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Texas is still a third-world passenger rail country

January 25th, 2016
January 25, 2016 - TRA Editorial When we finally run out of more lanes to add to our existing highway system and more land to be taken off the tax rolls for new freeways and interchanges that are bursting with capacity...

Senator Huffines has high hopes for Texas high speed rail project

January 24th, 2016
January 22, 2016 - TRA Newswire Senator Don Huffines, who serves as Vice-Chair of the Transportation Committee, said that the state must embrace innovative solutions like private sector high speed rail. "Private sector ingenuity and innovation will bear great promise for...

TxDOT Rail Director says locals need to "Empower 35" rail plan / Calls for changes to Heartland Flyer service

January 24th, 2016
January 22, 2016 - TRA Newswire Highlights: I-35 Corridor passenger rail plan due out soon Heartland Flyer Fort Worth to Oklahoma service could be up for grabs Beaumont railroad bridge and Laredo freight traffic bottlenecks in rail division sights Within the next several months a...

Plans for Houston-Dallas bullet train moving along

January 24th, 2016
January 22, 2016 - Houston Chronicle Transportation Writer Dug Begley at the 2016 Southwestern Rail Conference DALLAS - Plans for high-speed rail in Texas will speed up in 2016, company officials said Friday, as the first comprehensive examination of the Houston-to-Dallas...

More roads, wider roads or add rail transit? North Texas conundrum

January 20th, 2016
January 20, 2016 - Brandon Formby - Dallas Morning News Ask Arlington drivers what the most traffic-clogged North Texas highway is and they’re likely to answer State Highway 360. Ask Collin County residents and they’re bound to say the Bush Turnpike...

Something Old draws in New audience of Millennials

January 18th, 2016
January 18, 2016 I had the pleasure of being invited to the Rail Private Car Alliance convention in Tyler over the weekend and jumping aboard a special steam train excursion on the Texas State Railroad courtesy of Iowa Pacific, the operator...

Former Fort Worth Fed Railroad Official Named Safety Chief

January 15th, 2016
January 15, 2016 - TRA Newswire WASHINGTON, DC – Bonnie Murphy, a former commuter rail executive and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) official, will become President and CEO of Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) in late January, OLI Board Chair Bill Barringer announced...

2 for 1 Amtrak travel ticket in Texas is hard to beat: ends soon

January 14th, 2016
January 15, 2016 - TRA Newswire Here's an offer on Amtrak's Texas Eagle that can save you some money. If you travel between now and March 20 you can latch on to a free ticket for each one you purchase. Say...

KCS putting $15 million into Beaumont Sub rail, bridge upgrades

January 13th, 2016
January 11, 2016 - Special to TRA Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today that its principal U.S. subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR), will invest approximately $15 million in 2016 on rail and bridge improvement projects on...

'Rural Republicans against private enterprise' new tactic to kill high speed rail in Texas

January 12th, 2016
January 12, 2016 - Texas Tribune Thirty-three East Texas officials sent a letter to the Japanese ambassador to the United States on Monday to express their opposition to a private Texas firm's proposed high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston that has...

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