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4 things to know about the new downtown Austin MetroRail station
May 24th, 2017
May 23, 2017 - CommunityImpact.com -
Design of Capital Metro’s new downtown Austin MetroRail station should be complete by the end of 2017.
The station will replace the temporary platform the agency built on Fourth Street adjacent to the Austin Convention Center....
White House Doubles Down on Cuts to Infrastructure Investment, Slashes Amtrak Routes and Transit Funding
May 23rd, 2017
May 23, 2017 - NARPrail.org and APTA.com -
The Trump Administration released a 2018 detailed budget proposal that guts funding to Amtrak’s long-distance trains, and slashes funding to key transit and transportation funding programs, threatening to accelerate the deterioration of physical...
BNSF to serve American PetroLog's new 8 acre North Texas terminal
May 23rd, 2017
May 23, 2017 - ProgressiveRailroading.com -
American PetroLog LLC has completed construction of a storage and transload terminal in Venus, Texas, that will be served by BNSF Railway Co.
In January, the company acquired the assets of B&E Grain Inc. and developed...
TxDOT to hold workshops in June: tell them you want rail to “Move Texas Freight”
May 21st, 2017
May 20, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
The Texas Department of Transportation will be holding a series of workshops around the state during the month of June to get your input on ideas on to keep Texas freight moving.
This is part...
Texas House welcomes driverless cars but hostile toward high speed passenger trains
May 21st, 2017
May 21, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Our Texas lawmakers are on course to pass two bills that would put restrictions on present and future passenger rail projects. Other forms of transportation do not have these same restrictions. It is a...
Texas Central high-speed rail project to announce global design/build consortium
May 20th, 2017
May 18, 2017 - kxas.com -
Texas Central, the Dallas company planning to build a high-speed train between Dallas and Houston, has reached a deal with a major global consortium to design and build the project.
An official announcement is expected within...
Avera to develop Union Pacific rail-served industrial facility in Houston
May 20th, 2017
May 20, 2017 - cpexecutive.com
The 143-acre Bayport Logistics Park will feature 7,000 feet of frontage on a Union Pacific rail line and will eventually comprise three or four buildings.
Houston-based Avera Cos. will be developing a 143-acre industrial complex in Pasadena,...
TRA Exec Director testifies against SB979 in Austin - singles out high speed rail vs. other modes
May 17th, 2017
May 17, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Texas Rail Advocates Executive Director Chris Lippincott testified today before the House Land and Resource Management Committee against Senate Bill 979 which could put limits on future high speed railroad projects. The bill relates to the...
Breaking: House committee to hear bill Wednesday that's BAD for high speed rail
May 16th, 2017
May 16, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
SENATE BILL 979 TO BE HEARD WEDNESDAY MORNING IN AUSTIN IN HOUSE LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. ROOM E2.026.
CALL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE TO OPPOSE THIS JOB KILLING BILL. THAT IS BLATANTLY DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST A...
Rare mileage run for Amtrak fans in Texas through June 21
May 16th, 2017
May 16, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
It's been over half a century since a regularly scheduled passenger train passed through Tyler, Texas but that is about to change, at least for about a month.
Due to extensive track work on the...