Federal Transit Administration awards $278 million to transit agencies for hurricane repairs

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; June 1, 2018 The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has allocated $277.5 million in emergency relief funding…

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Amtrak closes record number of on-site ticketing counters

By Joe Williams, Washington Examiner; May 21, 2018 Amtrak closed a record amount of on-site ticket windows in the first…

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Amtrak’s Texas Eagle Is A Weekend Winner

By Scott Laird, Travel Pulse; May 17, 2018 Amtrak’s long distance train services can be a conundrum for some travellers,…

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Brightline Texas? Brightline Examines Expanding Outside Florida

By Mike Vogel, Florida Trend Magazine; May 14, 2018 As privately owned and run intercity passenger train Brightline begins service…

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Marshall, Texas City Commission passes resolution in support of Marshall’s Amtrak agent

By Robin Y. Richardson, The Marshall News Messenger; May 11, 2018 The Marshall City Commission approved, on Thursday, a resolution…

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Why the makers of Texas’ high-speed rail line want to connect to Amtrak

By Gordon Dickson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; May 9, 2018 Texans who look forward to the day when they can take…

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Texas Eagle TEMPO group to fight Amtrak station ticket office closings

By Junius Stone,Texarkana Gazette; May 9, 2018 Reacting to the announcement of the anticipated change in status of the Texarkana…

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Texas: Advocacy groups voice objection to elimination of staffing at Marshall Depot

By Caleb Brabham, The Marshall News Messenger; May 2, 2018 Railway advocacy groups in Harrison County and Marshall issued a…

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Texas Central, Amtrak Reach Agreement to Link Bullet Train and Amtrak’s Interstate Passenger Network

A press release from Texas Central Partners; May 4, 2018: Plans call for through-ticketing for interstate travel, marketing collaboration and…

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Texas: Fort Worth high-speed passenger-rail study gets funding

  By John Austin, State Reporter, Athens Review; April 27, 2018 AUSTIN — Backers continue to move along on plans…

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Amtrak closing station ticket offices in Arkansas and Texas

From The Texarkana Gazette; April 27, 2018 Texarkana’s Amtrak passenger station and terminal will be closing its ticket counter May…

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Union Pacific pulls locomotives out of storage, adds employees to ‘overload’ part of its congested network

  By Steve Jordon, Staff Writer, Omaha World-Herald; April 26, 2018 Union Pacific Railroad pulled 650 locomotives out of storage…

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Seeing the Lone Star State From a Seat on the Texas Eagle

By James Jeffrey, Texas Monthly; April 19, 2018 I had fallen asleep somewhere in Arkansas, woken up just before crossing…

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Texas: Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail plan will make Texas’ I-35 corridor a loser, competitor says

By Ray Leszcynski, Communities, The Dallas Morning News; April 2, 2018 One of the world’s largest train operators says that…

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Polar Express in Texas on a roll after departure of Iowa Pacific Holdings

By Jeff Gerritt, Palestine Herald-Press; March 26, 2018 The Texas State Railroad Authority paid off a $1 million debt to…

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Texas: Watch as DART commuters are treated to a bit of Bach in Dallas’ West End

By Michael Merschel, Assistant Arts & Life Editor, The Dallas Morning News; March 21, 2018 Performers from Southern Methodist University’s…

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Texas Central blasts SNCF’s comments about Dallas-Houston bullet train

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; March 13, 2018 Texas Central Partners officials are striking back at comments made last week by…

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Discovering the romance of America on an Amtrak train

By Brian Pendreigh, The Herald Scotland; March 10, 2018 IT WAS a little after 8pm and the metallic silver giant…

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$105 million Grapevine Main on track to be the coolest place in Texas to catch a train

By Nicholas Sakelaris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; March 7, 2018 Grapevine – From its 150-foot observation tower to the five-story train…

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High-speed hopes: Timeline of the Texas bullet train

By Bill Hethcock, Staff Writer, Dallas Business Journal, March 6, 2018 If you’re wondering whether the Texas bullet train is…

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