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Fort Worth takes big step towards high-speed rail link with Dallas

May 9th, 2017
May 9, 2017 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - BY SANDRA BAKER - As state lawmakers in Austin debate measures that could kill plans for high-speed trains between downtown Dallas and Houston, the Fort Worth City Council is moving forward with plans to...

Who would have though BNSF coal shipments were up?

May 9th, 2017
May 9, 2017 - TRA Newswire - BNSF Railway is getting back on the right track.  The railroad reported that pre-tax earnings grew 7% in the same quarter year over year. That was because of a 6.4% volume jump and an increase...

Texas Rail Advocates testimony on 4 "kill high speed rail" bills

May 7th, 2017
May 5, 2017 - TRA Newswire - The following is the testimony of TRA Executive Director Chris Lippincott at Thursday's Texas House Transportation Committee hearing on four bills that would either delay or outright kill a bullet train project and could...

TxDOT to hold workshops in June: "Move Texas Freight"

May 2nd, 2017
May 2, 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 your ideas on how to keep Texas freight moving....

Congress moves ahead on transportation funding

May 2nd, 2017
May 2, 2017 - TRA Newswire / NARPrail.org / APTA.com Congress released an omnibus agreement Monday that provides increased transportation funding for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2017, with $57.651 billion in total funding for transportation and housing programs—a $350 million increase...

Texas House should consider pluses of high-speed rail

May 2nd, 2017
May 1, 2017 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram Editorial Board - Attempts by rural legislators and others in the path of a proposed high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas have a chance to move their cause forward Thursday at a hearing...

4 Bad "Kill High Speed Rail Bills" To Be Heard Thursday Morning in Austin

May 1st, 2017
May 1, 2017 - TRA Newswire Four bills are slated to be heard by the Texas House Transportation Committee Thursday morning that could either delay or kill a privately funded bullet train project slated to be built between Dallas and Houston. "Now...

Sunset Ltd & Texas Eagle offer new Thruway bus connection /Heartland Flyer connection grows

April 30th, 2017
April 30, 2017 - TRA Newswire - New Amtrak Thruway Shuttle Service in Maricopa Connecting Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle Passengers to Phoenix and Tempe Beginning Monday, May 1, Amtrak will begin operating a Thruway bus connecting service in Maricopa, Ariz. for passengers traveling...

12 Dallas State Reps Support Texas Bullet Train

April 28th, 2017
April 28, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Twelve Dallas area State Representatives have signed onto a letter in support of the proposed high speed rail line to be built between Dallas and Houston and call the project "an incredible opportunity". The Dallas...

DART CEO Testifies Before House Subcommittee on Federal Funding Needs: FAST ACT

April 17th, 2017
April 15, 2017 - TRA Newswire - DART President/Executive Director Gary Thomas, on behalf of the American Public Transportation Association, testified earlier this month before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Specifically, the committee wanted to hear from...

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