The project will provide improved operational reliability to the MBTA’s nine Commuter Rail lines that terminate at South Station.
The Corridor Identification and Development Program will support long-term passenger rail development in communities across the U.S.
Selected projects will improve existing rail corridors and create new ones, broadening access to intercity passenger rail services for communities across the country.
Over the next five years, President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will invest a total of $22 billion in Amtrak, improving and expanding intercity passenger rail services nationwide and addressing long-delayed repairs.
The list will advance a systematic approach for the improvement and development of the commuter and intercity passenger rail backbone of the region’s rail network.
SFRTA engineers and conductors will be trained and furnished to operate Tri-Rail trains on the FEC Corridor.
Funded by the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program, the investments will help replace bridges and tunnels along the Northeast Corridor and more.
The rule would require a minimum of two train crewmembers for over-the-road railroad operations, with some exceptions for certain low risk operations and circumstances where mitigating measures are in place to protect railroad employees, the public, and the environment.
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.
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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