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Finally, an infrastructure bill. What could it mean for rail in Texas?

November 6th, 2021
Updated November 8, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Now that the House and Senate have passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure and jobs bill that will be spread out over eight years. The paperwork now goes to President Joe Biden for his...

STB gets paperwork from CP and KCS to form CPKC

November 5th, 2021
November 4, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Lets get the alphabet soup sorted out first. The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has received an application jointly filed by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) that would create a single-line...

Hays County, Kyle sign onto rail siding relocation project to help mitigate downtown traffic

November 5th, 2021
Nov. 4, 2021 - CommunityImpact.com - The Kyle City Council and Hays County Commissioners Court signed onto an interlocal agreement to relocate the Center Street Union Pacific rail siding from its location near Center Street on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2,...

Austin Council signs off on Project Connect Joint Powers Agreement

November 5th, 2021
November 5, 2021 - TRA Austin - After delays and more discussions, the Austin City Council signed off on a Joint Powers Agreement that sets the stage of the development of the $7.1 billion Project Connect program. The council vote was...

Registration is now open for the 2022 Southwestern Rail Conference

November 4th, 2021
November 5, 2021 - TRA Newswire - It's a new date and a new, larger venue for the 18th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference, the premier all-rail event held every year in Texas. Hosted by Texas Rail Advocates, the Southwestern Rail Conference will...

Want rail service along the I-20 Corridor? TxDOT wants to know your thoughts

November 4th, 2021
November 4, 2021 - TRA Newswire - The Texas Department of Transportation wants your input. The agency is conducting a study of Interstate 20 from the I-10 junction in Reeves County, in far West Texas, all the way to the Louisiana...

CEO deja vu at Trinity Metro: Baulsir to Ballard

October 27th, 2021
October 27, 2021 - TRA Newswire / Fort Worth Business Press - Two long-time transportation executives who worked together at other transit agencies will change chairs at Fort Worth Trinity Metro, again. Trinity Metro President and CEO Bob Baulsir, who led the...

Big step forward for restarting international trains across the Rio Grande at Presidio TX

October 19th, 2021
Updated October 21, 2021- TRA Newswire - The last stumbling block holding up moving freight rail traffic across the Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico in deep Southwest Texas was removed by the state legislature Tuesday. With a $15.5 million dollar appropriation...

Union Pacific on growing list of companies opposed to forced vaccine mandate

October 18th, 2021
October 18, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Citing a potential disruption to the flow of goods in Texas and throughout the national rail network, Union Pacific Railroad has filed suit in U.S. District Court to oppose forced vaccine mandates being imposed...

Texas Supreme Court will review Texas Central lawsuit

October 17th, 2021
October 16, 2021 - TRA Newswire - In an unusual move, the Texas Supreme Court announced that it will grant a review of a decision it made earlier this year which showed that high-speed rail builder Texas Central Railway is really...

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