Augusy 1, 2016 - TRA Newswire Texas Rail Advocates, host of the Southwestern Rail Conference, announces that the 13th annual event will be held January 12 and 13 in Dallas. The Southwestern Rail Conference is the only conference held each year in...

July 2, 2016 - Cypress Creek Mirror Texas is looking like it will become the first state in the nation to get a bullet train. Texas Central Partners, LLC (Texas Central), a private company that is leading the bullet train project...

By Dallas Morning News Editorial newsfeedback+editorial@dallasnews.com July 7, 2016 Twenty years ago, Dallas Area Rapid Transit opened 11 miles of service on the Blue and Red lines, a first step toward developing the largest light-rail network in America. By this fall, more...

June 28, 2016 The Texas Department of Transportation in their March 21, 2013 Statewide Ridership Analysis for passenger rail brought out some interesting facts and figures. Many of which you may not have heard before. The analysis identified numerous passenger rail corridors and...

June 22, 2016 - TRA Newswire Texas Central, the private concern building a high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston, received an Order of Protection from the Surface Transportation Board to shield proprietary documents from rural lawmakers and landowners that want to...

Trinity Railway Express officials recently unveiled plans to increase service on the Dallas to Fort Worth corridor and that's the right move for the railroad. Shortening the time between waiting for trains should increase ridership. The words we appreciate most in rail...

May 12, 2016 – TRA Newswire In a filing with the Surface Transportation Board, North Texas Congressman Joe Barton (R) Arlington has come out against a high speed rail project between Dallas and Houston.   Barton, whose district encompasses parts of Tarrant County...

In an Op-Ed article Texas Central CEO Tim Keith reiterates that the company is not looking for state or federal help in building their 240 mile high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston. In the March 24, 2016 release Keith...

Editorial - Surveys show that a majority of Texans want high speed rail service between our cities. However, there are some vocal rural elected leaders who would dash all hopes of creating a high speed line between Dallas and Houston that would...

March 31, 2016 - TRA Newswire Texas’ soon to be built high-speed railway between Dallas and Houston was honored Tuesday night for its big idea to transform travel in America, giving Texans a new safe, affordable and reliable transportation choice. The Urban Land Institute’s...