FY25-26 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grant Program

FY25-26 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grant Program

This program funds projects that improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of intercity passenger and freight rail.

Details

• Agency: DOT - Federal Railroad Administration
• Department: Department of Transportation
• Opportunity #: FR-CRS-26-001
• Total Funding: $2,039,246,480
• Expected Awards: 130
• Instrument: grant
• Cost Sharing: Required

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: 1. A State (including the District of Columbia).2. A group of States.3. An Interstate Compact.4. A public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more States.5. A political subdivision of a State.6. Amtrak or another rail carrier that provides intercity rail passenger transportation (as rail carrier and intercity rail passenger transportation are defined in section 24102).7. A Class II railroad or Class III railroad, including any holding company of a Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms are defined in section 20102).8. An association representing 1 or more railroads described in paragraph (7).9. A federally recognized Indian Tribe. 10. Any rail carrier or rail equipment manufacturer in partnership with at least 1 of the entities described in paragraphs (1) through (5).11. The Transportation Research Board and any entity with which it contracts in the development of rail-related research, including cooperative research programs