Formula Grant ME2024002

This $15,062,835.00 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) will fund preventative maintenance activities on the Amtrak Downeaster passenger rail vehicles and infrastructure along the Downeaster corridor in Maine. The grant period runs from March 13, 2024 through December 31, 2025. The intended beneficiaries are the passengers of the Downeaster service, which provides essential transportation connections for commuters, students, medical travelers, and tourists between major cities like Portland, ME and Boston, MA. The grant recipient is the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA), a U.S. state government transit authority that operates the Downeaster service. NNEPRA will use the funds to perform maintenance activities to keep the Downeaster corridor and vehicles in a state of good repair, with the expected outcomes of greater reliability and on-time performance of the rail service.