April 21, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Kansas City Southern (KCS) now has two suitors looking to gobble up its Midwest rail network that extends into Texas and Mexico. The latest player at the poker table has upped the ante by...

April 18, 2021 - TexasTribune.com podcast - Texas Senate Transportation Chair Robert Nichols (R) Jacksonville,  interviewed by Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith on his Point of Order podcast this week, did not speak highly of public transportation as an important component...

April 16, 2021 - TRA Newswire - The Union Pacific Palestine Main Car Facility in East Texas will close down June 14, according to the railroad, resulting in a loss of up to 57 jobs. Limited car repair activities will continue...

April 16, 2021 - TRA Newswire - This week the Board of Directors at Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Trinity Metro approved agreements for the shared use of the Terminal B rail station at DFW International Airport. This cooperative agreement...

April 14, 2021 - TRA Newswire - In what seems like a never ending chain of lawsuits against a high-speed rail line,  rural counties and landowners between Dallas and Houston are at it again. Texas Central Railroad, the private company in...

April 11, 2021 - TRA Austin - House Bill 3633 appears to be a Trojan Horse vehicle whose only true purpose is kill high-speed rail in Texas under the guise of creating oversite committee. Those words come from a rail union...

April 9, 2021 - RailwayAge.com - David Peter Alan - “America’s Railroad” recently released a map showing the services it would like to offer by 2035; 14 years from now. As planning frontiers go, that is not a very long time....

Updated April 5, 2021 - TRA Newswire - President Biden and SecTrans Buttigieg unveil a once in a generation plan to boost passenger rail service in the country, touts high speed rail in Texas Amtrak unveils ConnectsUS that calls for...

April 4, 2021 - TRA CALL TO ACTION - With thanks to our friends at DC-based Rail Passengers Association for alerting their members in Texas and all Texas Rail Advocates followers. Two state representatives in Texas introduced a bill that seeks to...

March 30, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Texas Central President and CEO Carlos Aguilar, appearing on an online high-speed rail presentation by Rail Passengers Association, indicated that when their trains run between Dallas and Houston they can actually add energy back into...