Opportunity Information: Apply for FR AMT 20 006
This grant opportunity, titled "FY20 Amtrak Operations Simulation for Implementing Passenger Rail Service, New Orleans, LA to Mobile, AL" (Funding Opportunity Number FR AMT 20 006), is a discretionary Department of Transportation award administered by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under CFDA 20.323. It provides a single grant with an award ceiling of $250,852, with the expectation of making one award. The opportunity was created on September 21, 2020, with an original closing date of September 23, 2020, reflecting a very narrow application window consistent with a targeted, project-specific award.
The purpose of the funding is to support an operations simulation led by Amtrak to help determine what infrastructure, operational changes, or other improvements are necessary to implement passenger rail service between New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama. The work is tied to long-running Gulf Coast passenger rail restoration efforts that were outlined in the Gulf Coast Working Group (GCWG) Report, which envisioned restoring intercity passenger service between New Orleans and Orlando in phases. In 2017, the Southern Rail Commission, identified as a key GCWG stakeholder, committed to pursuing this restoration in multiple phases so the project could be advanced in manageable steps and be positioned to take advantage of future funding opportunities.
This opportunity focuses on the first phase of the broader vision: establishing a state-supported corridor route providing two daily round-trip trains between New Orleans and Mobile. After the decision to pursue that initial service concept, Amtrak and the host freight railroads on the corridor, CSX and Norfolk Southern, agreed to evaluate what improvements might be needed to accommodate passenger operations. That coordination led directly to the specific project referenced in the notice, the "Operations Simulation for Implementing Passenger Rail Service, New Orleans, LA to Mobile, AL" (referred to as the Project). The simulation effort funded here is meant to serve as a practical planning tool: by modeling train movements and corridor capacity, it can identify constraints, potential conflicts with existing freight service, schedule feasibility issues, and the types of capital or operating adjustments that could be required to reliably run the proposed passenger service.
Eligibility is effectively narrow and tailored. While the listing uses the broad label "Others" for eligible applicants, the description makes clear the funds are being made available to Amtrak for this specific simulation effort. In short, the federal government is using this grant to fund a defined piece of pre-implementation analysis, with the goal of producing actionable findings that inform what must be built, upgraded, negotiated, or operationally changed before launching passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile as the first step toward the larger Gulf Coast corridor restoration.Apply for FR AMT 20 006
- The Department of Transportation, DOT - Federal Railroad Administration in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY20 Amtrak Operations Simulation for Implementing Passenger Rail Service, New Orleans, LA to Mobile, AL" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.323.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 21, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 23, 2020 No Explanation. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $250,852.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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