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Connection with Texas: Why it will take time to build a passenger rail network in Mexico
May 31st, 2022
June 1, 2022 - bnamericas.com -President Andrés Manuel López Obrador promised to revamp passenger train services in Mexico, which will create several challenges for the infrastructure, communications and transportation ministry (SICT).BNamericas spoke with the ministry's rail and multimodal development chief,...
FRA issues first quarterly report on Texas Passenger Rail performance
May 18th, 2022
May 18, 2022 - TRA Newswire -The Federal Railroad Administration's first quarterly report on intercity passenger rail performance and service quality is out and for the three Texas services run by Amtrak it's a mixed bag.The period covered is from...
Texas Rail Advocates want state to fight for federal rail grants
May 18th, 2022
May 16, 2022 - FreightWaves.com -"We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to seize the day"Texas short-line operators are urging the state to pursue federal funds that would help finance rail projects in the state.They're highlighting federal grants available from the Federal...
Software hiccups: Rail freight to Mexico is embargoed at the Texas border
May 11th, 2022
May 11, 2022 - TRA Newswire -It's not bad enough that supply chain issues rippling through the economy have played havoc with rail shipments through Texas and the rest of the nation. Now you can add a computer glitch that...
Third time a charm: Leander to stay in CapMetro rail world
May 10th, 2022
TNW's Treangen asks Texas lawmakers to consider short-line investment
May 10th, 2022
May 10, 2022 - TRA Newswire -TNW Corporation CEO Paul Treangen, President of the Texas Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, testified on April 26th before the Texas House of Representatives' Transportation Committee on the role of short lines in...
Will Texas miss out on it's share of $66 billion in federal rail funds?
May 8th, 2022
May 8, 2022 - TRA Newswire -The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is expected to announce, this month, the procedures for filing for Infrastructure Law rail grant programs. $66 billion in advanced appropriations are to be available for passenger and freight...
Opinion: Amtrak board nominees, why no one from out here in flyover country?
May 5th, 2022
May 5, 2022 - TRA Opinion -Late last week President Biden announced his nomination of five individuals for the board of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) all of whom will be subject to Senate approval. With the current administration...
Analysis: Texas Central Railway awaits state Supreme Court verdict
April 30th, 2022
April 29, 2022 - communityimpact.com -The April 29 episode of the Houston Breakdown podcast includes an update on Texas Central's plans for high-speed rail connecting Houston and Dallas.Texas Central Railway awaits verdict (communityimpact.com)Go to the podcast at 12 minutes 15...
Mexico: angry at Gov. Abbott border crackdown, will run rail line to New Mexico, not Texas
April 30th, 2022
April 29, 2022 - ttnews.com -Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border crackdown is generating fresh backlash, with Mexico’s economy minister announcing that a new rail line to the U.S. would now go via New Mexico instead of the Lone Star State.“We’re...