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In conjunction with the Department of Transportation, Amtrak secured $16.4 billion in funding for 25 projects along the route. Among those projects is the construction of a new Hudson River Tunnel ...
(The Center Square) – Nearly $39 million in federal funding will be going to Amtrak’s Borealis Service, which runs through Wisconsin on the route between Chicago and St. Paul, Minnesota.
Amtrak receives federal funding for the vast majority of its operations including the central spine of the Northeast Corridor as well as for its National Network routes. In addition to the federally funded routes, Amtrak partners with transportation agencies in 18 states to operate other short and medium-haul routes outside of the Northeast ...
Nine infrastructure and transportation projects in Minnesota, largely centered around St. Paul, are getting a boost from federal grants. The $145.87 million in grants, announced by Rep. Betty ...
The Corridor Identification and Development Program, abbreviated as the Corridor ID Program, is a comprehensive planning program for inter-city passenger rail projects in the United States administered by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Each route accepted into the program ...
The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (originally H.R. 6003, passed as division B of Pub. L. 110–432 (text)) is a law that reauthorized Amtrak and authorized the United States Department of Transportation to provide grants for operating costs and capital expenses and to repay Amtrak's long-term debt and capital leases.
In order to access Federal Railroad Administration funds earmarked in the infrastructure bill, Amtrak often has to collaborate with a web of federal, state, and local government agencies.
Amtrak officially announced the train as the Borealis in its press release introducing the train and announcing ticket sales on April 30, 2024. [23] Service began on May 21, 2024. [ 24 ] During its first 11 days of operation, the Borealis averaged 604 daily passengers (329 westbound and 275 eastbound).