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New Poll: 78% of Americans want increased investments in passenger rail in the U.S.
March 30th, 2022
March 29, 2022 - TRA Newswire -
The vast majority of Americans want the federal government to invest in strengthening the national passenger rail network, according to a new poll by the Rail Passengers Association (RPA), the nation's largest advocacy organization for rail...
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...
Mexico revives dream of San Antonio-to-Monterrey rail service
September 5th, 2021
September 1, 2021 - Randy Diamond, San Antonio Express-News -
For more than three decades, politicians and rail advocates have dreamed of building a passenger train link between San Antonio and Monterrey, northern Mexico’s largest city.
Each time, they’ve woken up with...
Passenger trains to link Coahuila, Nuevo León Mexico and US border in Tamaulipas
September 5th, 2021
August 25, 2021 - mexiconewsdaily.com -
The federal government (Mexico) is planning to launch an interurban train service to link Coahuila and Nuevo León to the border with the United States at Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
The passenger and freight train project will...
Mexican rail officials address needed international Monterrey to San Antonio passenger service
July 30th, 2021
EXCLUSIVE - Updated August 5, 2021 - TRA Newswire -
In a special Texas Rail Advocates online presentation Wednesday evening August 4th, officials of Mexico's state-owned rail system laid out how they want to address a passenger rail corridor between Monterrey,...
Shreveport Mayor appointed to Southern Rail Commission - wants rail service on I-20 corridor
July 4th, 2021
July 4, 2021 - TRA Newswire -
A new development in a long-range plan to put people on trains in the I-20 corridor.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards last week appointed Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins as an at-large member of the three-state...
Amtrak playing hardball with CSX, NS on Gulf Coast service: Files with STB
March 18th, 2021
March 16, 2021 - RailwayAge.com -
In a move that appears to be a pre-emptive strike, Amtrak has asked the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to intervene on its behalf if CSX and Norfolk Southern don’t cooperate on hosting proposed new service...
Amtrak announces passenger rail service for 2022 on Gulf Coast (spoiler alert: not Texas)
March 7th, 2021
March 5, 2021 - WLOX.com -
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - After last week’s announcement that the passenger rail service would be returning next year to the Gulf Coast, Amtrak is narrowing that timeframe down a bit.
On Friday, Amtrak announced that it hopes to...
Would an Intercity Passenger Rail Trust Fund bring more trains to Texas?
February 12th, 2021
February 12, 2021 - TRA News Report -
Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn, in a letter to Congress, has outlined several priorities for the national passenger rail network that he runs. Approval by Congress of two of Flynn's priorities would have a...
Passenger rail investment offers non-stop service to a prosperous economy
November 14th, 2020
November 13, 2020 - TheHill.com - Opinion - Bill Flynn, Tony Coscia -
After the most contentious election in recent memory, the results are finally in. We congratulate President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory and know that high on their...