Closed · FR-AMT-20-006 · CFDA 20.315 · Discretionary

FY20 Amtrak Operations Simulation for Implementing Passenger Rail Service, New Orleans, LA to Mobile, AL

Federal grant opportunity posted by DOT - Federal Railroad Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $251K
Award range
Closed
Status
September 23, 2020
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

FY20 Amtrak Operations Simulation for Implementing Passenger Rail Service, New Orleans, LA to Mobile, AL is a closed discretionary listing from DOT - Federal Railroad Administration that offered Up to $250,852 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 418 other opportunities from DOT - Federal Railroad Administration.

up to $251K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
20.315
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

FY20 Amtrak Operations Simulation for Impleme… is closed (last close September 23, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. DOT - Federal Railroad Administration still indexes 418 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed September 23, 2020

Posted Sep 21 Closes Sep 23

Est. Total Funding

$250,852

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

In 2017, the Southern Rail Commission, a key Gulf Coast Working Group (GCWG) stakeholder, agreed to pursue the restoration of passenger rail service between New Orleans and Orlando envisioned in the GCWG Report, in multiple phases in anticipation of potential funding opportunities. The first phase of service would provide two daily round-trip trains between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, as part of a state-supported corridor route. After that decision, Amtrak, CSX, and Norfolk Southern agreed to evaluate any necessary improvements for service along the New Orleans to Mobile route which led to the Operations Simulation for Implementing Passenger Rail Service, New Orleans, LA to Mobile, AL (“Project”). This funding opportunity makes available $250,852 to Amtrak to perform operations simulation to determine necessary improvements for implementing Passenger Rail Service, New Orleans, LA to Mobile, AL.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · FR-AMT-20-006

Grants.gov marks FY20 Amtrak Operations Simulation for Impleme… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Transportation (T). This eligibility-code string dominates the DOT - Federal Railroad Administration book (331 peers, 79% of 419).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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