Press Releases
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Funding for 63 Projects in 32 States That Will Help Reduce Train-Vehicle Collisions and Blocked Rail Crossings in the U.S.
President Biden’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes the first-ever dedicated grant program to help communities eliminate points where railroad tracks intersect with roads, which have blocked vehicle and pedestrian traffic, led to deadly vehicle-rail...
FRA Releases Washington Union Station Expansion Project Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement
FRA looks to regional partnerships to help implement a new project alternative and ensure Union Station remains in sound fiscal condition
On May 12, 2023, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) released a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (...
Biden-Harris Administration, USDOT Make Funds Available Through New Program to Help States Advance Intercity Passenger Rail Development
Interstate Rail Compacts Program will help foster essential partnership agreements between states to develop passenger rail service
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of $5.8...
FRA Launches New Rail Safety Program
Funding From President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will support a wide range of basic and applied research with an emphasis on rail safety
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity...
FRA Holds Stakeholder Meetings to Study the Restoration and Expansion of Amtrak Long-Distance Passenger Rail Services
FRA makes strides in the first federal effort in more than 50 years to advance a vision for an expanded and interconnected long-distance passenger rail network across America