49 CFR § 269.3 - Limitations.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s269.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 269.3 - Limitations."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "269.3"
section_name: "Limitations."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "269"
part_name: "COMPETITIVE PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE PILOT PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 11307, Pub. L. 114-94; 49 U.S.C. 24711; and 49 CFR 1.89."
regulatory_source: "82 FR 31487, July 7, 2017, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "269"
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# 269.3 Limitations.

(a) *Route limitations.* The pilot program this part implements is available for not more than three Amtrak long-distance routes.

(b) *Time limitations.* An eligible petitioner awarded a contract to provide passenger rail service under the pilot program this part implements shall only provide such service for a period not to exceed four years from the date of commencement of service. The Administrator has the discretion to renew such service for one additional operation period of four years.