The proposed corridor would connect kings mountain, north carolina to charlotte, north carolina

The North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division received a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration under the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail program (CFDA 20.326). The award will fund the development of a Service Development Plan (SDP) for a proposed passenger rail corridor connecting Kings Mountain, North Carolina to Charlotte, North Carolina. The SDP will outline a project performance plan, existing planning and development materials, a statement of work, an approved project schedule, and a project budget. The outcome of this project will be a comprehensive project description for the next phase of planning and development to improve and potentially extend intercity passenger rail service in the Charlotte metro area.

The proposed corridor would provide new service on existing alignment with capacity improvements west of the charlotte gateway station and likely extending service to kings mountain, in addition to track, crossover, or signal improvements. Using service development plan (SDP) SOW framework, the corridor sponsor will develop a project performance plan (task 1.1), existing planning and development materials (task 2.1), statement of work (task 2.2), approved project schedule (task 2.3), approved project budget (task 2.4). The outcome of this project will be the project description for CID step 2, to perform the necessary work to complete an SDP. The proposed corridor would serve the charlotte metro area.