston TxDOT Passenger Rail Study (2011)
- DART Silver Line Project (Projected Opening 2026)
- DFW Metroplex TxDOT Freight Mobility Study (2021)
- GETTING ON TRACK: Optimizing Rail for the Austin-San Antonio Megaregion (April 2023)
- Heartland Flyer Study - Texas A&M Transportation Institute (2010)
- Houston-Beaumont TxDOT Freight Rail Study (2021)
- I-20 Corridor Council (2023)
- Reviving the South Orient Railroad - TxDOT Video (2011)
- Texas A&M Transportation Institute - Rail Studies
- Texas Rail Plan 2016 - Texas Department of Transportation
- Texas Railroad Information Management System (TRIMS) (2013)
- Texas Triangle High Speed Rail Study (1989)
- Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study Service-Level EIS and Record of Decision - June 2017
- Tower 55 Fort Worth Project Wins AASHTO President's Award - TxDOT (2016)
- TxDOT Report: Protecting and Preserving Rail Corridors Against Encroachment of Incompatible Uses (2008)
- TxDOT Statewide Rail Crossing Study (2021)