Program Description
Social Insurance for Railroad Workers provides comprehensive
retirement-survivor and unemployment-sickness benefit programs for the
nation's railroad workers and their families, under the Railroad Retirement
and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts. In connection with the retirement
program, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has administrative
responsibilities under the Social Security Act for certain benefit payments
and railroad workers' Medicare coverage.
General Program Requirements
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be or have
been a railroad worker. You must also have served for more than 10 years,
have five years of service as a railroad employee after 1995, or have earned
more than $2,512 in railroad wages in the year 2000, 2001 or
2002.
Application Process
For more information, see the Program Contact Information below.
Program Contact Information
For more information about this program and eligibility
requirements, please contact your local field office. You can find the
nearest field office through the following link:
http://www.rrb.gov/field/field.asp
You may also call a toll-free help line:
800-808-0772
People who are hearing impaired may call this toll-free TTY
number:
312-751-4701
Managing Agency
Railroad Retirement Board
http://www.rrb.gov/
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