February 12, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Panhandle Northern Railroad has been approved for a grant valued up to $2.164 million to install new ballast and ties on the 31 mile line which connects to a BNSF Railway Co. mainline, to...

February 12, 2019 - TRA Newswire - The opponents of a planned high-speed rail project that would connect Dallas and Houston in 90 minutes found a sympathetic rural county judge who decided that the railroad is not a railroad and that...

February 6, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates is now tracking numerous bills filed again this session by a few rural legislators that are intent on stopping a private-investor group from linking Dallas and Houston by high-speed rail. The list...

February 5, 2019 - masstransitmag.com - Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract from the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County for 14 light rail vehicles that will operate in Houston, Texas. This marks Houston METRO’s third order for Siemens Mobility...

February 5, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific has installed Positive Train Control (PTC) equipment on 100 percent of required route miles and implemented on all required passenger train routes. Implementation efforts continue to ensure PTC interoperability with other freight and passenger...

February 1, 2019 - sanantonio.culturemap.com - You’ve likely heard of the proposed high-speed “bullet” train that would connect Dallas and Houston, as well as the proposed transportation-in-a-tube concept that would link San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Houston, and Laredo. Now, another possible alternative to planes, Amtrak trains,...

January 31, 2019 - pilotlonline.com - TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — Some Texas troopers have been riding the rails to crack down on motorists who violate the law by driving around lowered barriers at railroad crossings. The Texarkana Gazette reports Department of Public Safety troopers...

January 30, 2019 - Bruce Selcraig, San Antonio Express-News - The several dozen people who gathered at the Texas Department of Transportation’s San Antonio headquarters Tuesday to learn about the agency’s 30-year plans may constitute a tiny sample size, but many...

January 28, 2019 - ksn.com - Wichita, Kansas (KSNW) - You can get on a train in Newton and head to Los Angeles or Chicago, but Wichita has not had Amtrak trains stopping in town since the 1970s – but that could soon...

January 23, 2019 - themonitor.com - State Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, became the first Hispanic chairman of the Texas House Committee on Transportation, the legislator’s office confirmed in a news release on Wednesday. Canales was appointed to the committee by Texas House...