April 3, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific became the safest U.S. railroad and achieved its best annual employee safety performance in the company's 154-year history in 2016. This marks the second consecutive year Union Pacific was the top-performing railroad...

March 25, 2017 - Glenn Evans - Longview News-Journal - A planned east-west train route allowing Longview residents to ride to New York and beyond is imperiled under a federal budget proposal that would eliminate funding for long-haul Amtrak routes, including...

April 1, 2017 -  Dallas Morning News - The Cotton Belt rail line from Plano to Fort Worth and the proposed downtown Dallas subway could be threatened by a bill in the Texas Senate, which would require voter approval before such...

March 31, 2017 - KBTX.com - A battle is brewing in Austin over a study about a proposed high speed rail project that could connect Houston to Dallas. The anti-bullet train group called Texans Against High Speed Rail is seeking the full...

March 29, 2017 - KTRE.com - During a meeting Wednesday morning, the board for the Texas State Railroad gave its approval for a tentative offer to have the Arizona-based Western Group to take over operations of the railroad. The railroad’s contract with...

March 20, 2017 - BondBuyer.com - A potential budget wall banning state assistance to a privately financed $12 billion Texas bullet train could stop the proposal in its tracks, proponents warn of the latest legislative effort to torpedo the project. The state...

March 24, 2017 - Austin Monitor - With the arrival of tens of millions of dollars’ worth of new equipment, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is approximately half a year away from beefing up its tenth most popular route. On Thursday, workers...

March 25, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Members of the National Association of Railroad Passengers Houston and San Antonio chapters will host a Flatonia Pavillion Party on Saturday April 1 with a day of train watching, food and informal rail advocacy. The...

March 24, 2017 - TRA Newswire - CSC Sugar began its new packaging and distribution operations at the Port of Brownsville this week. Key to the company’s expansion to Brownsville is the port’s rail infrastructure and cargo capabilities. “We chose the Port of Brownsville...

March 23, 2017 - Attendees at the Transit Coalition of North Texas were told today that there are 65 bills in the Texas House and Senate that could ultimately end present and future passenger train service, whether at the local or regional...