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(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.
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) – As the Biden administration comes to a close, North Carolina received a $14 million federal grant to improve Amtrak passenger train service in the state. The funds will be ...
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 ...
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).
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 ...
Inter-city passenger train service operated by Amtrak has been proposed between Nashville, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia, via Chattanooga, Tennessee. As of December 2023, the project is moving forward and has received federal funding for engineering and feasibility studies.
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.