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BNSF Railway announces Logistics Center North Houston at Cleveland

February 23rd, 2020
February 13, 2020 - RT&S - BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today announced its newest logistics center, Logistics Center North Houston at Cleveland. Once completed, the rail-served development is designed to help businesses increase their reach and speed to the densely-populated Houston...

Developers set to launch KCS rail-served distribution park in El Campo TX

February 23rd, 2020
February 11, 2020 - Houston Chronicle - Stonemont Financial Group is moving forward with the first phase of the Southwest International Gateway Business Park, a 540-acre rail-served industrial park planned in El Campo, 60 miles southwest of Houston. The Atlanta-based developer announced...

The Amtrak Funding Déjà Vu—Again

February 23rd, 2020
February 12, 2020 - Railway Age - Color it neither Democratic nor Republican. It’s Amtrak—or, more precisely, the Amtrak déjà vu. Since its 1971 creation by Congress as America’s national intercity passenger railroad, Amtrak’s survival has been a near-run thing dependent...

Texas A&M System Regents Approve Quiet Zone Project

February 23rd, 2020
February 6, 2020 - today.tamu.edu - Silencing train horns adjacent to the College Station campus will improve quality of life for the campus community adjacent to the railroad corridor. The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents gave approval during its regular...

Passenger rail study Texarkana-Little Rock-Memphis flawed?

February 7th, 2020
February 7, 2020 - TRA Newswire - A recently released study of potential passenger rail service from Texarkana, Texas through Arkansas to Memphis, Tennessee may be flawed, according to one rail advocate. The $900,000 state-commissioned rail study that involved the Arkansas...

Gulf Coast rail 1 step closer: Mobile AL City Council votes to fund Amtrak

February 7th, 2020
February 6, 2020 - apr.org / railpassengers.org  - Passenger rail service between Mobile and New Orleans took a big step forward this week. The Mobile City Council voted to pay up to $3 million to cover some operating costs for the...

FRA report: Texas in top 4 for fatal rail trespasser strikes

February 7th, 2020
February 4, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Texas is one of four states with the most fatal trespasser strikes along rail lines according to a report published by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The report provided a summary of FRA trespasser strike...

Safety: barriers between light rail cars coming to DART platforms

February 7th, 2020
February 3, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will soon begin installing candlestick-type barriers on all 64 light rail station platforms to prevent injuries from occurring between vehicles. The new barriers alert visually impaired riders that the space...

DFW fringe cities spurring industrial rail park & developments

February 7th, 2020
February 4, 2020 - bisnow.com - Hillsboro Rail Park south of Dallas is booming. Heading into 2020, market analysts predicted less well-known cities on the periphery of Dallas-Fort Worth would emerge as industrial players. After all, Dallas-Fort Worth ranks No. 1 in industrial demand and supply, Cushman &...

DART to add new light rail station in Irving at $1 billion development

February 7th, 2020
January 30, 2020 - TRA Newswire - A contract for the construction of an additional rail stop on Dallas Area Rapid Transit's (DART) Orange Line has been approved. The infill Hidden Ridge Station in Irving will be part of a $1...

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