Transportation Department Docket FRA-2019-0069 Proposed Rule

2020-06245: Metrics and Minimum Standards for Intercity Passenger Rail Service

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Summary

FRA proposes metrics and minimum standards for measuring the performance and service quality of intercity passenger train operations. Consistent with the statutory mandate, FRA and Amtrak jointly developed the proposed metrics and minimum standards.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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