Updated November 5, 2020 - AustinMonitor.com - With the passage of Proposition A, voters have given the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority the green light to build out the core elements of the city’s first mass transit system over the coming decade...

October 11, 2020 - Randy Diamond - San Antonio Express-News - The last daily Texas Eagle train from San Antonio to Chicago left the station Sunday morning, its best days trailing far behind it. The train had only four passenger cars. The chef,...

September 22, 2020 - San Antonio Express-News - Federal officials have granted final approvals for a Houston-to-Dallas high-speed rail line, clearing the way for construction in a move almost certain to spark political and legal challenges. The train won’t stop in San...

January 10, 2020 - Lyndon Henry for Express-News - Setbacks in attempts to launch urban rail projects over the past two decades have apparently led top San Antonio officials and planners to scratch rail off the city’s agenda. The officially backed...

November 27, 2019 - San Antonio Express-News - Gilbert Garcia - Not to revel in the glories of “Saturday Night Fever,” the Sex Pistols or Reggie Jackson’s three homers in Game 6 of the World Series. Saldaña would try to convince city...

November 26, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Speaker of the Texas House Dennis Bonnen has announced the Interim Charges for House Committees, ahead of the 2021 legislative session.  Rail has been excluded from upcoming hearings, again. A letter signed by 20...

November 1, 2019 - TheRivardReport.com - While a San Antonio-to-Austin rail line remains an unrealized dream, a high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas is much closer to connecting the state’s two largest cities. The 240-mile route would take riders from Houston...

September 27, 2019 - smcorridornews.com - State legislators representing San Antonio and Austin wrote a letter to the House Transportation Committee chairman Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, asking him to research passenger rail options between the cities in advance of the next...

September 6, 2019 - KSAT.com - SAN ANTONIO - Bumper to bumper traffic on I-35 between San Antonio and Austin is nothing new, especially during a Friday commute. But a proposed rail line between the two cities could ease congestion on the busy highway. The traffic...

September 2, 2019 - TheRivardReport.com - A coalition of San Antonio and Austin state representatives has asked the House Transportation Committee chair to study the possibility of passenger rail between the two cities ahead of the 2021 legislative session. Congestion between the...