July 31, 2025 - TRA Austin - At the July meeting of the Texas Transportation Commission today, it was announced that Texas Department of Transportation   Rail Division Director Jeffrey "Jeff" Davis has been promoted to Chief Administrative Officer at the agency....

July 26, 2025 -TRA Newswire -In a post on X, KUT-FM Transportation Reporter Nathan Bernier described how recent flooding in the Hill Country of Texas has closed down a freight rail link along part of a 162-mile corridor through the...

July 19, 2025 - Tahlequah Oklahoma Daily Press - Reprinted with authorization -State-level politicians grow increasingly incompetent, stingy and cruel in many parts of the country, and the Texas Legislature – whose members meet only every other year and undoubtedly...

July 22, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Texas North Western Railway Company (TXNW) has completed significant infrastructure improvements in the Texas panhandle town of Etter, with a 50/50 cost sharing federal program that will improve rail safety, while reducing rail...

July 22, 2025 - Dallasnews.com -John Kleinheinz is the chief executive of Kleinheinz Capital Partners, the leading investor of Texas Central, the company behind the Dallas-Houston high-speed rail project.In an Op-Ed published in the Dallas Morning News, Kleinheinz said:If you...

July 22, 2025 - TRA Commentary -Except for some consolidation in the short line railroad arena and Canadian Pacific Railway-Kansas City Southern morphing into CPKC in April 2023, merger talks between Class 1's had been deathly silent. Until recently, that is.Last...

July 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Getting a head start on the 2027 Texas legislative session, leaders of grass-roots and non-profit organizations met in Houston earlier this month and have set their sights on making a statewide Intercity Passenger Rail...

July 20, 2025 - thetravel.com - It’s a common saying that “everything is bigger in Texas.” The state is renowned for its expansive highways, vast ranches, generous food portions, and thriving cities. While big projects like a proposed Houston-to-Dallas high-speed rail line—set...

July 16, 2025 - TRA Newswire -BNSF Railway announced the launch of a new, expedited rail service from Los Angeles to Houston with the first operating train on July 10th. In a statement from the railroad, "This third-day service marks a...

July 7, 2025 - Trains.com -Canadian Pacific Kansas City can send Midwestern grain to export at the ports of Houston and Galveston via haulage rights over Union Pacific south of Beaumont, Texas, the Surface Transportation Board said.Union Pacific in 2023 had...