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'Huge opportunity': Transit leaders keep up push for S.A-to-Austin rail
October 7th, 2025
October 6, 2025 - San Antonio Express-News, Richard Webner, Transportation Writer -During a presentation over the weekend, Caroline Mays, a senior director at the Texas Department of Transportation, displayed three maps not of the state's highways - the agency's usual...
TxDOT is studying the Austin-San Antonio corridor for passenger rail service
October 5th, 2025
October 5, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Texas Department of Transportation is taking a closer look at potential intercity passenger rail service in the heavily congested I-35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio.Caroilne Mays, Senior Director of Planning and Modal...
$5 Billion to be awarded: Could California's billions in fed high-speed rail money pulled back now be Texas' gain?
September 23rd, 2025
September 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire -States and rail entities will soon be scrambling to apply for over $5 billion that the Federal Railroad Administration just announced will be designated for intercity passenger rail projects, including safer at-grade rail crossings. In...
Do state talks signal new hope for S.A. to Austin commuter rail?
August 20th, 2025
August 19, 2025 - San Antonio Express-News, Richard Webner - Passenger rail has long been a subject of indifference, if not scorn, amidst the Republican political leadership of Texas, a state that has come to identify itself with super-tall highways and...
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...
New Gulf Coast intercity passenger service starts this summer, it's called the Mardi Gras train
April 25th, 2025
April 25, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Agreements have been reached for new twice-daily Amtrak intercity train service along the Mississippi Gulf Coast between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala. Starting this summer, the new state-sponsored Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will offer convenient morning...
Time to get Texas on track: Start with the critical Austin-San Antonio rail segment
March 18th, 2025
March 18, 2025 - TRA Commentary -It's not going to get any easier to drive from north of Austin to south of San Antonio, and in between the next decade is going to be a nightmare of construction, delays and...
Getting the jump on the Texas legislature: Rep Bucy pre-files two bills on passenger rail
November 13th, 2024
November 13, 2024 - TRA Newswire -On the first day that you could file bills for the uncoming Texas legislative session, Williamson County State Representative John Bucy III got a head start on the usual blitz of bills that occur.One...
Texas, Mexican officials rally for Austin to Monterrey rail project
October 7th, 2024
October 7, 2024 - Cristela Jones, MySA.com - Imagine a world in which San Antonians wouldn't have to drive on I-35 to Austin. A world where travelers wouldn't have to take a bus or carpool to visit family or friends in Mexico.That's...
Get on the train: Texas officials call for intercity passenger rail on I-35 corridor, elsewhere
September 24th, 2024
September 24, 2024 - TRA Newswire -A sizeable group of city, county and state officials rode on Monday's Texas Eagle from San Antonio to Austin and discussed what it will take to bring intercity passenger rail service to cities on...