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TX: New Amtrak CEO has Texas ties, but can he save State's Texas Eagle route?

July 9th, 2017
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,...

Railroad company stresses importance of train safety awareness

July 9th, 2017
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...

Guest column: Another Amtrak CEO…and flyover country

July 4th, 2017
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...

El Paso-Las Cruces NM border cities commuter rail plan unveiled

June 30th, 2017
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...

CapMetro Plaza Saltillo District to turn 10 acres of Austin brownfield into TOD

June 30th, 2017
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...

Dallas City Council ousts suburban supporters from DART Board

June 30th, 2017
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...

Native Texan & aviation veteran named new Amtrak CEO

June 26th, 2017
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...

Alpine Texas comes out against national network train cuts

June 26th, 2017
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...

#Rally4Trains events scheduled June 23 weekend

June 17th, 2017
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...

TranspoSec Chao says kill Amtrak national network & transit projects

June 17th, 2017
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...

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