January 17, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The head of the Federal Railroad Administration, Amit Bose, will give a keynote address during the 20th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference to be held in the Dallas-Fort Worth area April 15-16.Its not just rail...

November 29, 2023 - BigBendSentinel.com -The timeline for reopening the international rail bridge between Presidio and Ojinaga has been pushed back a few months, with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) estimating that the line will now reopen in summer...

September 19, 2023 - TRA Newswire -In order to better serve the public and focus on regional rail issues, the Texas Department of Transportation is imbedding a rail division employee in five district offices around the state.These five new full-time...

June 15, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates has learned that the state of Texas is not interested in a share of some $5.8 million in federal funding for states to participate in the Interstate Rail Compact (IRC) Program....

June 12, 2023 - The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) may be stepping in where the state of Texas faltered to make up a funding shortfall of $700 thousand for the popular daily Heartland Flyer service between Fort...

June 11, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Battling the Texas heat, rattlesnakes and more, Texas Department of Transportation rail investigators travel the state to keep trains and drivers safe around the tracks.Texas has more railroad mileage than any other state in...

Updated June 6, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The Federal Railroad Administration will be releasing funds totaling some $86 million for five major grade-crossing projects in Texas cities through the Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Grant Program. The funds come from the...

May 29, 2023 - TRA Austin -The massive Texas state budget, with billions of dollars in surplus taxpayer funds, came up short again for any meaningful passenger and freight rail projects in 2024-25 plans. These budget cycles continue to repeat...

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 13, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The Rail Division at the Texas Department of Transportation has some initiatives underway to improve the flow of goods and people through rail improvements and to show how rail benefits economic development."We've really done...