June 28, 2016 - Progressive Railroading
Green Plains Inc. and Jefferson Gulf Coast Energy Partners have formed a joint venture to construct and operate an intermodal fuels terminal at Jefferson's existing terminal in Beaumont, Texas.
The 50-50 joint venture is expected to...
June 30, 2016 - MassTransit Magazine
Rail lines connecting Paisano Drive to Father Rahm Street in South El Paso are set to be welded within a few weeks as part of the $97 million Streetcar Project expected to debut in 2018,...
July 2, 2016 - Cypress Creek Mirror
Texas is looking like it will become the first state in the nation to get a bullet train. Texas Central Partners, LLC (Texas Central), a private company that is leading the bullet train project...
Austin Monitor - July 7, 2016
As the Lone Star Rail District approaches what could be the end of the line, one important city along its still-theoretical route is hoping to keep it on track.
San Marcos City Council voted on Tuesday...
June 27, 2016 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
FORT WORTH
The proposed TEX Rail commuter train project has reached yet another milestone that supporters say will help ensure the rail line is operating by late 2018.
Those working on the proposed 27-mile commuter...
June 25, 2016 - TRA Newswire
In a 41 page filing to the Surface Transportation Board this week, Texas Central Railway countered its opponents arguments that it should not be allowed to operate a high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston. In the...
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June 24, 2016 - Sugarland Sun
On Wednesday the Union Pacific rail bridge over the Brazos River in Richmond, was re-opened for train traffic.
The bridge had been out of service for 3 weeks after damage caused by the...
June 24, 2016 - TRA Newswire
TNW Corporation, a privately held operator of short line railroads and logistics centers, celebrated a major expansion of facilities and services at its short line railway, the Texas Gonzales Northern, in the Harwood-Gonzales area of...
June 22, 2016 - TRA Newswire
Texas Central, the private concern building a high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston, received an Order of Protection from the Surface Transportation Board to shield proprietary documents from rural lawmakers and landowners that want to...
June 20, 2016 - TRA Newswire
Officials of North Texas cities and the North Central Texas Council of Governments played host to high speed rail companies and suppliers Monday to entice them to build several segments of proposed passenger rail lines in...