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Tropical storm Harold knocked out South Texas rail line, Hilary caused outage on Sunset freight route

August 24th, 2023
August 24, 2023 - TRA Newswire -While the state suffered through another week of 100+ degree days, the raging heat was broken by an unlikely visitor. Tropical Storm Harold visited parts of South Texas Tuesday and resulted in flooding conditions...

Travis County Judge calls on Austin-area to be included in high-speed rail project

August 24th, 2023
August 20, 2023 - WFAA.com - AUSTIN, Texas — Travis County Judge Andy Brown grew up in Austin and has heard the stories about high-speed rail coming to Texas just as long as the rest of us.He says this time feels...

NCTCOG Hosting 4 High-Speed Transportation Open House Opportunities Beginning Aug. 29

August 24th, 2023
August 24, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The North Central Texas Council of Governments is hosting four "open house" events soon so the public can learn more about the high-speed rail connector study between Fort Worth and Dallas, that would tie-in...

Partnerships are key in moving high-speed rail toward completion in Texas

August 17th, 2023
August 18, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Imagine boarding a train in Tarrant County and being transported to Houston in less than two hours, bypassing the traffic along the region’s major highways and the potential backups that may occur.This vision is closer...

Commentary: Passenger & freight rail is OK in Texas, as long as it's not in YOUR backyard

August 13th, 2023
August 14, 2023 - TRA Commentary -BNSF Railway recently pulled back from plans to develop a needed 950-acre logstics park in the small North Texas town of Gunter after outcries from some of the 2,250 locals that didn't want to...

Back on track? Amtrak and Texas Central look at partnership to advance high-speed rail Dallas to Houston

August 9th, 2023
August 9, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Texas Central Partners (“Texas Central”) and Amtrak announced today that they are seeking opportunities to advance planning and analysis work associated with the proposed Dallas-Houston 205-mph high-speed rail project to further determine its viability....

New facilities make Prarie View A&M University a big player in transportation research

August 1st, 2023
August 1, 2023 - TRA Newswire - When students arrive at Prairie View A&M University for their fall semester, they will occupy a brand new $70 million engineering classroom and research building at the university’s Roy G. Perry College of Engineering complex. This...

Dallas' largest transit-oriented development breaks ground in Carrollton; 25 acres

August 1st, 2023
JUly 18, 2023 - dallas.culturemap.com - The City of Carrollton and its partners have broken ground on Eviva Trinity Mills, a mixed-use project going up at Trinity Mills Station, the train station that serves DART Light Rail's Green Line as well as...

More than 125 gather in strong support of the I-20 Corridor rail route

July 29th, 2023
July 28, 2923 - MarshallNewsMessenger.com - A strong coalition of state and local East Texas and Louisiana elected officials, former and current Amtrak, Union Pacific, and BNSF officials, transportation and economic development leaders, Councils of Governments, college and university representatives, and...

BNSF Railway unveils new Trinity River bridge at Fort Worth

July 28th, 2023
July 28, 2023 - TRA Newswire - A newly constructed BNSF Railway bridge over the Trinity River near downtown Fort Worth is another milestone in the railroad's ambitious efforts to add double-tracking on segments from Fort Worth all the way to...

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