December 28, 2015 - TRA Newswire BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) announced Austin Western Railroad (AWRR) as its 2015 Shortline Railroad of the Year during BNSF’s annual Shortline Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. AWRR, which is operated by Watco Companies of Pittsburg,...

December 17, 2015 - TRA Newswire Amtrak Texas Eagle now uses Trinity Rail Express corridor - Texas Rail Advocates thanked for stakeholder support FORT WORTH, Texas - Amtrak has successfully concluded negotiations and changed the route of the Texas Eagle train between...

December 17, 2015 - Gordon Dickson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram Railroad agreements for track rights are a major step for project Commuter trains could begin service in late 2018 Federal money allocated to project now totals $150 million FORT WORTH Of all the problems...

December 17, 2015 - TRA Newswire (Austin) - James Bass, Chief Financial Officer of the Texas Department of Transportation is the newly named Executive Director. The announcement came out of a meeting of the Texas Transportation Commission and will be effective...

December 12, 2015 -TRA Newswire (Arlington) -  The private developer that is building a high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston started surveying on public property this week in anticipation of construction starting in late 2017. "Texas Central Partners is...

December 12, 2015 - TRA Newswire (Arlington) - A TxDOT service development plan to bring passenger rail service to the I-35 corridor between Oklahoma and South Texas expects to come out in rough form in the spring of 2016. Speaking before...

December 8, 2015 - Houston Public Media - Gail Delaughter Transportation officials say a link to downtown Houston is crucial to the project. The planned route for Texas Central Railway’s high-speed train between Houston and Dallas would only bring the train as...

December 7, 2015 - KPRC Houston HOUSTON - Its official name is the ‘Tokaido Shinkansen,’ but Texans may know it as the famous Japanese bullet train. Texas Central Partners is a private group that wants to bring the high-speed rail to Texas. The...

Updated December 3, 2015 - TRA Newswire (Dallas) - The private company that plans to build a high speed rail line between Texas' two largest metro areas kicked off a series of public meetings in Dallas Tuesday, showing the public and...

November 30, 2015 - Special to TRA Newswire   Company developing high-speed rail adds experience to senior executive team in Public Affairs, Construction and Finance Appointments mark latest milestone in the private, Texas-based company project linking Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston's commercial hubs Texas...