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  December 21, 2018FRA Awards More Than $46 Million for PTC Implementation11 projects in 10 states receive funding in second round of FY 2018 PTC grants

**WASHINGTON** – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today awarded $46,301,702 in grant funding for 11 projects in 10 states to...
          November 21, 2018Railroads’ Quarter 3 PTC Status Reports Show Continued Progress**WASHINGTON** – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released the 2018 Quarter 3 Positive Train Control (PTC) data, showing railroads’ continued progress toward meeting the year-end deadline for fully implementing PTC...
          November 20, 2018FRA Issues Final Rule to Promote Safe and Efficient High-Speed Passenger Rail Operations**WASHINGTON** – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a final rule establishing modern, performance-based safety standards for railroad passenger equipment. The rule reinforces...
          November 15, 2018FRA Announces Availability of $272 Million for ‘State of Good Repair’ Rail Projects**WASHINGTON**– The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) today for the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program (Partnership...
          October 9, 2018The FRA Administrator’s Declaration of Emergency Event: Hurricane Michael**NOTICE**

**The FRA Administrator’s Declaration of Emergency Event: Hurricane Michael**

Pursuant to Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 211.45, Federal Railroad Administration...
          September 12, 2018FRA Announces $46.3 Million in PTC Grant FundingContact: FRA Public Affairs
Tel.: (202) 493-6024FRAPA@DOT.gov

FRA Announces $46.3 Million in PTC Grant Funding

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad...
          September 4, 2018FRA Administrator Declares Emergency Event: Tropical Storm GordonIn making this determination, the Administrator notes that the National Weather Service has forecasted that Tropical Storm Gordon is expected to increase to a Category 1 hurricane by landfall late Tuesday, September 4, 2018.  A hurricane warning...
          August 24, 2018FRA Awards More Than $200 Million for PTC Implementation**WASHINGTON**– The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today awarded $203,698,298 in grant funding for 28 projects in 15 states to assist with the deployment of positive train control (PTC) systems.

“These $...
          August 23, 2018FRA Publishes Railroads’ Quarter 2 PTC Data**Editors Note**: The nine at-risk railroads own or control approximately 665 route miles that are subject to the statutory mandate, which is approximately 1.1 percent of the route miles NOT 11 percent as previously...
          August 6, 2018FRA Issues $1.26 Million for Rail Capital Projects**WASHINGTON** – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced $1.26 million for Special Transportation Circumstances (STC) Grants to fund rail capital projects in Alaska and Wyoming...

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