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Montana Department of Transportation - Rail, Transit and Planning
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- Type
- State DOT — State transportation department; its Rail, Transit and Planning Division handles rail planning, grade crossings and a small freight rail loan fund
- Market · Region
- United States · Montana
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
Montana's transport department; its rail role is crossings, a small loan fund and the Belgrade railroad underpass.
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Designated state agency for rail planning, with limited interaction with railroads: it inventories and prioritises public grade crossings, runs a closed revolving freight rail loan fund, owns the Moccasin to Geraldine track leased to Central Montana Railroad and supports the Empire Builder. Its largest live rail-related project is the Belgrade Urban railroad underpass.
- Type
- State DOT — State transportation department; its Rail, Transit and Planning Division handles rail planning, grade crossings and a small freight rail loan fund
- Where
- Montana
- Programmes
- FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgrade Urban railroad underpass | Planned | $25–100m |
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- Award history (4)
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- Portals (5)
- Published contacts (2)
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9 sources · all primary
- ● MDT - Rail in Montana · MDT overview of its limited rail role: grade crossings, the Montana Essential Freight Rail Loan Program, Empire Builder support, ownership of the Moccasin to Geraldine track leased to Central Montana Railroad, and the list of rail plans (2010 State Rail Plan archived) (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● MDT - Rail Grants and Funding · Montana Essential Freight Rail Loan Program page: revolving loan fund under MCA 60-11-113 to 120; solicitation closed (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● MDT - Railroad Crossing Elimination grant applications · MDT list of RCE applications it submitted (Belgrade Urban Improvements, FY2022, planning, about $2.9m requested) (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● MDT - Contracting and Bidding · MDT letting schedule, advertised bid packages and award sheets for highway and bridge contracts; no rail section (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● MDT - 2026 Montana Freight Plan Update · MDT page: freight plan update began July 2025, draft closed for comment on 16 September 2026, finalisation anticipated January 2027 (published 2026-09 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● MDT - 2026 Draft Montana State Freight Plan · Draft plan (194 pages): rail chapter on network, operators, Montana Rail Link handback, crossings, ports; notes the Amtrak Malta award and the 2024 Belgrade grant (published 2026-09 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● MDT - Jackrabbit, Madison to Main, Belgrade Urban · MDT project page (August 2026 update): widening of Jackrabbit Lane and a railroad underpass near Main Street; 60 percent design; construction on schedule to begin in 2029 depending on design and funding (published 2026-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● MDT News · MDT newsroom index (news releases) (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● MDT - Discretionary/Competitive Grant Programs · MDT page on IIJA discretionary grant applications and local grant support requests (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
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