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Rail Freight Program
The Rail Freight Program provides both grants and loans for capital assistance to communities, railroads and shippers to preserve and improve rail freight service in Illinois.
Loan (must be repaid) Check the official page for current intake dates
- Funder
- Department Of Transportation (State of Illinois)
Funder profile and all of its programs - Amount
- Award amounts are not published in the catalog listing; see the official page.
- Where
- Illinois
- Eligibility
- Open to state, provincial, local or tribal governments. Type of assistance: Direct Loans. Listed in the Illinois Catalog of State Financial Assistance; funding opportunities and dates are announced by the agency.
- Sectors
- Community development, Municipal, state and local government, Transportation and infrastructure
- Deadline
- Varies: check the official page for current dates
- Source
- Illinois Catalog of State Financial Assistance (CSFA) (494-80-1109)
- Last checked
- 2 November 2026
- Funder contacts
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This is a loan. It must be repaid.
From official open data: official page returned HTTP 200 on 2026-11-02. The summary is from the official listing; the eligibility line is our plain-language reading of its eligibility codes. Confirm details on the official page.
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