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New Mexico Department of Transportation
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- Type
- State DOT — State transportation department; its Transit and Rail Division and Rail Bureau own the Rail Runner railroad and the Amtrak-only line to Lamy, prepare the State Rail Plan, apply for and administer FRA grants and run the Section 130 crossing programme.
- Market · Region
- United States · New Mexico
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- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
Owns the Rail Runner railroad and the Amtrak-only line to Lamy; runs the State Rail Plan and FRA grants.
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Owns the Rail Runner railroad, equipment and right-of-way between Belen and Santa Fe, and the line from Santa Fe to Lamy, and holds agreements with the tenant railroads: BNSF keeps a perpetual freight easement on the Belen to Lamy line and Amtrak runs the Southwest Chief over it. Rio Metro is its managing agency for operations and maintenance. The Rail Bureau published the State Rail Plan in February 2026, leads the pending Federal-State Partnership application for the Bridge AB0864.78 replacement and is the grantee of the FRA-selected Allison Road grade separation in Gallup.
- Type
- State DOT — State transportation department; its Transit and Rail Division and Rail Bureau own the Rail Runner railroad and the Amtrak-only line to Lamy, prepare the State Rail Plan, apply for and administer FRA grants and run the Section 130 crossing programme.
- Where
- New Mexico · Santa Fe
- Programmes
- IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
Structure
- operated by Rio Metro — Managing agency for Rail Runner and NMDOT's railroad operations and maintenance; sets schedules and fares and dispatches trains (active)
- operated by Amtrak — Southwest Chief over NMDOT track from Isleta to CP Madrid and Lamy; Amtrak is the only user of the 24 miles between Lamy and CP Madrid (active)
- funded by FRA — Railroad Crossing Elimination selection of for the Allison Road grade separation in Gallup (announced January 2025) (active)
Who holds what here
- leases to BNSF — Retained freight rights and trackage fees on the NMDOT-owned Rail Runner corridor (active)
- Contract detail and values (4)$25–100mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (3)
- ○ New Mexico congressional delegation release, 13 January 2025 · Delegation announcement of Department of Transportation awards in New Mexico: Railroad Crossing Elimination grant to NMDOT for a grade-separated crossing at Allison Road in Gallup (BNSF infrastructure and the Southwest Chief route), the FY2025 grant for the Rail Runner maintenance facility, and smaller crossing awards. Secondary: a legislator's release, used because FRA's own selection page was not read; the figures agree with the State Rail Plan (published 2025-01-13 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● New Mexico State Rail Plan, February 2026 · NMDOT State Rail Plan prepared by Huitt-Zollars; read page by page: ownership and operation of Rail Runner (pp. 30-40), funding programmes (pp. 91-96), short-range investment programme (pp. 115-119), long-range programme (p. 127-128) (published 2026-02-13 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Rio Metro Regional Transit District Budget and Capital Plan FY2027-FY2031 · Adopted 15 May 2026; Rail Runner budget (Tables 1-1, 1-2), capital maintenance programme, funded and unfunded capital projects (Tables 2-2, 2-3), partner pass-through projects (Table 2-4) (published 2026-05-15 · checked 2026-10-08)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Road grade separation, Gallup | Planned | $25–100m | |
| Rail Runner Galisteo Creek bridge replacement | Planned | $25–100m |
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- Published contacts (2)
- Award history (3)
- Entry path
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7 sources · 6 primary
- ● NMDOT Rail Bureau page · Lists the Rail Bureau's duties: manages Rail Runner with Rio Metro, prepares the State Rail Plan, maintains NMDOT-owned railroad property, applies for and administers FRA grants and runs the Section 130 crossing programme; announces the 2026 State Rail Plan (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● New Mexico State Rail Plan, February 2026 · NMDOT State Rail Plan prepared by Huitt-Zollars; read page by page: ownership and operation of Rail Runner (pp. 30-40), funding programmes (pp. 91-96), short-range investment programme (pp. 115-119), long-range programme (p. 127-128) (published 2026-02-13 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● NMDOT Procurement Services page · Describes the procurement office; lists staff contacts (not used) and no solicitations (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● NMDOT Contracts Awarded index · NMDOT Procurement Services recent awards table (awarded firm, amount); rail entries read are advisory (rail counsel; transit and rail planning), no rail construction award (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● NMDOT Internet Letting Report, letting dates 20 November 2026 to 19 November 2027 · Project Production and Scheduling Bureau report dated 2 October 2026 for projects in final and preliminary design; lists road, bridge and pavement projects and no railroad project (published 2026-10-02 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Rio Metro Regional Transit District Budget and Capital Plan FY2027-FY2031 · Adopted 15 May 2026; Rail Runner budget (Tables 1-1, 1-2), capital maintenance programme, funded and unfunded capital projects (Tables 2-2, 2-3), partner pass-through projects (Table 2-4) (published 2026-05-15 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ New Mexico congressional delegation release, 13 January 2025 · Delegation announcement of Department of Transportation awards in New Mexico: Railroad Crossing Elimination grant to NMDOT for a grade-separated crossing at Allison Road in Gallup (BNSF infrastructure and the Southwest Chief route), the FY2025 grant for the Rail Runner maintenance facility, and smaller crossing awards. Secondary: a legislator's release, used because FRA's own selection page was not read; the figures agree with the State Rail Plan (published 2025-01-13 · checked 2026-10-08)
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