August 17, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Bids are expected in September for a rail transload facility in Sulphur Springs and construction is expected to begin by the end of this year, according to an announcement from the Northeast Texas Rural...

August 14, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Another Texas city is jumping on the rail park bandwagon, this time in the North Texas city of Gainesville. The Gainesville Economic Development Corporation has signed an agreement with Strategic Rail Industrial, a Philadelphia-based rail...

August 14, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Rio Grande Pacific Industrial Rail Services (RPGC), a Fort Worth-based shortline railroad company, will provide switching and transloading services for the 137 acre RCR Hempstead Rail Park in Hempstead, Texas serving the West Houston...

August 11, 2021 - fortworthtx.gov - The Dallas-Fort Worth High-Speed Transportation Connections Study is moving into its second phase of analysis. The Regional Transportation Council recently approved the study’s Phase 1 recommendations. The current study is evaluating high-speed transportation alternatives to modernize and...

August 11, 2021 - Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express News - My question this week is whether President Joe Biden’s massive federal infrastructure bill could lead to real passenger rail options in Texas, especially among the state’s Big 4 cities. Will...

August 9, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates is saddened to hear of the passing of former Executive Director and transportation advocate Chris Lippincott of Austin. Chris, a resident of Crestview, was a professional media strategist who helped shape TRA's...

EXCLUSIVE - Updated August 5, 2021  - TRA Newswire - In a special Texas Rail Advocates online presentation Wednesday evening August 4th, officials of Mexico's state-owned rail system laid out how they want to address a passenger rail corridor between Monterrey,...

July 30, 2021 - By Wes Lujan, AVP-External Relations, Union Pacific Railroad - Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic wiping out much of America’s passenger rail ridership, Union Pacific carried approximately 130,000 passengers across its network daily. In fact, UP has 106...

July 28, 2021 - TRA Newswire - The Port of Victoria, Texas has selected Dallas-based TNW Corporation to be the provider of rail operations and to co-develop a 3,000 acre multi-modal logistics center. TNW is a privately held company consisting of short...

July 28,2021 - Opinion - As Congress hammers out an infrastructure deal, it should omit divisive policies that would undermine freight railroads, a transportation mode critical to freight flows and emissions mitigation in the Galveston Bay area. Freight railroads, like the 54...