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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

$840,750,000

Department of Transportation·Federal Railroad Administration

to NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

transportationactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2025 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2025-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-07-06·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_69A36526520050AMTDC_069
Award description

THE GENERAL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM FUNDED THROUGH THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR AMTRAK TO MAINTAIN CONTINUED SAFE NATIONAL PASSENGER RAIL OPERATIONS, TO PURSUE ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT EFFICIENT SERVICE TO INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL RIDERSHIP, AND TO ADDRESS AND COMPLY WITH ALL SPECIFIED FEDERAL OPERATING REQUIREMENTS AND MANDATES ON REGIONS OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL NETWORK (NN), KNOWN AS THE ?NORTHEAST CORRIDOR" (NEC). THIS INCLUDES NEC INTERCITY OPERATIONS, AND IN MANY CASES, THIS WILL INCLUDE WORK 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

Latest $840.75M obligation on Amtrak's ongoing 2025 Northeast Corridor cooperative agreement to fund safe intercity passenger rail operations.

Sub-sectors
passenger-rail-operationsnortheast-corridorintercity-rail
Why this matters

Northeast Corridor is critical infrastructure for regional connectivity and intercity travel; sustained funding ensures operational continuity and federal compliance.

Supply-chain signal

Supports demand for rail maintenance services, rolling stock suppliers, track infrastructure vendors, and engineering expertise across the Northeast Corridor.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-07-07. Cost: $0.012178.

Period of performance
Start
2025-10-01
End
2029-01-31
Status
activein 939 days
Sources

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