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Overview: These grants will fund the deployment of PTC system technology for intercity passenger rail transportation, freight rail transportation, and/or commuter rail passenger transportation. See the May 18, 2018 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and September...
The Passenger Rail Study between Tucson and Phoenix explores intercity rail connections between the two largest metropolitan areas in Arizona. Arizona will use this Study to analyze and develop future intercity rail options. The proposed passenger rail line...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) a High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) grant for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance and preliminary engineering phases of the Susquehanna River Rail Bridge Project. FRA...
The Railroad Safety Technology Grants Program funds projects that enhance railroad safety by implementing a Positive Train Control (PTC) system or benefiting overall PTC implementation on freight, intercity passenger, and commuter railroads. See the FY 2010 Notice...
The study covers the approximately 162-mile rail corridor from Raleigh to Richmond and is a critical segment of the federally designated Southeast Corridor. The overall Washington, D.C., to Charlotte, N.C., Southeast Corridor route was selected by a 2002 Tier I study, which also established the...
The Railroad Safety Grants for the Safe Transportation of Energy Products by Rail Program provides $10 million for public and private railroad grade crossing enhancement and track improvement projects that enhance safety on rail routes that transport flammable energy...
Overview: The Railroad Rehabilitation and Repair (Disaster Assistance) grant program provides $20 million to repair and rehabilitate Class II and Class III railroad infrastructure located in counties that were...
FRA, in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT), prepared a Tier II Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 123-mile portion of the Southeast High-Speed Rail (SEHSR) Corridor from Washington, DC to Richmond, VA (referred to as the DC2RVA Project). The environmental study area began at the southern terminus of the Long Bridge over the Potomac River in Arlington, VA and continues south through Richmond, VA to Centralia, VA at the CSXT A-Line/CSXT S-Line junction.
In order to assist state and local governments in mitigating the adverse effects created by the presence of rail infrastructure, Congress authorized the Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Capital Grant Program (RLR) in 2005 through the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient...
The FY 2017 Positive Train Control (PTC) Grant Program will fund the installation of PTC systems required under 49 U.S.C. 20157 that include, but are not limited to, back office systems; wayside, communications, and onboard hardware equipment; and spectrum acquisition. ...