May 6, 2023 - TRA Newswire - A letter from the Subcommittee Chair of Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, Texas Representative Troy Nehls (TX-22) to the Federal Railroad Administration is urging the agency to immediately return to prioritizing the continued testing...
May 6, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The good news is that the daily Texas Eagle, operating from San Antonio to Chicago, will be running faster at 100 miles per hour, shaving time off its run. The bad news is that...
May 6, 2023 - TRA Newswire -An April 26th Opinion Column in the Houston Chronicle intimated that because some signs say "locomotive cabs may be unoccupied" they pose a danger when Union Pacific trains are moved from one nearby yard...
May 3, 2023 - CBSaustin.com - A bill recently passed in the Texas House could impact plans for Austin’s Project Connect. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson alluded to a possible re-vote on the project due to the proposed legislation.“The legislation aimed at...
May 4, 2023 - TRA Newswire - The new ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), has come out in advocating for a national approch to develop passenger rail policy. Cruz picks...
April 25, 2023 - TRA Austin - Is it too late for any funding for rail this session? The state budget has now been sent to a conference committee composed of five Representatives and five Senators. The Gang of 10 will now...
April 25, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Rich Andreski, President and CEO of Trinity Metro, is seeing regional passenger rail rebounding in a post-Covid world and is optimistic about future expansion, maybe even with a unified regional rail network. Speaking at the...
April 20, 2023 - TheDailyTexan.com - Kylee Howard, Senior News Reporter - The Texas Department of Transportation announced their hope to build passenger trains connecting Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio and Houston during a conference in Dallas earlier this month. According to Texas Rail...
April 24, 2023 - TRA Newswire - A second cross-border rail alliance is born this monthHot on the heels of the recent merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, now called CPKC, which created a North America funnel for...
Updated April 22, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The days are dwindling down for the 88th Texas legislative session and there has been nary a dollar set aside yet for state rail funding so Texas can compete for the billions in...