March 6, 2024 - TRA Newswire - With Update March 16 -BNSF was able to restore service to both of its main lines in the Panhandle Subdivision in the Texas Panhandle on March 16th.BNSF Railway operating teams are confronting significant...

March 3, 2024 - Commentary by Russ Jackson, Contributing Writer -The FRA has released its list of the 15 new long distance routes that could be added to the existing 15.  It's an impressive list of what ought-to-be's, but I hate...

March 3, 2024 - TRA Newswire -He's regarded as a transport executive who knows how to get projects done and maybe that's just what is needed to get the long-delayed high-speed rail project between Dallas and Houston going.Andy Byford, whose...

February 28, 2024 - TRA Newswire The FC Austin season opener tested the new McKalla rail station in North Austin, as an unexpected surge of passengers tried to use the rail line this past weekend. CapMetro was caught unaware, a victim...

February 18, 2024 - TRA Newswire - Right now they are just lines on a map. Ideas and proposals driven by a lot of data and background material.But when the Federal Railroad Administration finishes their required study to evaluate future Amtrak...

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 12, 2024 - CommunityImpact.com - Dallas-Fort Worth’s Regional Transportation Council awarded $30 million in federal funds to obtain new vehicles for the Trinity Railway Express during a Feb. 8 meeting.The Council also awarded federal funds for Trinity Metro to purchase four new passenger rail vehicles...

February 12, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Two of the most powerful Texas county judges along the I-35 corridor met with Union Pacific officials in Washington earlier today to begin talks about starting passenger rail service, according to a post on...

February 9, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Underground or above ground? That was the question discussed at length at Thursday's meeting of the North Central Texas Council of Governments' Regional Transportation Council (NCTCOG, RTC). Should planning for a high speed rail...

February 7, 2024 - TRA Newswire -With its newly assembled Public Infrastructure and Investments team in place, BNSF Railway (BNSF) is ready to help eligible applicants apply for recently announced federal grants to improve grade crossing safety in Texas towns...