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Want Airline Food? Take Amtrak

April 21st, 2018
April 19, 2018 - RailwayAge.com - William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief - Ex-Florida Congressman John Luigi Mica, a foodie who spent a considerable amount of time when he was Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee questioning Amtrak’s food service costs, must be very...

High speed rail vote: Don’t let the train leave without Fort Worth

April 12th, 2018
April 11, 2018 - BY THE STAR-TELEGRAM EDITORIAL BOARD - EDITOR'S UPDATE: Thursday afternoon Regional Transportation Council members voted to approve funding that will allow North Texas transportation planners to begin studying a high speed rail route from Fort Worth to Laredo. Details...

Regional Transportation Council says yes to $500,000 for DFW & I-35 passenger rail study

April 12th, 2018
April 12, 2018 - Fort Worth Star Telegram - BY GORDON DICKSON - The effort to build high-speed trains connecting Dallas, Arlington and Fort Worth — and eventually Waco, Austin, Laredo and possibly Monterrey, Mexico — took a step forward Thursday. The Regional...

Amtrak grades BNSF & UP "host" freight railroads' performance

March 23rd, 2018
March 23, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Amtrak trains that run on the "host" railroads of BNSF and Union Pacific scored much higher in a new quarterly report card over other railroads that delayed passenger trains across the nation. Most of Amtrak's...

Welcome home! Streetcar No. 1506 arrives in Downtown El Paso

March 19th, 2018
March 19, 2018 - ElPasoTimes.com - El Paso $97M streetcar, restoration project nearly complete El Paso's streetcar No. 1506 is home. Amid a police escort, the newly refurbished President’s Conference Committee vintage streetcar made its way to the maintenance and storage facility on Santa Fe...

Congressman Poe: Bullet Train builds a better future for Texas

March 17th, 2018
March 16, 2018 - Houston Chronicle - U.S. Congressman Ted Poe - "There is simply not enough concrete to build enough highway lanes to keep up with all of this growth" As technology evolves, so does transportation. From the days of the horse...

Texas Central blasts SNCF's comments about Dallas-Houston bullet train

March 15th, 2018
March 13, 2018 - ProgressiveRailroading.com / TRA Newswire - Texas Central Partners officials are striking back at comments made last week by SNCF America Inc. about the private Texas-based company's plans to build a Dallas-to-Houston bullet train service. In a statement issued in response to the Federal Railroad...

Cotton Belt rail line marches closer toward reality

March 15th, 2018
March 3, 2018 - StarLocalMedia.com - The future Cotton Belt Regional Rail is moving closer to becoming a reality, as Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) moves closer to federal and local approvals. The $1.1 billion railway will connect the Stockyards in...

TEXRail breaks ground in Grapevine with $105 million project

March 15th, 2018
March 15, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Ground was broken last Wednesday in Grapevine, Texas, on the $105-million dining and entertainment complex on the TEXRail commuter rail line. The Grapevine Main district is a public/private project to be built around a five-story...

Texas and Arkansas transportation infrastructure receives $577 million boost from Union Pacific

March 15th, 2018
March 15, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Texas's transportation infrastructure will receive a $450 million boost from Union Pacific Railroad in 2018. According to a news release, the company's planned private investment will enhance safety, operating efficiency and support customer service. This...

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