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Influx of Federal Funds Spurring Rail Improvements Nationwide

Rail projects are being launched in states throughout the country. Much of the funding requires a focus on projects that improve safety while also enhancing and/or upgrading rail infrastructure so the projects reflect that mandate.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 5, 2022

U.S. DOT Makes $573M Available from the New Railroad Crossing Elimination Program

The new competitive discretionary grant program was created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will be administered by the Federal Railroad Administration

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 15, 2022

FRA Boosts Funding for Railroad Trespassing Enforcement, Suicide Prevention Grants

The grants will fund law enforcement trespass prevention activities and educational outreach campaigns aimed at reducing railroad-related suicides on rail rights-of-way.

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NewsJune 10, 2022

Amtrak Lands $8M FRA Grant to Expand Apprenticeship Program

With training hubs in Washington; New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; Wilmington, Del.; and Beech Grove, Ind., the grant will enable the program to train over 600 employees in the next three to five years.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 7, 2022

Grant Establishes New Consortium, Climate Change Research Program

From this grant, San José State University’s Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) will receive $4.6 million to help create a multi-university consortium.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 3, 2022

Biden Administration Announces Over $368M in Grants to Improve Rail Infrastructure

The investments will play a role in modernizing rail infrastructure and strengthening supply chains, helping to reduce congestion.

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NewsMay 17, 2022

FRA Releases Q1 Report on Amtrak Service

The report is the first to use all metrics described in FRA’s November 2020 final rule for Metrics and Minimum Standards for Intercity Passenger Rail Service now codified in 49 CFR Part 273.

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NewsApril 22, 2022

FRA’s Forms Climate Challenge to Meet Net-Zero GHG Emissions by 2050

The agency is asking owners and operators along the national rail network, and manufacturers of rail equipment, to join FRA’s commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the rail industry and rail transportation by 2050.

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NewsJanuary 18, 2022

Bose Confirmed as FRA Administrator

He is the first person of South-Asian descent to lead FRA.

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NewsNovember 29, 2021

FRA, FTA Representatives Visit Testing of Caltrain’s All-New Stadler Multilevel EMU Trainsets

The trainsets were designed specifically for Caltrain by Stadler to meet the evolving needs of the industry, its workforce, and its riders while reducing carbon emissions.

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