April 9, 2019 - QuorumReport.com - TRA Decries Closed Door Legislative Maneuvers and Aims to Rally Public Support for Continued Rail in Texas   Enthusiasm for expanded rail travel has been building across Texas in recent years, forcing opponents to resort to...

April 8, 2019 - BusinessWire - A Houston rail/maritime project, when completed, will have the capability of loading up to 48 railcars a day, or about 33,000 barrels of refined products a day. Texas Deepwater Deer Park Terminal LLC (“TDWP DP”), a...

April 6, 2019 - NBCDFW.com - History was made Saturday in honor of a legendary lawmaker and daughter of Dallas. Union Station was renamed Eddie Bernice Johnson Union Station. The legendary congresswoman, elected in November 1992, was surrounded by national, state and local...

April 8, 2019 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - Ten U.S. House members representing Texas districts have written to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) in support of Texas Central's Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail project. U.S. Reps. Colin Allred (D-Texas) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) led the...

April 8, 2019 - TRA Newswire - More than 6 million passengers are expected to use the train annually by 2029, more than 13 million passengers expected by 2050 Train will save 60 to 90 minutes per trip between Houston...

April 3, 2019 - Beaumont Enterprise - The Port of Beaumont’s Orange County Terminal is addressing infrastructure needs to keep up with its growing success as a hub for oil and refined products. The latest project to be completed there is a...

April 6, 2019 - TRA Austin - The following rail bill has been scheduled for a hearing on Monday in the House Judiciary and Jurisprudence Committee. HB 4219- Relating to the enforceability of certain contracts to acquire real property for a high-speed...

April 5, 2019 - TRA Austin - On Wednesday the House Transportation Committee created a subcommittee that will be the new battleground for high-speed rail bills. Almost all the high-speed bills that have not been heard at this time have now landed...

Updated April 5, 2019 - TRA Austin - In a two year old replay of a effort to keep Texans from riding high speed trains, Texas Senator Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury) filed a rider to the Senate budget bill that would stop...

March 29, 2019 - TRA Newswire - A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday on HB 1367 in Land and Resource Management. Texas Rail Advocates does not support this bill and urges that it be quashed.This is another of about two dozen...