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Kansas Department of Transportation, Multimodal Transportation and Innovation
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- Type
- State DOT — State DOT; its Division of Policy and multimodal office run the Rail Service Improvement Program, the State Rail Plan and passenger-rail planning
- Market · Region
- United States · Kansas
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
State rail office that funds short-line track, is grantee for CRISI grants and plans the Heartland Flyer extension.
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Funds short-line and shipper rail projects through the Rail Service Improvement Program, is grantee for federal CRISI track grants on Kansas short lines and leads the Corridor ID study of a Heartland Flyer extension from Oklahoma City to Newton.
- Type
- State DOT — State DOT; its Division of Policy and multimodal office run the Rail Service Improvement Program, the State Rail Plan and passenger-rail planning
- Where
- Kansas · Topeka
- Programmes
- FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements, FRA Corridor Identification and Development Program, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
Structure
- funded by FRA — CRISI award for the Cimarron Valley Railroad upgrade (agreement signed April 2023) (active)
- funded by FRA — CRISI award for the Kyle Railroad Concordia Subdivision (agreement signed June 2023) (active)
- funded by FRA — CRISI selection of for the SKOL Neodesha Subdivision, KDOT as grantee (announced October 2023) (pending)
- funded by FRA — Corridor ID award for the Heartland Flyer corridor to Newton (April 2024) (active)
- funded by FRA — CRISI award for the SKOL rehabilitation project (signed June 2021) (active)
- funds SKOL — KDOT passes the SKOL rehabilitation CRISI grant to the railroad's project (active)
Who holds what here
- advised by BNSF — Member of KDOT's monthly working group on the Heartland Flyer extension, which would run on BNSF's route (active)
- Contract detail and values (7)$25–100m · $5–25mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (8)
- ● Kansas Register: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad request for proposals · Notice published 6 February 2025 in the State's official register: Watco, for SKOL, seeks proposals for the Southeast Kansas Short Line Rail Upgrade and Growth Project (Neodesha Subdivision, mileposts 350.0 to 387.0, 49 crossings, 37 miles of welded rail and surfacing); KDOT project number cited; schedule with proposal due 26 March 2025 and award 11 April 2025 (published 2025-02-06 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Trains: Kansas DOT holds public meeting on Heartland Flyer extension · Trade-press report of KDOT's online public meeting on the Oklahoma City to Newton extension: service development plan analysis under way, working group with BNSF and Amtrak, target of 2029. Secondary (published 2023-11-10 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Trains: Kansas officials say extension of Heartland Flyer could cost up to $573 million · Trade-press report of KDOT's 11 December 2024 briefing: $311 million basic infrastructure ($175 million Kansas, $136 million Oklahoma), $573 million for 79-mph running; 198 miles on BNSF's route between Newton and Oklahoma City; Kansas Legislature had set aside $5 million. Secondary (published 2024-12-12 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: CRISI award to KDOT, Cimarron Valley Railroad · Award 69A36523420050CRSKS, $10,991,971 federal obligation, non-federal funding $4,000,000, 1 April 2023 to 31 January 2026; crossties, welds, rail, ballast and surfacing from Dodge City to Hugoton (published 2023-04-18 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA Corridor ID award to KDOT (Heartland Flyer corridor) · Award 69A36524520390FSPKS, $500,000, assistance listing 20.326, 8 April 2024 to 31 October 2026; scope names Edmond, Perry and Ponca City, Oklahoma and Arkansas City, Wichita and Newton, Kansas (published 2024-05-14 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: CRISI award to KDOT, Kyle Railroad Concordia Subdivision · Award 69A36523420150CRSKS, $9,367,113 federal obligation, non-federal funding $10,367,112, 1 June 2023 to 31 July 2027; 23.5 miles of 115-lb continuous welded rail between Beloit and Yuma Junction (published 2023-06-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: CRISI award to KDOT, South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad Rehabilitation Project · Award 69A36521402770CRSKS, $29,570,583 federal obligation, non-federal funding $13,627,880, total funding $43,198,463, signed 3 June 2021, 1 May 2021 to 31 October 2026 (record last modified 26 May 2026) (published 2021-06-03 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ WIBW: Two Kansas railroad companies awarded $47 million in federal funding · Television report of the Governor's 3 October 2023 announcement of CRISI awards of up to $15,740,943 to Watco (eight battery locomotives, 20% match) and up to $31,225,484 to the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Neodesha Subdivision (about 37 miles of track; KDOT and SKOL 20% match). Secondary because the Governor's release returns 403 (published 2023-10-03 · checked 2026-10-08)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKOL rehabilitation CRISI grant | In execution | $25–100m | |
| Cimarron Valley Railroad CRISI upgrade | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Kyle Railroad Concordia rail replacement | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Heartland Flyer extension to Newton | Planned | $311m to $573m (KDOT capital estimates) |
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- Procurement structure
- Published contacts (3)
- Award history (5)
- Entry path
- Portals (2)
Full detail withheld: 5 fields. In the United States edition · See a fully open example
9 sources · 6 primary
- ● KDOT testimony on House Bill 2335 (Rail Service Improvement Program) · KDOT Division of Policy testimony to the House Transportation Committee dated 10 February 2023: Short Line Rail Improvement Fund $5M a year for fiscal years 2021 to 2023, Rail Service Improvement Fund $5M a year, annual application and award tables, support for merging the two programmes. Read from the Legislature's PDF because ksdot.gov returns 403 (published 2023-02-10 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Trains: Kansas DOT awards $11.2 million for rail infrastructure projects · Trade-press report of KDOT's 2026 Rail Service Improvement Program awards: ten projects, 20 applications seeking more than $33.5 million, more than $5.3 million local match, project list with amounts. Secondary because ksdot.gov and the Governor's release return 403 to automated clients (published 2026-01-18 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: CRISI award to KDOT, Cimarron Valley Railroad · Award 69A36523420050CRSKS, $10,991,971 federal obligation, non-federal funding $4,000,000, 1 April 2023 to 31 January 2026; crossties, welds, rail, ballast and surfacing from Dodge City to Hugoton (published 2023-04-18 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: CRISI award to KDOT, Kyle Railroad Concordia Subdivision · Award 69A36523420150CRSKS, $9,367,113 federal obligation, non-federal funding $10,367,112, 1 June 2023 to 31 July 2027; 23.5 miles of 115-lb continuous welded rail between Beloit and Yuma Junction (published 2023-06-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA Corridor ID award to KDOT (Heartland Flyer corridor) · Award 69A36524520390FSPKS, $500,000, assistance listing 20.326, 8 April 2024 to 31 October 2026; scope names Edmond, Perry and Ponca City, Oklahoma and Arkansas City, Wichita and Newton, Kansas (published 2024-05-14 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Trains: Kansas DOT holds public meeting on Heartland Flyer extension · Trade-press report of KDOT's online public meeting on the Oklahoma City to Newton extension: service development plan analysis under way, working group with BNSF and Amtrak, target of 2029. Secondary (published 2023-11-10 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ KSN: A chance to comment on the plan for Kansas railroads · Television report of 22 June 2022 on KDOT's draft Kansas Rail Plan: more than 4,600 miles of active rail, four Class I railroads, 13 short lines and two switching and terminal railroads, 5.7 million Class I carloads and almost 162 thousand short-line carloads in 2020. Secondary; the plan itself is on ksdot.gov, which returns 403 (published 2022-06-22 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● KDOT Rail Service Improvement Program page · KDOT's programme page for the combined short-line and rail-service funds; returns 403 to automated clients, so registered as a manual watch and not quoted (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● KDOT Passenger Rail page · KDOT's page for the Heartland Flyer extension service development plan; returns 403 to automated clients, so registered as a manual watch and not quoted (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
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