July 7, 2017 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Gordon Dickson - Amtrak’s incoming boss has Texas ties, but can he save long-distance passenger rail service in the state? Richard Anderson, 62, a veteran airline executive who most recently ran Delta Air Lines,...

July 9, 2017 - ValleyCentral.com - According to the Federal Railroad Administration, Texas led the country in 2016 with more than 230 highway rail grade collisions. 22 of those collisions resulted in death. "If you’re in a vehicle and you’re stopped on...

July 4, 2017 - Commentary by Russ Jackson -  Commerce, Oklahoma (not California) is a small town in the northeast corner of Oklahoma near the Kansas border, population 2,400 hardy souls.  This town sits astride the original Route 66 highway, several...

June 29, 2017 - KVIA.com - A recent study by the Chicago-Based nonprofit Center for Neighborhood Technology looks at the feasibility of such a project. It projects the cost of commuter rail connecting El Paso to Las Cruces at $120 to...

June 29, 2017 - TRA Newswire - AUSTIN, Texas - Capital Metro and the Endeavor Real Estate Group/Columbus Realty Partners team will host a groundbreaking ceremony on June 28 at the Plaza Saltillo MetroRail Station in East Austin to celebrate the...

June 29, 2017 - Dallas Observer - The Dallas City Council turned over the city's seats on DART's board of directors Wednesday, dumping three board members who defied the City Council in 2016. The council move is in direct defiance of the...

June 26, 2017 - TRA Newswire - WASHINGTON – Amtrak announced that it has named Richard Anderson, a 25-year veteran of the aviation industry and Galveston native, as its next president and chief executive officer. Anderson, former chief executive officer of...

June 26, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Alpine Texas wants and needs its trains. Train service is important to Alpine. The town of 6,000 is located in far Southwest Texas on the way to Big Bend National Park. There are no...

June 17, 2017 - TRA Newswire / NARPrail.org -   On the weekend of June 23, National Association of Railroad Passengers members and rail advocates from across the country will host rallies in cities across the country to support long distance passenger rail...

June 17, 2017 - TRA Newswire / NARPrail.com - The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development this week grilled U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao over plans to slash infrastructure funding, eliminate Amtrak's long-distance trains, and stall transit...