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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...
Amtrak President Roger Harris, Director Elaine Clegg, TxDOT's Mays to speak at RailNation San Antonio, October 4
September 8th, 2025
September 8, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Amtrak President Roger Harris will be the featured luncheon speaker at a national gathering of passenger rail advocates in San Antonio on Saturday, October 4.DC-based Rail Passengers Association holds their national fall meeting in...
San Antonio transportation museum puts out a call for railroad rail and ties
August 27th, 2025
August 27, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio is putting out a call for railroad rail and ties to refresh and expand their property so more people can enjoy their static and operational displays.According to...
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...
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...
Rail Passengers Association national fall meeting scheduled for October 4-5 in San Antonio
July 8th, 2025
July 8, 2025 - TRA Newswire -DC-based Rail Passengers Association announces that their national fall meeting will be held October 3-5 in the Alamo City.It's called RailNation: San Antonio, and it bring together passenger rail advocates and supporters from around...
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...
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...