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Here's where Dallas will build a new subway and streetcar line

September 13th, 2017
September 13, 2017 - Dallas Morning News, Liz Farmer - The Dallas City Council on Wednesday gave its support to plans to build a downtown subway route under Commerce Street. Council members also tentatively approved a new streetcar line that would connect...

KCS' Holiday Express Train to target Texas communities hit by Hurricane Harvey

September 12th, 2017
September 12, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Kansas City Southern (KCS)  has released its schedule for the 17th annual Holiday Express train, which will stop in 22 communities in six states on 26 dates. This year, KCS will work with the Salvation...

Construction on newest Texas shortline RR is underway

September 12th, 2017
September 12, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Construction is finally underway on The Medina Line, a nine-mile shortline railroad project in Southwest Texas. The project was first approved by the Surface Transportation Board in 2008 but had to fight legal obstacles from...

20 years after saving the Texas Eagle: celebration but not quitting yet

September 10th, 2017
September 10, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Back in 1997 Amtrak's Texas Eagle tri-weekly train was written off as part of a cost-cutting effort by the passenger rail service. The train schedule for the San Antonio to Chicago service was deleted...

Gas shortage reveals San Antonio needs better transit options

September 10th, 2017
September 10, 2017 - Express-News Editorial Board - It didn’t have to be this way, San Antonio. We didn’t have to nearly run out of gas over Labor Day weekend. Long lines could have been avoided. The focus could have remained fully on...

Tracks open! Amtrak's Sunset Limited restarts service after Harvey's Gulf Coast flooding

September 8th, 2017
September 8, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Amtrak's Sunset Limited service through Houston and Beaumont, a casualty of Hurricane Harvey's catastrophic flooding, restarts service next week. The tri-weekly passenger train service runs on two host railroads, Union Pacific and BNSF Railway. Tracks...

Study looks at Atlanta-Dallas-Ft. Worth rail route through Meridian MS

September 6th, 2017
September 5, 2017 - MeridianStar.com - Meridian could benefit one day from a long-time desire, now under study, to re-establish a passenger train route from Ft. Worth, Texas, to Atlanta. The plan is a priority of the Texas-based I-20 Corridor Council. The missing...

Update: more rail lines restored in Texas Gulf Region following Hurricane Harvey

September 6th, 2017
September 6, 2017 - TRA Newswire  - Railroad crews didn't take time off from Labor Day weekend and were kept busy in recovery efforts along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast following a battering by Hurricane Harvey and torrential flooding. Rail...

Oklahoma lawmakers look at expanding passenger rail in interim study

September 5th, 2017
September 5, 2017 - TRA Newswire - The Oklahoma House Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, September 7 at the state capitol to review progress and look at the potential for expansion of passenger rail and light rail transit. The...

Rail traffic begins slow return to Houston & Texas Gulf Coast after Harvey

September 1st, 2017
September 1, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Around the edges rail traffic is starting to inch back after Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey devastated Houston and the Gulf Coast of Texas. Union Pacific Railroad reports that freight rail service in the Houston area is...

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