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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

$1,184,035,000

Department of Transportation·Federal Railroad Administration

to NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

transportationactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-05-11·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_69A36523504110AMTDC_069
Award description

THE GENERAL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM FUNDED THROUGH THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR AMTRAKTO MAINTAIN CONTINUED SAFE NATIONAL PASSENGER RAIL OPERATIONS, TO PURSUE ACTIVITIESTHAT SUPPORT EFFICIENT SERVICE TO INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL RIDERSHIP, AND TO ADDRESS ANDCOMPLY WITH ALL SPECIFIED FEDERAL OPERATING REQUIREMENTS AND MANDATES ON REGIONSOUTSIDE THE NEC, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL NETWORK (NN). THIS INCLUDES ROUTES FORBOTH STATE SUPPORTED AND LONG DISTANCE LINES, AND IN MANY CASES, THIS WILL INCLUDEWORK THAT PROVIDES A SHARED BENEFIT ACROSS THE NEC AND NATIONAL NETWORK.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Funds Amtrak's safe operations and service on the National Network (non-Northeast Corridor routes) through 2029.

Sub-sectors
passenger-railamtrak-operationsnational-network
Why this matters

Sustains intercity passenger rail across 46 states; this May 2026 obligation continues a 2022 agreement supporting rural and long-distance connectivity.

Supply-chain signal

Supports ongoing demand for rail maintenance, rolling stock, fuel, and regional supplier networks across Amtrak's national footprint.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002969.

Period of performance
Start
2022-10-01
End
2029-01-31
Status
activein 946 days
Sources

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