April 5, 2019 - TRA Austin - On Wednesday the House Transportation Committee created a subcommittee that will be the new battleground for high-speed rail bills. Almost all the high-speed bills that have not been heard at this time have now landed...

Updated April 5, 2019 - TRA Austin - In a two year old replay of a effort to keep Texans from riding high speed trains, Texas Senator Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury) filed a rider to the Senate budget bill that would stop...

March 29, 2019 - TRA Newswire - A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday on HB 1367 in Land and Resource Management. Texas Rail Advocates does not support this bill and urges that it be quashed.This is another of about two dozen...

March 29, 2019 (Updated) - TRA Newswire - This week's rail  news under the capitol dome in Austin revolved around required access to private property and a bill with a good sounding title that actually had been described by its author...

March 27, 2019 - Craig Enoch, Retired Justice, Texas Supreme Court - Banding together for protection and common welfare was one of the earliest signs of civilization. Oftentimes, individuals would be required to dedicate some of their land for common use....

March 26, 2019 - Fort Worth Star Telegram - Gordon Dickson - Since it opened in 2001, the Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center has served as a gorgeous little train and bus station – but with a truly awful acronym for...

March 26, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Testimony was taken Monday in Austin on House Bill 1370, one of the gaggle of bills filed by rural lawmakers to stop a private company from bringing high-speed rail to Texas. The bill, which was...

March 19, 2019 - Dallas Morning News  - Dallas Area Rapid Transit president Gary Thomas on Monday urged Congress to deliver a far-reaching infrastructure bill, joining other public transit leaders in stressing the importance of funding billions of dollars in improvements. Speaking...

March 19, 2019 - Progressive Railroading - Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) announced its Rail Link Inc. subsidiary obtained a rail service contract from the Port of Caddo-Bossier in Shreveport, Louisiana. Rail Link will move inbound and outbound materials for the port. Located...

March 23, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Amtrak has released it's 2020 General and Legislative Annual Report which includes its fiscal year Grant Request to Congress and it finally includes some positive news for the Heartland Flyer. The one daily round-trip from...