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Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Freight Mobility Branch
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- Type
- State DOT — State DOT; its Freight Mobility Branch (formerly the Rail Programs Division) is Oklahoma's State Rail Transportation Authority and rail plan approval authority, with state-owned line management, safety, passenger rail, construction and federal programmes sections. A nine-member Transportation Commission has final say on rail loan and grant allocations.
- Market · Region
- United States · Oklahoma
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
State rail office that contracts Amtrak's Heartland Flyer, manages state-owned track and sponsors federal crossing and short-line grants.
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Manages the 142-mile state-owned rail network, almost all of it leased to short lines, runs the Section 130 crossing programme, writes the state rail plan and contracts Amtrak for the Heartland Flyer with TxDOT. It applies for and administers FRA grants for crossings and short-line track, with ODOT and railroad match.
- Type
- State DOT — State DOT; its Freight Mobility Branch (formerly the Rail Programs Division) is Oklahoma's State Rail Transportation Authority and rail plan approval authority, with state-owned line management, safety, passenger rail, construction and federal programmes sections. A nine-member Transportation Commission has final say on rail loan and grant allocations.
- Where
- Oklahoma · Oklahoma City
- Programmes
- FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
Structure
- funded by FRA — Railroad Crossing Elimination selection of for the Occupied Crossing Mitigation Project in Davis (FRA list, 10 January 2025) (pending)
- funded by FRA — CRISI award for the Kiamichi Tri-State rail upgrade, phase 1 (signed December 2022) (active)
- funded by BNSF — Stated willingness to contribute of non-federal match with ODOT for the Davis occupied crossing project (pending)
- operated by Amtrak — Operates the Heartland Flyer between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth under contract to Oklahoma and Texas (active)
- Contract detail and values (4)$25–100m · $5–25mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (5)
- ○ Senate press release on Oklahoma railroad grants (15 January 2025) · US Senator's office release naming four Railroad Crossing Elimination grants to ODOT and the City of Claremore, including about $25.4m for the Occupied Crossing Mitigation Project in Davis. Secondary: the funder's own award page (railroads.dot.gov) returns 403 (published 2025-01-15 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● ODOT Davis RCE funding commitments (30 August 2024) · ODOT's cover letter and BNSF support letter for the Occupied Crossing Mitigation application: close Atlanta Avenue and Hanover Road crossings, remove siding at Benton Avenue and Main Street, build about 2 miles of new siding south of Hanover Road; request, total cost and ODOT and BNSF match figures (published 2024-08-30 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● ODOT Passenger Rail & Amtrak page · ODOT's description of its rail role: overseeing the Heartland Flyer, crossing safety and maintenance of state-owned lines; says the Flyer began 15 June 1999 as an Amtrak and ODOT joint venture and is the state's only passenger rail (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Oklahoma State Rail Plan, June 2026 (Version 1.0, draft) · ODOT's draft 2026 State Rail Plan as posted for comment: Freight Mobility Branch, 142 miles of state-owned track, Heartland Flyer funding tables 2-6 and 2-7, CRISI and RCE awards, Tulsa Ports rail projects, passenger rail chapter and the 107-project Rail Service and Investment Program. A draft, not an adopted plan (published 2026-06 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36523403770CRSOK (FRA CRISI, ODOT) · FRA CRISI award to ODOT of $10,006,289 signed 13 December 2022 for the Kiamichi Railroad network in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma; period of performance to 30 April 2027 (published 2022-12-13 · checked 2026-10-08)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Flyer Amtrak operating contract | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Kiamichi Tri-State rail upgrade, phase 1 | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Davis occupied crossing mitigation (BNSF siding) | Planned | $25–100m |
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- Procurement structure
- Published contacts (2)
- Award history (4)
- Entry path
- Portals (2)
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10 sources · 9 primary
- ● Oklahoma State Rail Plan, June 2026 (Version 1.0, draft) · ODOT's draft 2026 State Rail Plan as posted for comment: Freight Mobility Branch, 142 miles of state-owned track, Heartland Flyer funding tables 2-6 and 2-7, CRISI and RCE awards, Tulsa Ports rail projects, passenger rail chapter and the 107-project Rail Service and Investment Program. A draft, not an adopted plan (published 2026-06 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● ODOT Oklahoma State Rail Plan page · ODOT's page for the 2026 State Rail Plan update: links the draft plan and appendix, asks for comments by 15 June, and lists the 2021 and 2018 plans as archives (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● ODOT Passenger Rail & Amtrak page · ODOT's description of its rail role: overseeing the Heartland Flyer, crossing safety and maintenance of state-owned lines; says the Flyer began 15 June 1999 as an Amtrak and ODOT joint venture and is the state's only passenger rail (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● ODOT Transportation Commission meetings page · Index of Transportation Commission agendas by month from 2020; the Commission has final approval of rail loan and grant allocations and crossing projects (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● ODOT Federal Grants & Awards page · Index of ODOT's federal discretionary grant applications and awards, including Railroad Crossing Elimination 2022 and 2024 pages and a Federal-State Partnership page for the Heartland Flyer corridor (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36523403770CRSOK (FRA CRISI, ODOT) · FRA CRISI award to ODOT of $10,006,289 signed 13 December 2022 for the Kiamichi Railroad network in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma; period of performance to 30 April 2027 (published 2022-12-13 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Senate press release on Oklahoma railroad grants (15 January 2025) · US Senator's office release naming four Railroad Crossing Elimination grants to ODOT and the City of Claremore, including about $25.4m for the Occupied Crossing Mitigation Project in Davis. Secondary: the funder's own award page (railroads.dot.gov) returns 403 (published 2025-01-15 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36526421180RCEOK (FRA RCE, ODOT) · FRA Railroad Crossing Elimination planning award to ODOT, Mannford Basin Road, $1,200,000 signed 1 December 2025 (published 2025-12-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36526421150RCEOK (FRA RCE, ODOT) · FRA Railroad Crossing Elimination planning award to ODOT, 52 crossings in Edmond, Norman and Oklahoma City, $400,000 signed 1 December 2025 (published 2025-12-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Oklahoma State Rail Plan, September 2021 (FRA-approved) · The 2021 plan: state-owned lines leased to Class III operators, Sooner Subdivision history, Blackwell Northern Gateway lease on state-owned track (published 2021-09 · checked 2026-10-08)
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