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Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Commerce (freight and rail)
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- Type
- State DOT — State DOT rail office: administers the state rail programme and the Highway/Rail Safety Unit, sponsors the Baton Rouge to New Orleans intercity passenger study and the New Orleans Rail Gateway Program, and publishes a Streetcar Safety Oversight page.
- Market · Region
- United States · Louisiana
- Open tenders
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- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
Plans the Baton Rouge to New Orleans passenger service and the New Orleans Rail Gateway; funds crossings and short lines.
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Holds the state rail plan, which sets out a multi-billion-dollar programme of projects and says the state cannot fund the capital need. Louisiana is served by six Class I railroads and fourteen short lines, with Amtrak's three long-distance routes meeting at New Orleans. Sponsors the Baton Rouge to New Orleans service study under Act 764 of 2022, was awarded Corridor Identification and Development Programme funding in December 2023, and co-sponsors, with the FRA, the suspended New Orleans Rail Gateway environmental impact statement.
- Type
- State DOT — State DOT rail office: administers the state rail programme and the Highway/Rail Safety Unit, sponsors the Baton Rouge to New Orleans intercity passenger study and the New Orleans Rail Gateway Program, and publishes a Streetcar Safety Oversight page.
- Where
- Louisiana · Baton Rouge
- Programmes
- FRA Corridor Identification and Development Program, FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements, FRA Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
Structure
- funded by FRA — Corridor Identification and Development Programme funding for the Baton Rouge to New Orleans corridor, announced 8 December 2023 (active · since 2023-12-08)
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Sources for these relationships (1)
- ● Southern Rail Commission release: federal funding for passenger rail corridors · Release of 8 December 2023: Corridor Identification and Development Program, $500,000 each to LADOTD (Baton Rouge to New Orleans) and to the Commission (Mobile to New Orleans; I-20). (published 2023-12-08 · checked 2026-10-07)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana grade-crossing safety programme | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Louisiana State Rail Plan programme of projects | Planned | over $1bn | |
| Baton Rouge to New Orleans passenger rail | Planned | $281.2m to $413.2m (LADOTD feasibility-study capital estimate, 2028 dollars) | |
| New Orleans Rail Gateway Program | Planned |
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- Published contacts (2)
- Award history (3)
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11 sources · all primary
- ● LADOTD: Freight and Rail · Office of Multimodal Commerce freight and rail section: Louisiana is served by six Class I railroads and fourteen short lines; links to the rail plan, short-line study, station assessment, gateway programme and streetcar safety oversight pages. (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● LADOTD: Freight and Passenger Rail · Page describing the freight network, fourteen short lines and Amtrak's three long-distance routes through New Orleans (Sunset Limited, City of New Orleans, Crescent). (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● LADOTD: New Orleans Rail Gateway Program · Gateway page: six Class I railroads and three Amtrak routes; 2011 Environmental Impact Statement temporarily suspended until funding is secured to re-evaluate passenger forecasts; smaller projects to be studied as funded. (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● LADOTD: Baton Rouge to New Orleans Intercity Passenger Rail · Project page that carries the 2023 feasibility study for the corridor. (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● LADOTD: Rail Program Resources · Index of the state rail plan (link text 2024 Louisiana State Rail Plan), the short-line economic impact analysis and the 2018 passenger station assessment. (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● LADOTD: Louisiana State Rail Plan (PDF, dated 25 August 2020) · State rail plan prepared by the University of New Orleans Transportation Institute and dated 25 August 2020; the PDF is filed on LADOTD's site under a 2020 file name although the index page calls it the 2024 plan. Table ES-1 programme of projects in 2019 dollars; grade-crossing programme. (published 2020-08-25 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● LADOTD: Baton Rouge-New Orleans Intercity Passenger Rail Feasibility Study 2023 (PDF) · Feasibility study, state project number H.015223: 80-mile route, host railroads, Table 21 capital cost expectations, Corridor ID and Federal-State Partnership applications, implementation schedule. (published 2023 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● LADOTD announcement: Class II and III rail infrastructure programme awards · Announcement of 30 November 2022: $3 million programme, $1.5 million each to the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (transloading industrial park) and Louisiana Southern Railroad. (published 2022-11-30 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● LADOTD: Streetcar Safety Oversight · Page headed Streetcar Safety Oversight describing the State Safety Oversight programme under 49 U.S.C. 5329(e); published under the freight and rail section. (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● USAspending: FRA grant 69A36524420000STELA (Baton Rouge sealed corridor) · Federal award record: $1,100,000 federal, total $1,504,310; five crossings on the KCS New Orleans Subdivision in Baton Rouge; period 1 March 2024 to 31 July 2026. Below the floor; used for the left-out list. (published 2024-06-05 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● Southern Rail Commission release: federal funding for passenger rail corridors · Release of 8 December 2023: Corridor Identification and Development Program, $500,000 each to LADOTD (Baton Rouge to New Orleans) and to the Commission (Mobile to New Orleans; I-20). (published 2023-12-08 · checked 2026-10-07)
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