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FRA issues high speed safety rules for Texas Central - sets public meetings

March 12th, 2020
Updated March 13, 2020 - TRA Newswire - (Updated to include listing of three public meetings on draft safety regulations) It's called a Rule of Particular Applicability. What it really means is that the Federal Railroad Administration, in the past, never needed...

FTA awards CIG funds to two Texas transit agencies

March 2nd, 2020
March 2, 2020 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) last week announced that Trinity Metro in Fort Worth and the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) in Houston, Texas, will retain a combined $57.4 million of cost savings the administration generated from completed projects...

AMTRAK board to replace CEO: Anderson out - Flynn in

March 2nd, 2020
March 2, 2020 - TRA Newswire - The Amtrak board is to announce this week that CEO Richard Anderson is being replaced by William Flynn, who has a background in both air and sea logistics and railroading. Anderson had apparently fallen...

FRA chief: TEXRail one of eight RR's at risk of implementing PTC by year end

February 28th, 2020
February 28, 2020 - TRA Newswire - The head of the Federal Railroad Administration, Ron Batory, named names as he released a 2019 4th quarter report of railroads that may be in jeopardy by the end of this year in implementing...

Western Houston, Waller County now have an industrial rail park

February 27th, 2020
February 27, 2020 - TRA Newswire - RCR Hempstead Logistics Park is now open for rail business.  The 137 acre site (http://hempstead.rcrrailco.com/) located in Hempstead & Waller County will serve national and international grade manifest and transload firms looking to locate...

Landowners and one Congressman still fighting the Texas bullet train

February 26th, 2020
February 26, 2020 - TRA Newswire - As Texas Central Railway awaits the outcome of a federal review to start construction of the 240-mile long high speed rail line between Houston and Dallas, protests from landowners and one Houston area Congressman...

Dallas based Trinity Industries announces strong 4Q and year

February 25th, 2020
February 19, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Trinity Industries, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, announced strong earnings results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2019. The companiy is one of the leading providers of rail transportation products and services...

TNW Announces Logistics Center Acquisition

February 24th, 2020
February 18, 2020 - RailwayAge.com - TNW Corporation (TNW), a Dallas-based privately held operator of short line railroads and transportation logistics services, has acquired a multi-commodity bulk material handling and storage facility located in Harwood, Texas. The 20-acre facility meets a growing...

Renfe Inks $6 Bn Deal with Texas Central

February 24th, 2020
February 23, 2020 - Brinkwire - Spanish train operator Renfe on Thursday said it had signed a $6-billion deal with US rail developer Texas Central to design, build and run a high-speed rail line in the United States. In a statement, Spain’s...

Texas Central's new trains: no middle seats, ever

February 24th, 2020
February 18, 2020 - MassTransit.com - (Editor's note: Texas Central previewed their train layout to attendees at the Southwestern Rail Conference on January 24, before this press release was issued). Texas Central has unveiled the first look at the interior layout of...

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