Federal Railroad Administration

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United States federal executive agency government agency

The Federal Railroad Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for regulating and promoting safe, efficient rail transportation nationwide.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Federal Railroad Administration canonical 46
Federal Railroad Administration (United States) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal executive agency ⓘ
government agency ⓘ
abbreviation FRA ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction U.S. railroad system ⓘ
collaboratesWith labor organizations in the rail industry ⓘ
railroad companies ⓘ
state departments of transportation ⓘ
conducts railroad safety research ⓘ
railroad technology research ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
employs railroad safety inspectors ⓘ
foundedBy United States Congress ⓘ
funds passenger rail capital projects ⓘ
rail infrastructure improvement grants ⓘ
railroad safety technology projects ⓘ
hasDuties enforcement of federal rail safety laws ⓘ
oversight of freight rail safety ⓘ
oversight of passenger rail programs ⓘ
promotion of efficient rail transportation ⓘ
promotion of safe rail transportation ⓘ
railroad infrastructure oversight ⓘ
railroad research and development ⓘ
railroad safety regulation ⓘ
headquartersLocation 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
implements Federal Railroad Safety Act ⓘ
Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 ⓘ
Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 ⓘ
federal rail safety statutes ⓘ
inception 1966 ⓘ
industry rail transport regulation ⓘ
transportation safety ⓘ
issues federal rail safety regulations ⓘ
railroad safety advisories ⓘ
railroad safety standards and rules ⓘ
jurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
legalForm federal agency ⓘ
oversees Amtrak safety compliance ⓘ
freight rail safety compliance ⓘ
railroad accident investigations ⓘ
parentOrganization United States Department of Transportation ⓘ
partOf United States Department of Transportation ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
regulates hazardous materials transportation by rail ⓘ
railroad carriers in the United States ⓘ
railroad operating practices ⓘ
railroad safety standards ⓘ
railroad signal and train control systems ⓘ
track safety standards ⓘ
supervises railroad safety inspectors ⓘ
supports development of high-speed rail in the United States ⓘ
intercity passenger rail programs ⓘ
website https://railroads.dot.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Department of Transportation → oversees → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Amtrak → regulator → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
DOT → oversees → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of Transportation
United States Secretary of Transportation → oversees → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Department of Transportation Act → relatedTo → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Positive Train Control → regulator → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
CSX Transportation → regulatoryBody → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 → regulatorStrengthened → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration → collaboratesWith → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Federal Railroad Safety Act → grantsAuthorityTo → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Federal Railroad Safety Act → enforcedBy → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Norfolk Southern Railway → safetyRegulator → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
SecDOT → oversees → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
National Transportation Safety Board → collaboratesWith → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
NRPC → regulator → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
PTC → regulator → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: Positive Train Control
Class I freight railroads in the United States → definedBy → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Class I freight railroads in the United States → regulator → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
New York State Department of Transportation → collaboratesWith → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Title 49 of the United States Code → administeredBy → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
BTS → cooperatesWith → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
United States transportation system → regulatedBy → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Carolinian (New York segment) → safetyRegulator → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
North American rail network → regulatoryBody → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Railroad Administration (United States)
Hazardous Materials Regulations → administeredBy → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Hazardous Materials Regulations → enforcedBy → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 → relatedOrganization → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
United States Railway Association → followedBy → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Colorado Railcar DMU → regulatoryDomain → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Union Pacific mainline routes → regulatedBy → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
New England rail network → isRegulatedBy → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Midwest states consortium → collaboratesWith → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: Midwest States Consortium
Buy America requirements for materials → administeredBy → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Title II—Transportation Security → enforcedBy → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Title VII—Public Transportation Security → implementedBy → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority → hasSafetyRegulator → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Subtitle V—Rail Programs → administeredBy → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Office of the Secretary of Transportation → oversees → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Baltimore rail network → regulator → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
New England Central Railroad → regulatoryBody → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
New York State rail system → regulator → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Vermont Railway → safetyRegulator → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Amtrak locomotives → regulatoryBody → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Department of Transportation → oversees → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of Transportation
HMR → enforcedBy → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
2023 East Palestine, Ohio train derailment → regulator → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
Norfolk Southern trackage in Indiana and Illinois → regulatoryJurisdiction → Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ