Plans to cut travel time between South Bend and Chicago to 90 minutes are facing another setback. 

Federal officials have denied a $56 million grant request for the South Shore Line’s proposed relocation of its South Bend airport station.

The $112 million project already has 56 million dollars committed locally.

Officials say they’re disappointed but are continuing engineering work and meeting with federal regulators to strengthen future applications.

The delay could increase project costs, but leaders remain hopeful the funding will come through.