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Rio Grande Pacific Services to operate Hempstead & Taylor Rail Parks October 1

September 5th, 2021
August 14, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Rio Grande Pacific Industrial Rail Services (RPGC), a Fort Worth-based shortline railroad company, will provide switching and transloading services for the 137 acre RCR Hempstead Rail Park in Hempstead, Texas serving the West Houston...

DFW High-speed transportation study moving ahead

September 5th, 2021
August 11, 2021 - fortworthtx.gov - The Dallas-Fort Worth High-Speed Transportation Connections Study is moving into its second phase of analysis. The Regional Transportation Council recently approved the study’s Phase 1 recommendations. The current study is evaluating high-speed transportation alternatives to modernize and...

'Amtrak Joe,' Texas Central and the future of passenger rail in Texas

September 5th, 2021
August 11, 2021 - Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express News - My question this week is whether President Joe Biden’s massive federal infrastructure bill could lead to real passenger rail options in Texas, especially among the state’s Big 4 cities. Will...

Former TRA Exec Director Chris Lippincott passes away

August 9th, 2021
August 9, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates is saddened to hear of the passing of former Executive Director and transportation advocate Chris Lippincott of Austin. Chris, a resident of Crestview, was a professional media strategist who helped shape TRA's...

Mexican rail officials address needed international Monterrey to San Antonio passenger service

July 30th, 2021
EXCLUSIVE - Updated August 5, 2021  - TRA Newswire - In a special Texas Rail Advocates online presentation Wednesday evening August 4th, officials of Mexico's state-owned rail system laid out how they want to address a passenger rail corridor between Monterrey,...

Freight and passenger rail work better when they are partners

July 30th, 2021
July 30, 2021 - By Wes Lujan, AVP-External Relations, Union Pacific Railroad - Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic wiping out much of America’s passenger rail ridership, Union Pacific carried approximately 130,000 passengers across its network daily. In fact, UP has 106...

Rail operator TNW to co-develop Texas Inland Port at Victoria

July 28th, 2021
July 28, 2021 - TRA Newswire - The Port of Victoria, Texas has selected Dallas-based TNW Corporation to be the provider of rail operations and to co-develop a 3,000 acre multi-modal logistics center. TNW is a privately held company consisting of short...

'Invest' act provisions would undermine Texas freight railroads

July 28th, 2021
July 28,2021 - Opinion - As Congress hammers out an infrastructure deal, it should omit divisive policies that would undermine freight railroads, a transportation mode critical to freight flows and emissions mitigation in the Galveston Bay area. Freight railroads, like the 54...

Union Pacific Q2 beats estimates, gains in efficiency

July 26th, 2021
July 26, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific Corporation's 2021 second quarter net income came in at $1.8 billion, compared to $1.1 billion in the second quarter 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic raged. Adjusted earnings were $2.72 a share for the...

Austin light-rail tunnel might be a mile longer

July 26th, 2021
July 26, 2021 - KUT.org - Austin's multibillion-dollar transit expansion will require extending an underground light-rail tunnel from Auditorium Shores to as far south as Lively Middle School on South Congress Avenue. The change could cost hundreds of millions of dollars, but transit planners...

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