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Archive -- 19th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference
Date
Monday, April 3, 2023 9:00 AM Tuesday, April 4, 2023 5:00 PM
Location
Hurst Conference Center 1601 Campus Dr Hurst TX 76054

The 19th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference will be held April 3-4 at the Hurst Conference Center in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
You'll hear presentations from Rail Passengers Association President/CEO Jim Mathews, from the Surface Transportation Board, Texas Department of Transportation, Southern Rail Commission, Union Pacific Railroad, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and more.
Rail Passengers Association members can save $130 off this premier two-day passenger and freight rail conference during the month of February with a special code. Full registration and meals, normally $329 is discounted to $199 for Rail Passengers members in good standing during February only.
To register use this link: https://www.texasrailadvocates.org/events/2023-southwestern-rail-conference/, click register and follow these steps:
- Click Register for the SW Conference
- Complete all fields on the registration page
- Choose April 3 &4, full conference and meals
- Don't panic when the full registration of $329 pops up. Type RPA into the field labeled Registration Code (optional) and press enter
- Your registration as a member of Rail Passengers Association will revert to $199
- Complete your payment and you will receive confirmation
"When [NARP] comes to Washington, you help embolden us in our efforts to continue the progress for passenger rail. And not just on the Northeast Corridor. All over America! High-speed rail, passenger rail is coming to America, thanks to a lot of your efforts! We’re partners in this. ... You are the ones that are going to make this happen. Do not be dissuaded by the naysayers. There are thousands of people all over America who are for passenger rail and you represent the best of what America is about!"
Secretary Ray LaHood, U.S. Department of Transportation
2012 NARP Spring Council Meeting