June 9, 2017 - Wichitaeagle.com - Video in link -
Passenger rail service in Wichita hasn’t existed since 1979, but on Friday, the city got a sneak peek at what it might look like if it ever returns.
At 11:55 a.m., an...
June 7, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Railroads, state and local leaders travel Oklahoma to Kansas by rail this Friday.
Amtrak will operate an Inspection Train through Wichita this Friday, June 9, on the BNSF Railway from Oklahoma City to Newton, Kan. Invited...
June 3, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
The National Passenger Railroad Corporation, known to the public as Amtrak, has submitted its 2018 fiscal year budget to Congress, warning that a Trump Administration plan to kill all long distance train service would...
June 3, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
The next step in restoring passenger rail service between Texas and Kansas will happen Friday June 9 when Amtrak and BNSF Railway will operate a special inspection trip from Oklahoma City to Kansas City.
Texas...
May 16, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
It's been over half a century since a regularly scheduled passenger train passed through Tyler, Texas but that is about to change, at least for about a month.
Due to extensive track work on the...
April 30, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
New Amtrak Thruway Shuttle Service in Maricopa Connecting Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle Passengers to Phoenix and Tempe
Beginning Monday, May 1, Amtrak will begin operating a Thruway bus connecting service in Maricopa, Ariz. for passengers traveling...
March 25, 2017 - Glenn Evans - Longview News-Journal -
A planned east-west train route allowing Longview residents to ride to New York and beyond is imperiled under a federal budget proposal that would eliminate funding for long-haul Amtrak routes, including...
March 17, 2017 - RT&S.com -
Passenger rail advocates called out the Trump Administration's proposed budget for perceived hypocrisy and undermining the voters who put him in office while the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) response was more moderate.
Acting American Public...
March 16, 2017 - National Association of Railroad Passengers -
The White House released its “skinny budget”—a general budget outline with few programmatic details and while infrastructure investment has been a major theme of President Trump’s campaign and first 100 days, his...
Updated March 16, 2017 - NARPrail.org & TRA Newswire -
The White House released its “skinny budget”—a general budget outline with few programmatic details—today. And while infrastructure investment has been a major theme of President Trump’s campaign and first 100 days,...