August 8, 2024 - TRA Newswire -TxDOT is updating the Texas Rail Plan and we need as many of our Texas Rail Advocates followers to participate as possible! Updating the Texas Rail Plan only happens every four years and your...

July 16, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Should the State of Oklahoma and Texas want to expand from one daily roundtrip currently offered on the Heartland Flyer between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City, now would be the time to move on...

July 16, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The Federal Railroad Administration's announcement of over $1.1 billion in Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) grant funding last week comes right after a Texas Department of Transportation draft presentation of a line item asking the state...

July 9, 2024 - TRA Newswire -What kind of rail system do we want to have in future Texas? Do we want corridor passenger trains, high-speed rail, improvements to at-grade rail crossings, faster transit times for shippers with infrastructure improvements,...

May 1, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Nearly 300 attendees at last month's Southwestern Rail Conference in the Dallas area heard presenter after presenter lay out the case for more passenger rail service in the Lone Star state.From Amtrak's high-speed guru Andy Byford...

March 29, 2024 - TRA Newswire (Austin) -Reopening of the Rio Grande rail bridge, between Ojinaga, Mexico and Presidio, in deep Southwest Texas took a giant step forward Thursday when the Texas Transportation Commission approved letting of a $33 million...

March 25, 2024 - TRA Newswire -You've probably seen the signs announcing Flatonia when traveling along Interstate 10 in South Texas. It's about halfway between San Antonio and Houston in Fayette County. You'll pass a number of other smaller towns...

March 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire -What is the impact of the far-reaching Infrastructure Law that Congress passed in 2021 and how does Texas figure into the billions of dollars that are in play for passenger and freight rail projects.Those...

February 18, 2024 - TRA Newwire -No trains over the Rio Grande at Presidio, yet. But it's getting closer.It's frustrating that a brand new, sturdy international rail bridge over the Rio Grande River at the Texas-Mexico line, built after a...

February 4, 2024 - TRA Commentary and Analysis - Here's the billion dollar question. Can TxDOT, the Texas Transportation Commission and our state lawmakers get on the same page to receive a chunk of $66 billion in guaranteed federal rail grants,...