September 18, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates has urged the Texas House Transportation Committee to increase the budget for rail crossing safety, citing that the state ranks #1 in collisions and injuries and #2 in deaths in the...

September 16, 2020 -TRA Newswire  - A federal rail grant of $25 million that was announced today will help with freight and regional passenger rail capacity improvements between Dallas and Fort Worth on the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) line. The busy...

August 27, 2020 -  DailyYonder.com - (editor's note: service to smaller Texas towns on the Texas Eagle route will also be affected by Amtrak's retrenchment to 3x weekly service. Stops at Alpine, Sanderson and Del Rio are already only served three...

September 16, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Former Missouri City Mayor Allen Owen has been named to the Board of Directors of the Gulf Coast Rail District. He was nominated by and will represent the Fort Bend Mayor and Council Association...

September 16, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Call it good news in the pandemic but an influx of cargo arriving at U.S. ports of entry, including south Texas, is putting a strain on rail services after months of lowered demand. Signs...

September 16, 2020 - TRA Newswire - The North Central Texas Council of Governments is conducting an online input opportunity to give residents the chance to comment on a series of transportation initiatives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. North Texans are encouraged...

September 14, 2020 (Updated 9-16-20) - TRA Newswire - The "Katy" was a storied, unconventional railroad that blazed a trail through Missouri, Kansas and Texas. Another "Katie" has now made her mark in the railroad industry, traveling through much of the...

September 14, 2020 - TRA Newswire - The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) is seeking public opinion on high-speed transportation connections and where they should operate in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. High-speed service between Dallas and Fort Worth would potentially...

September 11, 2020 - TRA Newswire - According to the Rail Passengers Association, Amtrak’s response to COVID-19 will drop a $2 billion “bomb on Flyover Country.” Rail Passengers President and CEO Jim Mathews said Amtrak’s plan to reduce service on its long-distance...

September 11, 2020 - TRA Newswire - $20 billion is apparently too low a number. That's the amount that Global Infrastructure Partners and private-equity firm Blackstone Group apparently offered in a takeover bid for Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS). The private...