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Appears in 5 stories · Last updated Nov 3, 2026
Selected the 91 projects and administers the grants
The Federal Railroad Administration selected 91 railroad-crossing projects in 37 states to share $1.24 billion on Oct. 30. The grants, paid for through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, cover overpasses, crossing closures and signal upgrades.
Updated 5 days ago
Former primary federal funder; terminated all active grants to the project in 2025
On October 28, 2026, the California High-Speed Rail Authority's board approved a $772.1 million contract with Siemens Mobility for the system's first three trainsets and signed off on the final environmental review for the Los Angeles–Anaheim leg. That vote completes environmental clearance for all 494 miles of the planned San Francisco–Los Angeles/Anaheim line, ending more than two decades of reviews. In the Central Valley, crews have been stockpiling ballast rock at about 2,000 tons a day ahead of laying the project's first section of track.
Updated Oct 31
Funds the project and administers its environmental review
Amtrak's plan for a 24-hour maintenance railyard beside Rate Field will now go through the federal environmental review neighbors have demanded for months. The Federal Railroad Administration reversed its earlier fast-track approval after Amtrak expanded the project to include repairs to 17 aging viaducts.
Updated Oct 27
Primary funder of preliminary engineering
Amtrak picked HNTB on October 9, 2026 to design replacements for two Maryland bridges on the Northeast Corridor. The Bush River and Gunpowder River spans, both about 113 years old, carry more than 100 trains a day between Baltimore and Wilmington.
Updated Oct 11
As of May 2026: Grant administrator and primary federal regulator for the project
Japan opened its first bullet train in 1964. Sixty years later, the U.S. still has no line meeting the international high-speed rail threshold. On April 22, 2024, Brightline West broke ground in Las Vegas on a 218-mile route for electric trains running up to 200 mph between the Strip and the Los Angeles suburbs.
Updated May 31
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