(Source: Amtrak press release, November 6, 2023)
Amtrak has been awarded nearly $10 billion in Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) funding from the Biden-Harris Administration to modernize critical infrastructure, improve stations and support future ridership growth on the Northeast Corridor (NEC). This historic funding comes at a critical time as NEC ridership continues to rise, consistently exceeding pre-pandemic levels since early summer as Amtrak delivers a new era of passenger rail.
The grants announced today will support 12 Amtrak-led projects through the FRA’s Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program (Fed-State NEC):
- Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program (up to $4.7B)
- Susquehanna River Rail Bridge Project (up to $2.08B)
- East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project (up to $1.26B)
- Connecticut River Bridge Replacement Project (up to $826.64M)
- Dock Bridge Rehabilitation Project (up to $300.18M)
- Sawtooth Bridges Replacement Project (up to $133.32M)
- Baltimore Penn Station Redevelopment (up to $108.32M)
- Pelham Bay Bridge Replacement Project (up to $58.27M)
- Gunpowder River Bridge Replacement Program (up to $30M)
- NEC South End Infrastructure Renewal and Speed Improvement Planning Study (up to $21.6M)
- Bush River Bridge Replacement Program (up to $18.8M)
- New Haven to Providence Capacity Planning Study (up to $4M)
Another 13 NEC projects led by Amtrak’s partners also received funding, including:
- Hudson Tunnel Project – Gateway Development Commission (up to $3.79B)
- Penn Station Access – MTA (up to $1.64B)
- Walk Bridge Replacement Project – CTDOT (up to $465M)
- Devon Bridge Replacement Project – CTDOT (up to $245.92M)
- Delco Lead – NJ TRANSIT (up to $180.9M)
- New Haven Line Power Improvement Program – CTDOT (up to $122.8M)
- Devon Bridge Interim Repairs – CTDOT (up to $119.32M)
- Hartford Line Rail Program Double Track (Phase 3B) Project – CTDOT (up to $104.86M)
- New Haven Line Track Improvement and Mobility Enhancement Part 1 and 3 – CTDOT (up to $71.64M)
- Newark Penn Station Vertical Circulation Improvements – NJ TRANSIT (up to $59.2M)
- Reconstruction of Cornwells Heights Station – SEPTA (up to $30.5M)
- Saugatuck River Bridge Replacement – CTDOT (up to $23.2M)
- New Haven Line Network Infrastructure Upgrade Project – CTDOT (up to $15.4M)
Visit the Federal Railroad Administration website to view additional details, including project descriptions and funding details.
Full story: Amtrak.com