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Denton County Transpo agency snags three regional leaders

December 29th, 2021
December 29, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Three names in North Texas transportation have switched from BNSF Railway, DART and the North Central Texas Council of Governments and joined Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA). The transit agency serves one of the...

Ribbon cutting at new Corpus Christi area Savage Gulf Rail facility

December 28th, 2021
December 28, 2021 - TRA Newswire - The ribbon has been freshly cut and the massive rail yard in San Patricio County at the doorstep of Corpus Christi is open for business. The ribbon-cutting we are referring to is at the...

TRE at 25 years: where its been, where it's at now

December 27th, 2021
December 27, 2021 - TRA Newswire - On December 30, the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) will celebrate 25 years of providing regional rail service across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The TRE has a chance for you to win free rides as part...

Texas AG Ken Paxton's office now inserts into Texas Central high-speed rail lawsuit

December 21st, 2021
December 21, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Deja vu. It's back to the Texas Supreme Court for Texas Central Railway as Attorney General Ken Paxton's office has now inserted itself into a lawsuit claiming that the railroad is not a railroad...

Opinion: Brady, Ellzey and McCaul don't understand why Texas needs high-speed rail

December 21st, 2021
December 21, 2021 - Robert J Leilich - Editor's note: to put this in context, Congressmen Kevin Brady (TX-08), Jake Ellzey (TX-06) and Michael McCaul (TX-10) sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg expressing their continuing opposition to Texas Central...

Texas will have to pony up 20% to take advantage of billions of fed rail $... or lose it

December 20th, 2021
December 20, 2021 - TRA Newswire - If you want to see Texas gets it's fair share in billions of Infrastructure Act dollars for rail projects, here are a couple of key dates to remember: May 14, 2022 - that's when...

Fort Worth-based American Track announces expansion

December 20th, 2021
December 20, 2021 - TRA Newswire - This Fort Worth based railroad company is on the grow. Thomas Lucario, Chief Executive Officer of American Track, announced "we are extremely excited as we move into our next stage of expansion into additional services...

Fort Worth-based Rio Grande Pacific joins partnership in new 85 mile Utah rail line

December 17th, 2021
November 17, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Fort Worth-based Rio Grande Pacific Corporation (RGP) will be part of a public-private partnership to build and operate a new 85 mile long rail line in Utah to benefit the Ute Indian Tribe. The Surface...

Gov. Abbott asks state agencies to ‘carefully assess implications’ from fed Infrastructure Act funds

December 15th, 2021
December 14, 2021 - KXAN.com - Gov. Greg Abbott urged state agencies to think twice before accepting funds from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, in a letter sent out Tuesday morning. As the federal government begins allocating funding to state and...

Infrastructure package could help Texas railroads

December 11th, 2021
December 11, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Class 1 and short line railroads in Texas could be the beneficiaries of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) signed into law in November. The key word is could be. While the...

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