President Biden Announces $8.2 Billion in New Grants for High-Speed Rail and Pipeline of Projects Nationwide

Federal Railroad Administration Proposes Amendment to Freight Car Safety Standards in Support of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

FY22-23 Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program (National) Project Fact Sheets

FY22-23 Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program (National) Selections

FY22 Corridor Identification and Development Program Selections

New Era Railroad LLC 242 Program Approval Letter

New Era Railroad LLC 240 Program Approval Letter

Piscataway, New Jersey Grade Crossing Safety and Railroad Trespass Prevention Workshop Agenda

RAIL-MOUNTED OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS FOR MONITORING TRACK TRANSITIONS

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored a research team from Oklahoma State University (OSU) to assess how well Optical Fiber Sensors (OFS), specifically Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors, can monitor railroad track transitions. The initial laboratory work focused on comparing the...

EXPERTISE MANAGEMENT: A PROMISING APPROACH FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING

The railroad industry is facing a significant loss of expertise that succession planning programs alone cannot adequately mitigate, largely due to shifting demographics and an aging employee population. In 2022, FRA’s Office of Research, Development, and Technology’s Human Factors Division...