The New Jersey Department of Transportation is accepting grant applications for the fiscal 2026 Rail Freight Assistance Program, with applications being accepted from now through Oct. 10.
The Rail Freight Assistance Program provides $25 million annually to support economic activity by preserving and improving the existing freight transportation system and making freight rail service more widely available to businesses throughout the state. Rail freight improvements support the state’s clean energy, congestion mitigation, and sustainable development goals.
The Murphy Administration has invested more than $194.1 million in New Jersey’s freight rail services using TTF funds, leveraging an additional $56.4 million from railroad owners and operators, for a total of nearly $250.5 million in Rail Freight Assistance Program investment.
The Rail Freight Assistance Program, administered by the NJDOT Division of Local Aid, provides funding for capital improvements that result in the continuation of economically viable rail freight services in the state. Grant applications are awarded through a competitive process, with an emphasis on projects that are significant to port commerce connectivity; eliminate rail freight missing links to New Jersey’s port facilities; upgrade freight rail trackage to a 286,000-pound load carrying capacity; and support a safe, efficient, and effective rail freight system in New Jersey.
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