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Iowa Department of Transportation (Rail Transportation)
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- Type
- State DOT — State transportation department; its Rail Team runs the State Rail Plan, the Railroad Revolving Loan and Grant Program and passenger-rail planning
- Market · Region
- United States · Iowa
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- Track & civil
Iowa's state transport department; rail plan, revolving rail loan and grant fund, and planning for Chicago to Iowa City trains.
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Plans Iowa's rail system, lends and grants to rail projects through the Railroad Revolving Loan and Grant Program, and leads the state's side of the Chicago to Iowa City passenger concept. Amtrak's two routes in Iowa are long-distance services, not state-supported.
- Type
- State DOT — State transportation department; its Rail Team runs the State Rail Plan, the Railroad Revolving Loan and Grant Program and passenger-rail planning
- Where
- Iowa · Ames
- Programmes
- FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| RRLG programme round, October 2024 | Awarded | $5–25m | |
| RRLG programme round, October 2022 | Awarded | $5–25m |
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- Award history (5)
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- Portals (4)
- Published contacts (2)
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14 sources · all primary
- ● Iowa DOT Rail Transportation · Iowa DOT rail landing page: passenger rail, freight rail, financial assistance, highway-railroad crossing and track-safety sections; contact page for the Iowa Rail Team (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa DOT Contact the Iowa Rail Team · Iowa DOT rail team contact page, read to register the desk (no individuals carried) (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa DOT State Rail Plan page · Page links the Iowa State Rail Plan; first-phase goal of passenger service from Iowa City via the Quad Cities to Chicago and from Dubuque to Chicago, expanding incrementally by demand, feasibility and funding; Des Moines MPO may study the Grimes Line (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa DOT Rail Plan (transportation plans) page · Presents the 2025 Iowa State Rail Plan as current with the 2022 and 2009 plans archived; links full document, executive summary, appendices and freight railroad profiles; no adoption date printed (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa State Rail Plan executive summary · 3,801 miles of mainline track, 17 operating freight railroad companies carrying over 270 million tons, 2 Amtrak routes with 6 stations carrying over 40,000 passengers; investment program counts and totals (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa State Rail Plan (full document) · Full 2025 plan: railroad inventory (Iowa Interstate the one Class II; Cedar Rapids & Iowa City and Iowa Northern Class III), Corridor ID entry for Chicago-Moline accepted December 2023 with a $500,000 grant, investment program Tables 5.5 and 5.10 (short-range passenger 2 projects $18,800,000; short-range freight 64 projects $591,963,355; long-range passenger 10 projects $1,081,750,000; long-range freight 64 projects $726,219,000), CN's announced Iowa Northern acquisition; cover prints 'Accepted by the Federal Railroad Administration on December 29, 2025; Last revised June 2026' (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa DOT Railroad Revolving Loan and Grant Program · Programme page: three categories, 0% ten-year loans for Rail Network Improvement, rail port planning grants up to $100,000, Transportation Commission approval; recent totals $5.1 million (8 October 2024), $6.3 million (11 October 2022), $6.2 million (12 October 2021) (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RRLG award release 8 October 2024 · Iowa Transportation Commission approved $5.1 million for six rail projects: $4,303,349 in loans and $760,000 in grants (published 2024-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● FY2026 RRLG applications and funding recommendations · Presentation to the Transportation Commission, 9 September 2025: appropriation $2,000,000 plus loan repayments $1,346,847 for a total of $3,346,847; five applications, four recommended (published 2025-09-09 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa DOT Notice to Bidders · Notice of the 20 October 2026 letting by the Contracts and Specifications Bureau; project lists are published three weeks before each letting on Bid Express (published 2026-09-15 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa DOT news index · Newsroom index: 1,170 items, latest 5 October 2026; no rail item on the first page (published 2026-10-05 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa DOT invites comments on draft State Rail Plan · News release: draft State Rail Plan comment period 14 July to 28 August 2025 (published 2025-07-14 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36520401950BLDIA (BUILD, Des Moines Area MPO) · Des Moines Transload Facility Project: federal $11,200,000, signed 3 September 2020, period ended 30 June 2022 (published 2020-09-03 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RRLG award release 11 October 2022 · Iowa Transportation Commission approved $6.3 million for six rail projects: $4,818,115 in loans and $1,490,440 in grants (published 2022-10-11 · checked 2026-10-08)
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