---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 269.7"
title: "49"
number: "269.7"
heading: "Petitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/269.7"
---

# §269.7. Petitions.

- (a) **In general.** An eligible petitioner may petition FRA to provide intercity passenger rail transportation over a long-distance route in lieu of Amtrak for a period of time consistent with the time limitations described in [§ 269.3(b)](/cfr/49/269.3.md?p=b).
- (b) **Petition requirements.** Eligible petitioners must:
  - (1) File the petition with FRA no later than 180 days after September 5, 2017;
  - (2) Describe the petition as a “Petition to Provide Passenger Rail Service under [49 CFR part 269](/cfr/49/part269.md)”;
  - (3) Describe the long-distance route or routes over which the eligible petitioner wants to provide intercity passenger rail transportation and the Amtrak service that the eligible petitioner wants to replace; and
  - (4) If applicable, provide an executed copy of all written agreements with all entities that own infrastructure on the long-distance route or routes over which the eligible petitioner wants to provide intercity passenger rail transportation. The written agreement(s) must demonstrate the infrastructure owner's support for the petition.

## 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.