July 31, 2016 - TRA Newswire The Texas Department of Transportation is hosting a series of public hearings in Laredo, Austin and Arlington to seek public input on the release of the Texas – Oklahoma Passenger Rail study. This is your...

July 29, 2016 - Houston Chronicle Dug Begley, Transportation Writer A revived proposal for a commuter rail line from the Texas Medical Center to Missouri City has commuters in the area optimistic, and some already considering another step. After Metropolitan Transit Authority officials...

July 28, 2016 - TheHill.com In a big win for passenger rail operators like Amtrak, a panel of federal regulators has reversed course on two proposals that the passenger rail service says would have led to significant delays. The Safety Transportation Board...

July 28, 2016 - AmericanSongwriter.com British folk icon Billy Bragg and Americana stalwart Joe Henry teamed up this past year to “make a record of the railroad”. The pair boarded the Texas Eagle in Chicago and rode Amtrak’s longest stretch of rail down...

July 27, 2016 - lmtonline.com Special to the Times Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, announced Wednesday the Federal Railroad Administration and the Texas Department of Transportation’s release of 10 service and route options for high-speed passenger rail service connecting Oklahoma City, Fort Worth,...

Updated July 28, 2016 - Dallas Morning News compilation of two stories this week on potential service on the long-delayed Cotton Belt cross-county passenger rail service in Northern Dallas and suburbs.   Getting Cotton Belt rail service a decade early could come with...

July 26, 2016 - Texas Tribune The state Legislature could put up major road blocks next year for a private firm's plans to build a high-speed rail project connecting Houston and Dallas now that a federal transportation board has decided the...

July 21, 2016 - TRA Newswire Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) today reported 2016 second quarter net income of nearly $1.0 billion, or $1.17 per diluted share compared to about $1.2 billion, or $1.38 per diluted share, in the second quarter...

July 21, 2016 - skift.com A $100 million bet says that thousands of Texans will abandon cars and pick-ups for a needle-nosed bullet train that zips past cattle and ranches to deliver riders from Dallas to Houston in 90 minutes —...

July 20, 2016 - TRA Newswire First Transit announces that it signed its first rail contract in North America to provide operations and maintenance services for the Denton County Transportation Authority's (DCTA) A-train commuter rail line. First Transit is a division...