Lockhart welcomes new Highway 183 overpass

From KVUE, September 30, 2008...

The City of Lockhart is celebrating the completion of the new Highway 183 overpass that will take drivers over the Union Pacific railroad.

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TxDOT releases plan for commuter-rail service

From KXAN, July 31, 2008...

The Texas Department of Transportation released two long-awaited studies on Wednesday containing a visionary plan to reroute Union Pacific (UP) non-local freight trains in the Austin-San Antonio corridor.

The studies identify potential rail and roadway improvements, including new grade overpasses in conjunction with crossing closures, improvements to the rail infrastructure in San Antonio as well as proposed bypass routes outside the metropolitan area for UP non-local freight.

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Austin to San Antonio on Amtrak?

From the print edition of the Austin Business Journal, May 16, 2008...

A new feasibility study will look at whether Amtrak could potentially free up Union Pacific Railroad's existing line to make way for a proposed Austin-San Antonio regional rail.

The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is allocating $8 million to the Texas Department of Transportation and the Austin-San Antonio Intermunicipal Rail District to study what improvements need to be made to the existing Union Pacific freight line to concurrently run a regional rail and what, if any, involvement Amtrak could take.