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Michigan Department of Transportation - Office of Rail

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State DOT — State DOT rail office; sponsors three Amtrak routes under PRIIA, owns the Kalamazoo-Dearborn line, runs freight grant and loan programmes and crossing safety regulation
Market · Region
United States · Michigan
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Technology areas
Track & civil, Signalling & train control, Rolling-stock hardware, Predictive maintenance, AI inspection, Digital operations

Sponsors Michigan's three Amtrak routes, owns the Kalamazoo-Dearborn line and funds freight rail grants and loans.

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Sponsors the Wolverine, Blue Water and Pere Marquette Amtrak routes serving 22 station communities, owns the 135-mile Kalamazoo-Dearborn line used by Amtrak and Norfolk Southern, manages 665 miles of state-owned rail lines operated under contract by five freight railroads, and runs the freight economic development, rail enhancement and crossing programmes across about 4,800 public crossings. Michigan's rail system is about 3,600 miles of corridor operated by 29 railroads.

Type
State DOT — State DOT rail office; sponsors three Amtrak routes under PRIIA, owns the Kalamazoo-Dearborn line, runs freight grant and loan programmes and crossing safety regulation
Where
Michigan · Lansing
Programmes
FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements, FRA Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail, FRA Corridor Identification and Development Program, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Technology areas
Track & civil, Signalling & train control, Rolling-stock hardware, Predictive maintenance, AI inspection, Digital operations

Structure

  • funded by FRA — Federal-State Partnership awards announced 27 August 2026 for three Michigan Line projects: track and turnout renewal, four-bridge reconstruction and Blackman Road Bridge replacement (active · since 2026-08-27)
  • funds DTC — MDOT is the sole grant provider for the first phase of the Michigan Central Multimodal Facility, under a master agreement that includes support for DTC's own administration costs (active · since 2025-10-23)
  • funded by FRA — CRISI selection for the Livernois Intermodal Facility (Detroit RECHARGED) (active · since 2024-10-30)
  • funded by Norfolk Southern — Match funding for the Livernois Intermodal Facility project, shared with MDOT and the City of Detroit (active · since 2024-10-30)
  • funded by FRA — Corridor ID Step 1 grants for the Wolverine, Blue Water and Pere Marquette corridors (active · since 2024-06-05)
  • funded by FRA — Federal-State Partnership grant for Ypsilanti-Jackson curve modification and continuous welded rail (active · since 2023-03-01)
  • funded by FRA — CRISI grants to MDOT: Great Lakes Central Ann Arbor-Owosso rehabilitation, Manistee River Bridge replacement and Michigan Line trespass prevention (active · since 2023-02-16)
  • operated by Amtrak — Operates the Wolverine, Blue Water and Pere Marquette services under contract with MDOT, which covers costs not met by revenue; manages access and construction on the Kalamazoo-Dearborn line (active)
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Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
Amtrak Michigan services operating assistanceIn execution$25–100m
Great Lakes Central Ann Arbor-Owosso rehabilitationIn execution$5–25m
Manistee River Bridge replacementIn execution$5–25m
Michigan Line curves Ypsilanti-JacksonIn execution$5–25m
Michigan Line trespass prevention Dearborn-KalamazooIn execution$5–25m
Michigan Line track maintenance Kalamazoo-DearbornIn execution$5–25m
Livernois Intermodal Facility enhancementPlanned$25–100m
Michigan Line four bridges reconstructionPlanned$25–100m
Michigan Line track and turnout renewalPlanned$25–100m
Corridor ID Step 2 service development plansPlanned$5–25m
Michigan Line rail train installationPlanned$5–25m
Blackman Road Bridge replacement, JacksonPlanned$5–25m
Pine River Bridge construction, Arenac CountyPlanned$5–25m
Michigan Line track, bridge and signal programmePlanned$5–25m

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