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  November 6, 2023President Biden Advances Vision for World Class Passenger Rail with $16 Billion Investment in America’s Busiest Corridor*Funding made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will go to 25 passenger rail projects in seven states along the Northeast Corridor, the latest investment in rail projects across the country*...
    November 6, 2023President Biden Advances Vision for World Class Passenger Rail with $16 Billion Investment in America’s Busiest Corridor*Funding made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will go to 25 passenger rail projects in seven states along the Northeast Corridor, the latest investment in rail projects across the country*

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    November 6, 2023President Biden Advances Vision for World Class Passenger Rail with $16 Billion Investment in America’s Busiest Corridor
    October 12, 2023FRA Publishes Final Rule Requiring the Installation of Locomotive Image Recording Devices on Passenger TrainsWASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced a final rule requiring the installation of inward- and outward-facing image recording devices on all passenger train lead locomotives providing scheduled intercity rail passenger...
    October 12, 2023FRA Publishes Final Rule Requiring the Installation of Locomotive Image Recording Devices on Passenger Trains
    September 29, 2023FRA Announces University of Illinois to Receive $5 Million to Establish the National University Rail Center of Excellence*First of its kind effort made possible through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law*

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today...
    September 29, 2023FRA Announces University of Illinois to Receive $5 Million to Establish the National University Rail Center of Excellence
    September 25, 2023Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.4 Billion in Infrastructure Funding for 70 Projects That Will Improve Rail Safety, Strengthen Supply Chains, and Add Passenger Rail Service*One historic project will help restore passenger rail service to the Gulf Coast for the first time in nearly two decades*

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) of the U.S. Department of...
    September 25, 2023Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.4 Billion in Infrastructure Funding for 70 Projects That Will Improve Rail Safety, Strengthen Supply Chains, and Add Passenger Rail Service
    August 18, 2023FRA Makes Over $139 Million in Funds Available to Rural States to Improve Safety and Enhance Efficiency of Rail Infrastructure*Special Transportation Circumstances Projects will help link states lacking intercity passenger rail service and improve rail infrastructure*

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s...

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