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Watco opens rail transload center in Southeast Texas

May 8th, 2021
May 8, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Watco announced earlier this week the start-up of a full-service rail, storage, and transloading facility near Refugio, Texas. The Refugio Transload Terminal is within the growing Corpus Christi, Rockport, and Sinton industrial areas and...

Congressional hearing on high-speed rail draws odd comments from rural Texas Republican County Judge

May 8th, 2021
Updated May 8, 2021 - TRA Newswire / Rail Passengers Association - A U.S. House hearing on high-speed rail Thursday provided evidence that Congress is finally getting serious about a federal high-speed rail program. Spearheaded by a younger generation of elected...

Texas Rail Advocates signs on to 5 point rail letter supporting infrastructure bill

May 6th, 2021
May 6, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates Board of Directors has signed on to a joint letter with other stakeholders indicating the importance of rail in upcoming infrastructure legislation now being consider in Washington. "While Congress is currently debating...

Texas Central signs $1.6 billion contract for high-speed rail electrification

May 3rd, 2021
May 3, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Texas Central Railroad has signed a $1.6 billion contract with Kiewit Infrastructure South and affiliate Mass. Electric Construction to install the core electrical systems for the high speed rail line to be built between...

DART Board announces Nadine Lee as new president and CEO

April 28th, 2021
April 27, 2021 - TRA Newswire - The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board of Directors today announced the appointment of Nadine Lee as its new president & chief executive officer. Lee, an experienced transit industry leader and engineer who has...

2 Class 1's are now after Kansas City Southern's network

April 21st, 2021
April 21, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Kansas City Southern (KCS) now has two suitors looking to gobble up its Midwest rail network that extends into Texas and Mexico. The latest player at the poker table has upped the ante by...

Don't expect TX Senate Transpo Chair Nichols to be keen on public transportation

April 18th, 2021
April 18, 2021 - TexasTribune.com podcast - Texas Senate Transportation Chair Robert Nichols (R) Jacksonville,  interviewed by Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith on his Point of Order podcast this week, did not speak highly of public transportation as an important component...

Union Pacific to close Palestine repair shops, up to 57 jobs cut

April 16th, 2021
April 16, 2021 - TRA Newswire - The Union Pacific Palestine Main Car Facility in East Texas will close down June 14, according to the railroad, resulting in a loss of up to 57 jobs. Limited car repair activities will continue...

Trinity Metro and DART agree on shared-use at DFW Airport terminal B

April 16th, 2021
April 16, 2021 - TRA Newswire - This week the Board of Directors at Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Trinity Metro approved agreements for the shared use of the Terminal B rail station at DFW International Airport. This cooperative agreement...

Texas anti high-speed train rural counties file suit against USDOT

April 15th, 2021
April 14, 2021 - TRA Newswire - In what seems like a never ending chain of lawsuits against a high-speed rail line,  rural counties and landowners between Dallas and Houston are at it again. Texas Central Railroad, the private company in...

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