January 20, 2022 - TRA Newswire - Three Texas transit agencies have been awarded grants totaling almost $2 million in a pilot program for planning transit oriented development (TOD) around rail stations. CapMetro in Austin, Trinity Metro in Fort Worth and Dallas...

January 20, 2022 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific reported its 4th quarter and 2021 results today with what was described as a banner year for the railroad, despite supply chain problems, wildfires, virus challenges and extreme weather events. “The Union Pacific...

January 20, 2022 - TRA Austin - Capitol Metro broke ground this week for the new Broadmoor Station, to be located inside the future 66-acre Uptown ATX development in North Austin. The $3 billion dollar mixed-use development is near The Domain. The...

January 19, 2022 - TRA Newswire - (photo credit Jack Lee Stryker II) A 400-car storage-in-transit (SIT) logistics yard will be developed alongside Interstate 10 in Baytown to alleviate rail-car congestion and help with supply chain distribution. It's called Port 10 Watco...

Updated January 20, 2022 - TRA Newswire - Amtrak has announced temporary service cuts to its national network train service due to "staffing challenges resulting from Covid-19 and the highly active Omicron variant," according to a company statement. 8% of service...

January 14, 2022 - TRAINS.com - BNSF Railway, in a Thursday regulatory filing related to the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern (CPKC) merger, said it may seek trackage rights on Kansas City Southern to reach the Mexican border at Laredo, Texas. The...

January 11, 2022 - David Peter Alan, Contributing Editor, Railway Age - Part 1 of 5: A Temporary Victory for High-Speed Rail in the Lone Star State. When is a railroad not a railroad? Maybe “when it’s getting started in Texas.” The...

January 11, 2022 - TRA Austin - It may be several months before the Texas Supreme Court hands down a decision that determines if a Texas railroad is really a railroad and can acquire land for a high speed rail project. Oral...

January 10, 2022 - TRA Austin - Tuesday morning, the Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments that may decide the fate of the Texas Central Railway (TCR) Dallas to Houston high speed rail project. This legal challenge by a Leon County...

January 8, 2022 - TRA Newswire - Want to move more freight trains efficiently in Texas in 2030, 2040 and beyond? An analysis of two major Texas Department of Transportation freight rail studies in 2021, one for the Houston-Beaumont Region and the...