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George H.W. Bush funeral train story 'Uniting America: the President’s final journey' to air

August 4th, 2019
August 3, 2019 - TRA Newswire - The story of George H.W. Bush's funeral train "Uniting America: The President's Final Journey" will have its first airing Sunday, Aug. 11 at 7:30 a.m. Central on Discovery. Led by Union Pacific's special George...

Philly-based realty company proposes commuter rail stop at Austin mega-development

August 4th, 2019
August 3, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Philadelphia-based developer Brandywine has mapped out a 66-acre site north of downtown Austin it will build into a dense district of shops, dwellings, hotels and office towers all served by a new commuter rail...

All aboard: bullet train station planned for the Cedars neighborhood In Dallas

August 4th, 2019
July 9, 2019 -  Hewitt Habgood Realty Group - The North Texas Bullet Train project is currently underway with plans to shuttle passengers back and forth between Houston and Dallas faster, safer and more efficiently than current modes of transportation. Capable...

Is Amtrak slowly killing its national network trains - death by 1,000 cuts?

July 31st, 2019
July 31, 2019 - TRA Opinion - Is Amtrak management ever so slowly trying to shed itself of its national network trains that run across prairies, the piney woods of East Texas and through majestic mountains of this country by claiming...

Court of Appeals reverses Grimes County nuisance suit against Texas Central Railway

July 28th, 2019
July 27, 2019 -TRA Newswire - The fuss was all over a one and a half inch pin that surveyors for Texas Central Railway had placed on a Grimes County, Texas road. This week the 14th Court of Appeals in Houston reversed...

Project Gridlock: How did Austin traffic get so bad?

July 28th, 2019
Melanie Torre - Central Texas is growing at an unprecedented pace. By 2045 the number of people living in the region will double -- pushing five million, according to a regional arterials study by the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. According to that same...

Construction begins to extend platforms at DART Red and Blue Line stations

July 28th, 2019
July 26, 2019 -MassTransitMag.com - The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has started construction on its Red and Blue Line station platforms to accommodate more riders and longer trains.   Currently, the Red and Blue lines are limited to two-car trains due to...

Corpus Christi area ExxonMobil-SABIC rail project facility to create 6,000 construction jobs

July 28th, 2019
July 22, 2019 - ConstructionWeekOnline.com - Utah, US-headquartered Savage Services has been picked by Exxon Mobil and Sabic to design, build, and operate a rail facility that will serve their joint venture project, named Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV), in San...

Union Pacific: ‘We want your business’

July 28th, 2019
July 25, 2019 - chron.com - Union Pacific (UP) is hanging out their Open for Business sign. The rail giant’s recent initiative called “Rail Within Reach” is extending the stretch of rail to new customers across the country including Dayton and...

TEXRail doubles number of trains / adds Zip Zone to Mercantile Station

July 28th, 2019
July 28, 2019 - Star-Telegram.com - By Gordon Dickson - Residents who live along the TEXRail tracks are about to notice a lot more trains. The commuter rail line, which opened in January, has taken delivery of its eighth and final train...

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