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TxDOT is looking for its next Rail Division Director following promotion of Jeff Davis

August 15th, 2025
August 15, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Following the promotion of Jeff Davis to an executive level position, the Texas Department of Transportation announced that it is accepting applications for the position of Rail Division Director.The details of the position can...

Review of freight funding from Texas legislative session: rail got a small slice, other modes not so much

August 5th, 2025
August 5, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The needs continue to be great in funding freight projects for rail and maritime modes in Texas and in the recent legislative session the outcome turned out to be a mixed bag. In a...

Texas Streets Coalition adds Intercity Passenger Rail to their vision plan for 2027 state legislature, TRA to play a part

July 21st, 2025
July 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Getting a head start on the 2027 Texas legislative session, leaders of grass-roots and non-profit organizations met in Houston earlier this month and have set their sights on making a statewide Intercity Passenger Rail...

Featured article: Texas cities encourage and cope With massive growth

July 15th, 2025
July 15, 2025 - Governing.com, Jared Brey - The growth of cities between San Antonio and Austin, separated by 75 miles, is creating one massive metro region. Passenger rail should be part of the equation.Within Texas, it’s the metros that have...

If the state of Texas won't save the Heartland Flyer, the Regional Transportation Council will

July 9th, 2025
July 10, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The North Central Texas Council of Government's Regional Transportation Council has done what the state of Texas shirked it's responsibilities in doing... fund the Heartland Flyer passenger rail service.In a vote today at their...

Save the Heartland Flyer: Rail Passengers Association launches appeal to 5,000 in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas

June 18th, 2025
June 19, 2025 - TRA Newswire - If you're one of 5,000 people in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, you are going to receive an e-mail action alert from DC-based Rail Passengers Association asking for your help to contact officials and save...

Southwestern Rail Conference: Fight over Fort Worth high-speed route continues as potential funding cuts could affect projects

April 10th, 2025
April 9, 2025 - Forrworthreport.org, Eric E. Garcia -Over the course of April 7-8, rail advocates and industry leaders at the Southwestern Rail Conference in Hurst said they are monitoring state legislation that could affect high-speed rail.“The appetite for high-speed...

Senators Nichols, Alvarado file bill for railroad grade separation grants, increase public safety at crossings

February 24th, 2025
February 24, 2025 - TRA Austin -Senate Transportation Committee Chair Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) and Senator Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) have jointly filed Texas Senate bill 1555 that would create a grant program to make at-grade rail crossings safer, a hot button...

Texas cities receive FRA $80m in rail grants to reduce train-vehicle collisions and blocked railroad crossings

January 10th, 2025
January 10, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it has awarded more than $1.1 billion in Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program funding to 123 rail projects, improving or studying more...

TRA shows support for TxDOT Exceptional Items for rail in 2025 budget request

January 5th, 2025
January 5, 2025 - TRA Newswire -When Texas lawmakers convene in Austin for the 89th Legislative Session Tuesday, January 14 they will be receiving several oversize postcards from Texas Rail Advocates. One will deal with bills and resolution for linking...

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