# 2025-22060: Extra Time for Trains: FRA Extends Passenger Rail Funding Deadline by Month

2025-22060, Notice of Deadline Extension for Notice of Funding Opportunity for Projects Located Off the Northeast Corridor for the Fiscal Years 2024-2025 Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Federal Railroad Administration published 2025-12-05, effective 2026-02-06 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22060
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-22060
- Title: Notice of Deadline Extension for Notice of Funding Opportunity for Projects Located Off the Northeast Corridor for the Fiscal Years 2024-2025 Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Railroad Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 56264
- Published: 2025-12-05
- Effective: 2026-02-06
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Extra Time for Trains: FRA Extends Passenger Rail Funding Deadline by Month

## Summary

Good news for folks working on passenger rail projects outside the Northeast Corridor! The deadline to apply for federal funding has been pushed back from January 7, 2026, to February 6, 2026. This gives teams an extra month to get their applications in and compete for money to improve rail travel in their states.

## Abstract

On September 24, 2025, FRA published in the Federal Register a notice announcing the reissuance of a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of funding for eligible projects located off the Northeast Corridor for the Fiscal Years 2024-2025 Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program. FRA is extending the application submission deadline from 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on January 7, 2026 to 11:59 p.m. ET on February 6, 2026.

## Effects PRIA read

- Grant deadline extended one month: benefit, low. If you are preparing an application for the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program (projects located off the Northeast Corridor), the application deadline was moved from 11:59 p.m. ET on January 7, 2026 to 11:59 p.m. ET on February 6, 2026. Applications submitted after 11:59…

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## Sources
- [2025-22060 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22060/notice-of-deadline-extension-for-notice-of-funding-opportunity-for-projects-located-off-the)
- [2025-22060 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22060.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22060 (as of 2026-06-08).