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Port Terminal Railroad Association

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Railway line in the United States1

The Port Terminal Railroad Association is an American terminal railroad that operates 185 miles (298 km) of track at the Port of Houston in Houston, Texas. It is an independent association comprising Port of Houston Authority, the Houston Belt & Terminal Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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PTRA train crossing HB&T swing bridge over Buffalo Bayou in 2016
Photo: Patrick Feller from Humble, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Port Terminal Railroad Association is an American terminal railroad that operates 185 miles (298 km) of track at the Port of Houston in Houston, Texas. It is an independent association comprising Port of Houston Authority, the Houston Belt & Terminal Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway.2

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