FY 2026 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Competitive Grants for Rail Vehicle Replacement Program
- Posted
- May 27, 2026
- Closed
- July 6, 2026
- Program funding
- $166,000,000
- Expected awards
- 3
- Cost sharing
- Yes
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 20.525
- Category
- Transportation
- Archives
- August 5, 2026
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 20.525 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $4.6B
- FY2025 obligated
- $4.4B
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $4B
- Awards in window
- 498
Top recipients: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, City & County of San Francisco, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the opportunity to apply for approximately $166 million in competitive grants for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Competitive Grants for Rail Vehicle Replacement (Rail) Program.
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- State governments
Eligible applicants under this program must be in an urbanized area and eligible for State of Good Repair Formula Funding (Section 5337), which includes States and Local governmental authorities.
The official record
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