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Gulf Coast restoration CRISI grant
Rail infrastructure for restored New Orleans to Mobile service, agreed among Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern and the Port
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- Buyer
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
- Where
- Alabama · Mobile
- Segments
- Track, Stations & depots
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
- Status
- In execution — Grant agreement signed 22 October 2024; FRA announced the award in September 2023.
- Value band
- $100–500m
- Currency
- USD
- Key dates (month)
- Application submitted December 2022 · Fra announcement September 2023 · Status report February 2024 · Grant agreement signed October 2024
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6 sources · 3 primary
- ○ Surface Transportation Board FD 36496 - joint status report of Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern and the Port (1 February 2024) · Text of the joint status report entered in the Board's public record, read from a copy hosted by Railway Age because the Board's e-filing site was not reached (Secondary host): $178 million CRISI application submitted 1 December 2022 by the Southern Rail Commission and Amtrak, awarded to Amtrak in full, FRA announcement of 21 September 2023; Mobile Station Track Project of about 3,000 feet of layover track funded separately by Amtrak (published 2024-02-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Southern Rail Commission - release: Mardi Gras Service first-period performance (5 December 2025) · Release: service operates twice daily between New Orleans and Mobile with stops at Bay Saint Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula; 46,000 passengers to date; funded through FRA programmes and matched by Louisiana, Mississippi and the City of Mobile (published 2025-12-05 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending.gov - FRA Restoration and Enhancement award 69A36525420020RAEDC, Amtrak (New Orleans to Mobile) · Federal award record for the Gulf Coast operating grant, $30,927,115 federal, period 1 July 2025 to 28 February 2029; carried once in the Louisiana file and only referenced here (published 2025-08-18 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● FRA - release: more than $1.4 billion for 70 rail projects incl. Gulf Coast Corridor Improvement Project (25 September 2023) · FRA release (archived copy; live page returns HTTP 403): more than $178.4 million federal funding to Amtrak with the Southern Rail Commission for the Gulf Coast Corridor Improvement Project in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi (published 2023-09-25 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Senator Wicker - release on the $178.4m Gulf Coast award (21 September 2023) · Release praising the award of $178,435,333 from the FRA to restore passenger rail service New Orleans to Mobile (published 2023-09-21 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Transportation for America - grant agreement signed for Gulf Coast rail (22 October 2024) · Post: FRA, Amtrak, the Port of Mobile, CSX and Norfolk Southern signed a $178 million grant agreement including station and rail infrastructure improvements in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana (published 2024-10-22 · checked 2026-10-08)
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