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Amtrak's Texas Eagle and Sunset Limited announce additional cars to be added to consist

August 4th, 2024
August 4, 2024 - TRA Newswire -If you've been trying to get a reservation for a coach seat or a sleeping car compartment on Amtrak's Texas Eagle or Sunset Limited and found that the trains were sold out, there is...

FRA Report: Amtrak's Texas trains show improved on-time performance in 2024 vs. 2023

July 6th, 2024
July 6, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Compared to the same period in 2023, the three Amtrak intercity passenger rail services that operate in Texas showed an improvement in on-time performance (OTP) for the first six months of this year.Statistics released...

Amtrak's FY25 Grant/Legislative package has request for Texas & Oklahoma upgrades

March 24th, 2024
March 24, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Amtrak's recent General and Annual Legislative Report and Fiscal Year 2025 Grant Request to Congress holds some hope for improvements to the three three trains that serve Texas.If approved, a $25 million Texas and...

Amtrak finally issues RFP for new long-distance fleet

December 27th, 2023
December 27, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Naysayers that thought Amtrak was slowly trying to kill off its national network overnight trains should now be pleased that the company has issued a formal Request for Proposals (RFP) to railcar manufacturers to...

Amtrak '23 ridership up in Texas but lack of equipment/service stifles growth

December 16th, 2023
December 16, 2023 - TRA Commentary - Business is good! Texans took back to riding trains in 2023, showing a marked increase in ridership compared to 2022.Some 41,000 more riders were aboard Amtrak's Texas Eagle in the fiscal year that ended...

Amtrak in Texas: Impressive jump in ridership from 2022-2023

October 28th, 2023
October 28, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Coming back from depressed ridership during the pandemic years, ridership on Amtrak trains in Texas shot up dramatically in fiscal year 2023, compared to the previous year. Ridership on the one daily Heartland Flyer train...

Why the Amtrak Sleeper Car Is the ultimate way to travel across Texas

October 24th, 2023
November 2023 - TexasMonthly.com / By Sasha von Oldershausen -The road to far West Texas is rambling, which is to say there’s no easy way to get there, no matter where you’re coming from. I learned this quickly during my three years...

Del Rio may not have air service anymore but it now has a new Amtrak stop

October 11th, 2023
October 11, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The bad news: If you want to get in and out of Del Rio along the Texas border, you better have a vehicle to drive the two and one half hours to San Antonio...

Texas' slowest train: STB opens investigation into On-Time Performance of Amtrak’s Sunset Limited

July 11th, 2023
July 11, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Today the Surface Transportation Board (STB) opened an investigation into the on-time performance of Amtrak's Sunset Limited long-distance passenger train that runs between New Orleans and Los Angeles, along the I-10 corridor through Texas.  Amtrak...

Daily Amtrak service across the Texas I-10 Corridor would be big economic benefit to cities and towns

June 14th, 2023
June 14, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Increasing service from tri-weekly to daily on Amtrak's combined Sunset Limited / Texas Eagle route through Texas would result in a positive economic impact to the cities and towns that the train serves. That's according...

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