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So what will the STB do about on-time passenger rail performance?

February 8th, 2016
February 8, 2016 The Surface Transportation Board is known mostly around the rail industry as an agency that Congress charged with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers. The usual day-in and day-out freight rail issues. That's why we...

Friend of TRA: Former FRA Admin Gil Carmichael dies at 88

February 1st, 2016
February 1, 2016 - TRA Newswire MERIDIAN — A friend of Texas Rail Advocates, Gil Carmichael, died of a heart attack Sunday at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, Mississippi. He was 88. From 1989 to 1993, Carmichael served in the...

Restoring Amtrak Gulf Coast service can not come too soon

January 27th, 2016
January 27, 2016 - TRA For the first time in over ten years an Amtrak train will once again run between New Orleans and Florida but don't get ready to buy a ticket quite yet. The former line dubbed the Sunset...

TxDOT Rail Director says locals need to "Empower 35" rail plan / Calls for changes to Heartland Flyer service

January 24th, 2016
January 22, 2016 - TRA Newswire Highlights: I-35 Corridor passenger rail plan due out soon Heartland Flyer Fort Worth to Oklahoma service could be up for grabs Beaumont railroad bridge and Laredo freight traffic bottlenecks in rail division sights Within the next several months a...

2 for 1 Amtrak travel ticket in Texas is hard to beat: ends soon

January 14th, 2016
January 15, 2016 - TRA Newswire Here's an offer on Amtrak's Texas Eagle that can save you some money. If you travel between now and March 20 you can latch on to a free ticket for each one you purchase. Say...

The FAST Act explained: section by section summary

January 10th, 2016
NARP / TRA Newswire We're presenting several views of how the FAST ACT will impact freight and passenger rail, not only in Texas but nationally. The National Association of Railroad Passengers went through the passenger rail title to analyze all the promising...

4 possible candidates for new Amtrak chief: could Matt Rose be one of them?

January 6th, 2016
December 27, 2015 - Fred Frailey blogs for Trains Magazine When I put out the call for your ideas on who should lead Amtrak after Joe Boardman’s retirement next September, you made me proud. Lots of good responses. But one in...

Flying like an Eagle: New Fort Worth-Dallas route to improve Amtrak reliability

December 17th, 2015
December 17, 2015 - TRA Newswire Amtrak Texas Eagle now uses Trinity Rail Express corridor - Texas Rail Advocates thanked for stakeholder support FORT WORTH, Texas - Amtrak has successfully concluded negotiations and changed the route of the Texas Eagle train between...

Why it makes no sense to pit the Northeast Corridor against the National Network (hint: it's the economy, stupid)

December 11th, 2015
December 11, 2015 - National Association of Railroad Passengers Like the man once famously said, "There you go again." Newspapers and media outlets up and down the Northeast Corridor are once again buying into the mythology that Amtrak's NEC operation is profitable,...

Buy 1 get 1 free doesn't happen very often in Texas

December 7th, 2015
December 7, 2015 - (Dallas) Amtrak's Texas Eagle service has a lot to celebrate and you get the prize. Starting in January when you purchase one regular (adult) rail fare on the daily Texas Eagle you get to take a...

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