Restoration & Enhancement Grant Program
BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity NumberPosted DateCompetitive GrantFunding MechanismPassenger and Freight RailCategoryDepartment of TransportationAgency$250,000,000.00Funding Amount
Restoration & Enhancement Grant Program
BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Competitive GrantFunding Mechanism
Passenger and Freight RailCategory
Funding Amount Notes
Period of Availability
Available until expended
Program Description
To provide operating assistance to initiate, restore, or enhance intercity passenger rail service.
Key Changes to existing program:
New priority to applications for routes selected under the Corridor Identification and Development Program and operated by Amtrak. Grants may provide operating assistance for up to six years, and may not exceed: 90 percent of the projected net operating costs for the first year of service; 80 percent of the projected net operating costs for the second year of service; 70 percent of the projected net operating costs for the third year of service; 60 percent of the projected net operating costs for the fourth year of service; 50 percent of the projected net operating costs for the fifth year of service; and 30 percent of the projected net operating costs for the sixth year of service.
Eligible Uses
(1) Establishing new services; (2) additional frequencies; (3) service extensions; (4) offering new on-board services. Examples of eligible expenses can include: train engineer staffing, fuel, train dispatching, station management, and overhead.