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Oklahoma officials want to expand Heartland Flyer into Kansas, connect to east-west trains

April 11th, 2023
April 9, 2023 - JoplinGlobe.com - Oklahoma officials are partnering with their Kansas counterparts in a bipartisan push to expand Oklahoma’s existing passenger rail line into Kansas, giving both states’ residents easier access to major east-west trains.The two states have made...

Editorial: El Paso City Council - run your damn streetcars or give the money back to TxDOT

April 10th, 2023
April 10, 2023 - TRA Editorial - We look in disbelief how El Paso has taken a prize trophy like their art-deco streetcars that ran on a regular schedule when the line first operated, and now which some on the city...

HART to transform how Houston area deals with trains and traffic

April 9th, 2023
April 9, 2023 - TRA Newswire -It's called HART and that stands for Houston Area Rail Transformation. It's a way that various agencies are going to be able to collaborate with each other and make it easier for motorists to...

TxDOT submits 3 applications for Corridor Identification Program, the "Texas Triangle"

April 6th, 2023
April 6, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The Texas Department of Transportation submitted three applications for advancing passenger rail corridors in the state to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).The announcement was made at the 19th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference this week at...

Back in the courtroom again? Landowners want to know about Texas Central high-speed rail project on April 7

April 2nd, 2023
Updated April 7, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Update: Beckham Portela Trial Law, the Dallas-based attorneys representing a property owner in Calvin House vs.Texas Central Railroad cancelled Friday's court hearing within hours of their appearance. TRA understands it was due to the sole...

Part 11: Texas Central Files a Pseudo Answer

March 21st, 2023
In his continuing series on Texas Central, Railway Age Contributing Editor David Peter Alan reports on the high-speed rail project Texans want to see built between Dallas and Houston, but has been stymied by four C's: Courts, Covid, Crafty Politicians...

Austin looks at cost-cutting for its light rail projects

March 21st, 2023
March 21, 2023 - TRA Newswire - A billion dollars today doesn't buy you as much as two years ago. That's why Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) unveiled five options for the public today at a Austin Public Library open house for...

Now there are 2 Texas House appropriation riders looking for rail funding in the state budget

March 15th, 2023
March 15, 2023 - TRA Austin -Now there are two rail-centric riders up for consideration by the Texas House Appropriations Committee. The most recent rider to the budget process was filed by Representative David Spiller (R-Jacksboro). If approved and funded,...

STB approves Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger

March 15th, 2023
March 15, 2023 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - The Surface Transportation Board today announced it has approved the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern with several conditions.The combined entity of the two smallest Class Is will be known as Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and will be...

Trinity Industries seals $70M deal for Michigan-based rail logistics / software company

March 14th, 2023
March 14, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Dallas-based Trinity Industries has acquired RSI Logistics in a $70 million purchase that gives the company a strong position in  software and logistic movements in the North American rail industry.Jean Savage, President and CEO...

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