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

    
          Friday, December 8, 2023
    
          *Announcement includes 10 projects in 9 states ready for construction and 69 corridors across 44 states identified for future development through two grant programs funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law*



WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it has awarded $8.2 billion for 10 passenger rail projects across the country while announcing corridor planning activities that will impact every region nationwide. This unprecedented investment in America’s nationwide intercity passenger rail network builds on a $16.4 billion investment announced last month for 25 projects of national significance along America’s busiest rail corridor. To date, the Biden-Harris Administration has announced nearly $30 billion in investments for our nation’s rail system.

Projects announced through the **Federal State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail (Fed-State National) Program**will advance two high-speed rail corridors and fund improvements to existing rail corridors for expanded service and performance. These investments will:

Help deliver high-speed rail service in California's Central Valley
	Create a brand-new high-speed rail corridor between Las Vegas, Nevada, and southern California, serving an estimated 11 million passengers annually
	Make major upgrades to existing conventional rail corridors to better connect Northern Virginia and the Southeast with the Northeast Corridor
	Expand and add frequencies to the Pennsylvania Keystone Corridor between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
	Extend the Piedmont Corridor in North Carolina north, as part of a higher-speed connection between Raleigh and Richmond, Virginia
	Invest in Chicago Union Station, as an initial step toward future improvements to the critical Midwest corridors hub
	Improve service in Maine, Montana, and Alaska“Today, the Biden-Harris Administration takes another historic step to deliver the passenger rail system that Americans have been calling for – with $8.2 billion for faster, more reliable, expanded train service across the country,” said **U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg**. “With this funding, we’ll deliver America’s first high-speed rail on a route between Southern California and Las Vegas, complete major upgrades for riders in Virginia, North Carolina, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maine, Montana, and Alaska, and announce a comprehensive plan that makes it easier to expand passenger rail lines in 44 states.”

At the same time, FRA is announcing 69 corridor selections across 44 states through the **Corridor Identification and Development (Corridor ID) Program**, which will drive future passenger rail expansion.

Corridor ID, a new planning program made possible by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will help guide intercity passenger rail development throughout the country. This inaugural round of selections aims to upgrade 15 existing rail routes, add or extend service on 47 new routes, and advance 7 new high-speed rail projects, creating a pipeline of intercity passenger rail projects ready for implementation and future investment. FRA will work closely with states, transportation agencies, host and operating railroads, and local governments to develop and build passenger rail projects faster than ever before.

“President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law gave us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to think smart and think big about the future of rail in America, and we are taking full advantage of the resources we have to advance world-class passenger rail services nationwide,” said **FRA Administrator Amit Bose**. “Today’s announcement is another step forward as we advance transformative projects that will carry Americans for decades to come and provide them with convenient, climate-friendly alternatives to congested roads and airports. We’re thinking about the future too with comprehensive and systematic planning efforts to transform the U.S. intercity passenger rail network now and in the years to come.”

Examples of planning and development activities selected through the Corridor ID program include:

New high-speed rail service in the Cascadia High-Speed Rail Corridor between Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia
	New high-speed rail service between Dallas and Houston
	New and upgraded Midwest Chicago hub corridors: 
	Daily, multi-frequency service from Chicago to Indianapolis
		Increased frequencies from Chicago to Milwaukee to the Twin Cities, with an extension to Madison, Wisconsin
		Improved service and increased frequencies from Chicago to Detroit, with an extension to Windsor, providing a direct connection to Canada’s high-speed rail network
		A comprehensive plan for the Chicago terminal and service chokepoints south of Lake Michigan benefiting all corridors and long-distance trains south and east of Chicago
	New service between the Twin Cities and Duluth, Minnesota
	New service from Fort Collins to Pueblo, Colorado, with intermediate stops at Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs
	New service between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, with multiple daily frequencies
	New service connecting Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana
	New connections between the Northeast Corridor and Northern Delaware and Reading and Scranton, Pennsylvania
	Expanded connections and increased frequencies within California’s extensive conventional rail network
	Expanded connections and service in Florida’s intercity rail network between the key travel markets of Tampa, Jacksonville, Orlando, and Miami
	New service between Atlanta and Savanah, and from Atlanta to Nashville and Memphis via Chattanooga
	Restoration of service between Chicago and Seattle, Washington, through multiple rural communities in North Dakota and Montana that are currently not served by passenger railInvestments to Enhance Intercity Passenger Rail

Two years after signing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, President Biden has already announced the most significant investment in passenger rail since the creation of Amtrak, including billions in Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail grants for projects on America’s busiest rail corridor in the Northeast and for others nationwide. Coupled with rail investments announced earlier this year, including the new Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) program grants and Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grants, President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda is laying the foundation for the safe and modern rail network Americans need and deserve.

To view the full list of Fed-State National project selections and Corridor ID selections, please click here and here.

Additional information about the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program can be found here, while further information on the Corridor ID Program is available here.

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