---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 269.3"
title: "49"
number: "269.3"
heading: "Limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/269.3"
---

# §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.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 11307, Pub. L. 114-94; 49 U.S.C. 24711; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 82 FR 31487, July 7, 2017, unless otherwise noted.