July 14, 2020 - TRA Newswire - The draft of the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) 2021 Unified Transportation Program (UTP) is now available for the public to review and comment. The UTP is TxDOT’s 10-year plan that guides transportation project...

July 14, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Long portions of steel rails were delivered on Friday, July 10, to Addison, Texas along the Silver Line, a sure sign that construction on Dallas Area Rapid Transit's (DART) $2 billion project is underway....

July 9, 2020 - TRA Newswire - The Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District (NETEX) has chosen a new operator for the rail line. A five-person selection committee voted to start negotiations with Freedom Terminal Services / Freedom Railcar Solutions of...

July 8, 2020 - TRA Newswire/railpassengers.org  - House appropriators with jurisdiction over transportation programs gave Rail Passengers another significant victory today WASHINGTON DC – House appropriators with jurisdiction over transportation programs gave Rail Passengers another significant victory today, releasing a draft Fiscal...

June 29, 2020 - click2houston.com - Unique, train-themed stays across the Lone Star State. Train buffs, you’ll love these unique, train-themed lodging options scattered across the Lone Star State. From Fredricksburg to Kingsland, Glen Rose, Slaton and New Braunfels you can have...

July 8, 2020 - TRA Newswire - With Texas auto manufacturing plants coming back to life while the Coronavirus continues to play havoc with the economy, it has resulted in more rail cars coming out of storage that carry new vehicles...

July 6, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Short line railroad operator Watco will take over rail infrastructure assets and related equipment at six major Dow Chemical North American sites, including two along the Texas Gulf coast and one in Louisiana. Watco, the...

July 3, 2020 - RailPassengers.org - Jim Mathews, President/CEO - There’s a lot happening right now, and it can be hard to keep up to date. Rail Passengers Association has set up a webpage as a resource to let you know...

June 24, 2020 - Commentary by Russ Jackson - You already know what the situation is these days with Amtrak and its plans for October.  What we need right now is some philosophy that will keep our chins up and continue...

June 15, 2020 - TRA Newswire - In what has been described as a "slash and burn" mentality, passenger rail carrier Amtrak is set to cut service on its national network trains from daily service to tri-weekly. Texas and other states would...