December 14, 2018 - NewsOK.com - Lines formed downtown on Friday morning to catch the first rides on the Oklahoma City Streetcar after the grand opening ceremony on the east plaza at Leadership Square. Hundreds of people filled the plaza for...

December 14, 2018 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) Chair Carrin Patman on Wednesday unveiled a $7.5 billion METRONext Moving Forward Plan during the Greater Houston Partnership's annual meeting. The proposed long-range plan calls for completing more than 40 projects —...

Updated December 12, 2018 - TRA Newswire - You, as a Texan, have a rare opportunity to let your voice be heard in the Texas Department of Transportation Rail Division's 2019 Texas Rail Plan. This is the first time that TxDOT has...

December 7, 2018 - RailwayAge.com - Despite producing more than one-third of U.S. crude oil output, urbanization, rapid economic growth and congestion mean Texans could be getting out of their cars and on to high-speed trains much sooner than most other...

December 2018 - Texas Highways - There was a time when going home for the holidays meant taking the train. Whether boarding a steam locomotive or the electric interurban, passengers who could afford a ticket enjoyed unheard-of advantages in speed and...

Union Pacific photo image gallery: https://www.up.com/media/media_kit/bush41/funeral-train-photos/index.htm Updated to December 6, 2018 - Houston Chronicle - In Stetsons and waistcoats, Astros gear and flag-print hoodies, thousands of Texans lined up along the sides of small-town train tracks Thursday to mourn their former president, the...

November 28, 2018 - Houston Chronicle - Hold onto your seats. Construction on the new high-speed bullet train connecting Houston and Dallas will finally begin in late 2019, according to WFAA in Dallas. The Houston-Dallas line, the United States' first bullet train, will...

November 29, 2018 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) yesterday announced $281 million in additional fiscal-year 2018 funding through the Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program for four transit-rail projects and one bus rapid transit project. The rail projects include the Tempe Streetcar; the Los Angeles Westside...

November 21, 2018 - TRA Newswire / Rail Passengers Association - Brightline and Virgin Group will form a strategic partnership in an effort to continue to grow privately funded intercity passenger rail. The partnership will allow Brightline to leverage Virgin's industry-leading expertise...

November 20, 2018 - TRA Newswire - WASHINGTON – Continuing financial improvements in recent years, Amtrak again posted record revenue and earnings for its fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, 2018. Strong management and improved product delivery and customer service led the company to its best operating performance...