Recipient of federal assistance · CHICAGO, IL

NORTHEAST ILLINOIS RAILROAD CO

NORTHEAST ILLINOIS RAILROAD CO received $361.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 22 actions, +37% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $2.4B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($339.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$361.5M
New awards
3
Actions
22
Since FY2021
$2.4B
UEI
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Location
CHICAGO, IL
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 309MFY2021
  2. 763.5MFY2022
  3. 267.4MFY2023
  4. 453.4MFY2024
  5. 263.5MFY2025
  6. 361.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$361.5M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$177.7M49%
  2. 20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program$161.2M45%
  3. 20.327 · Railroad Crossing Elimination$22M6.1%
  4. 20.513 · Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities$900K0.2%
  5. 20.321 · Railroad Safety Technology Grants-$238.1K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$339.5M94%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Railroad Administration$22M6.1%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. THIS APPLICATION IS TO REQUEST SECTION 5307 FUNDS APPORTIONED TO THE CHICAGO IL-IN UZA IN THE AMOUNT OF $508767502 AND ROUND LAKE…$513.8M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jan 31, 2022 – Dec 12, 2025· IL-2022-005
  2. SECTION 5307 CARES ACT OPERATING ASSISTANCE$479.2M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Feb 2, 2026 – Feb 2, 2026· IL-2020-018
  3. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS GRANT WHICH INCLUDES SECTION 5337 AND SECTION 5307 FUNDING IS TO BE USED BY METRA FOR REHABILITATION AND…$249.7M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· IL-2026-010
  4. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS GRANT WHICH INCLUDES SECTION 5337 AND SECTION 5307 FUNDING IS TO BE USED BY METRA FOR REHABILITATION AND…$247.6M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Aug 22, 2025 – Mar 2, 2026· IL-2025-027
  5. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PURCHASE NEW SELF-PROPELLED TRAINSETS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION AND…$101.6M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Mar 17, 2025 – May 15, 2026· IL-2025-009
  6. REHAB ROLLING STOCK ROW SIGNAL; INSTALL PTC$101.6M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jan 27, 2026 – Jan 27, 2026· IL-2016-020

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.