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  September 23, 2020U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $320.6 Million for Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
          August 28, 2020Federal Railroad Administration Announces Rail Inspection Technology Rule to Improve Track SafetyWASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today submitted to the Federal Register a final rule allowing railroads to use ultrasonic inspection technology, augmented with global positioning system (GPS)...
          August 12, 2020Federal Railroad Administration Publishes Railroads’ Second Quarter 2020 Positive Train Control Implementation Status Updates*PTC systems governing operations on 98.8% of all 57,537 PTC-mandated route miles*

**WASHINGTON** - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a quarterly status update on...
          July 7, 2020Federal Railroad Administration Announces More Than $500,000 to Deter TrespassingThe U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded more than half a million dollars in Railroad Trespassing Enforcement Grants to law enforcement agencies today to support life-saving trespass abatement in multiple...
          June 10, 2020U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Availability of $291 Million for Rail Capital ProjectsWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Grant Program (Partnership Program). The NOFO...
          June 9, 2020FRA Continues Commitment to Save Lives With Railroad Trespassing Suicide Prevention GrantsThe U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced the availability of $293,000 in competitive grant funds for Railroad Trespassing Suicide Prevention Program projects.

The notice of funding...
          May 27, 2020U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $302.6 Million in ‘State of Good Repair’ GrantsWASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced the recipients of more than $302 million in grant funds under the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program (Partnership Program)...
          May 15, 2020Federal Railroad Administration Publishes Railroads’ First Quarter 2020 Positive Train Control Implementation Status UpdatesPTC systems governing operations on 98% of all 58,000 PTC-mandated route miles
          May 5, 2020U.S. Department of Transportation Announces More Than $22 Million in Grants to Restore and Enhance Intercity Passenger Rail NetworkU.S Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 www.transportation.gov/briefingroom News
          April 17, 2020U.S. Department of Transportation Makes Available $311.8 Million  for Capital Rail Projects**FRA 05-20
Contact:  FRA Public AffairsFRAPA@DOT.gov**

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a Notice of Funding...

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