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Idaho

1 buyers · 2 tenders · checked 2026-10-08

One public rail buyer, ITD, with a $36m crossing-elimination grant under construction at Hauser; no transit rail and no open tender.

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1Buyers tracked

2Tenders tracked

5Cities tracked

Live pipeline: $36m FRA Railroad Crossing Elimination grant, SH-53 Pleasant View interchange at Hauser (programme total $45m, in construction, completion spring 2027)
Technology areas: Track & civil, Signalling & train control

Key figures

Public crossings1,300+Public rail-highway crossings in Idaho, for which ITD receives federal safety dollars each year.

1 source · primary

● ITD Rail-Highway Crossing Program page · ITD page: more than 1,300 public rail-highway crossings; federal crossing-safety dollars each year; crossing-evaluation data; Rail-Highway Crossing Program desk (published 2025-05-07 · checked 2026-10-08)

State rail fundingNone dedicatedITD states there are no dedicated State funding sources for freight or passenger rail beyond match funds for federally funded crossing improvements.

1 source · primary

● ITD news release: public feedback on the rail plan · ITD release of 29 October 2025: plan update scope, plan does not allocate project funding, railways are private, no dedicated state funding for freight or passenger rail beyond crossing match funds (published 2025-10-29 · checked 2026-10-08)

Hauser crossing grant$36mFRA Railroad Crossing Elimination grant to ITD for the SH-53 Pleasant View interchange at Hauser, with $9m non-federal funding and $45m total on USAspending.

2 sources · all primary

● USAspending award 69A36524420240RCEID · Federal Railroad Administration Railroad Crossing Elimination grant to ITD: federal obligation, non-federal funding and total funding, period 1 July 2024 to 31 October 2027, Kootenai County (published 2024-08-14 · checked 2026-10-08)
● ITD news release: SH-53 Hauser grant · ITD release of 6 June 2023: FRA grant for the SH-53 Pleasant View interchange closing three at-grade BNSF crossings; BNSF and Post Falls Highway District contributions; ITD match; construction expected to total $45m; about 46 train movements a day (published 2023-06-06 · checked 2026-10-08)

Magic Valley CRISI$5.82mFRA CRISI grant to ITD for the Magic Valley rail safety and capacity project at Rupert, performance period ended June 2023.

1 source · primary

● USAspending award 69A36521403050CRSID · FRA CRISI grant to ITD, Magic Valley Rail Safety and Capacity Expansion: federal obligation, non-federal funding, total funding, period 1 September 2021 to 30 June 2023, Minidoka County (Rupert) (published 2021-09-22 · checked 2026-10-08)

Statewide Rail Plan2026Idaho Statewide Rail Plan published on ITD's freight page in 2026; it allocates no project funding and is meant to support grant applications.

2 sources · all primary

● ITD Freight page (Statewide Rail Plan documents) · ITD page: Strategic Freight Plan updated 2023; Statewide Rail Plan section linking the 2026 Idaho Statewide Rail Plan and its executive summary (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
● ITD news release: public feedback on the rail plan · ITD release of 29 October 2025: plan update scope, plan does not allocate project funding, railways are private, no dedicated state funding for freight or passenger rail beyond crossing match funds (published 2025-10-29 · checked 2026-10-08)

Buyers

Buyer	Type	Tenders	Contracts awarded
Idaho Transportation Department	State DOT	2	0

Tenders

Tender	Buyer	Status	Value band	Next key date
SH-53 Pleasant View Interchange, Hauser	ITD	In execution	$25–100m	Completion October 2024
Magic Valley Rail Safety and Capacity Expansion	ITD	In execution	$5–25m

Cities

City	Network status	Networks
Hauser	Site of the SH-53 Pleasant View interchange on the BNSF line; three at-grade crossings are being closed, with about 46 train movements a day recorded before work.
Rupert	Location of the completed CRISI-funded Magic Valley rail safety and capacity project, recorded against Minidoka County.
Boise	Seat of ITD, which runs freight, rail plan and crossing safety work; the Boise Valley Railroad is the short line shown on the rail plan map.
Pocatello	Marked on ITD's 2026 rail plan map as the intermodal terminal where Union Pacific's southern and eastern Idaho lines meet.
Sandpoint	Passenger rail station on ITD's rail plan map, on the line shared by Union Pacific and BNSF in the north.

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Sources

● ITD Freight page (Statewide Rail Plan documents) · ITD page: Strategic Freight Plan updated 2023; Statewide Rail Plan section linking the 2026 Idaho Statewide Rail Plan and its executive summary (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
● Executive Summary, Idaho Statewide Rail Plan (ITD, September 2026 upload) · ITD PDF of 14 pages, read as page images: the rail network map showing Union Pacific, BNSF, Boise Valley, Eastern Idaho, Idaho Northern and Pacific, Great Northwest, Pend Oreille Valley, St. Maries River, Bountiful Grain and Craig Mountain, Malad and other lines, Pocatello marked as the intermodal terminal, Sandpoint as the passenger rail station and ports at Lewiston and Sandpoint. Narrative text pages were images and were not transcribed. (published 2026-09 · checked 2026-10-08)
● ITD news release: public feedback on the rail plan · ITD release of 29 October 2025: plan update scope, plan does not allocate project funding, railways are private, no dedicated state funding for freight or passenger rail beyond crossing match funds (published 2025-10-29 · checked 2026-10-08)
● USAspending award 69A36521403050CRSID · FRA CRISI grant to ITD, Magic Valley Rail Safety and Capacity Expansion: federal obligation, non-federal funding, total funding, period 1 September 2021 to 30 June 2023, Minidoka County (Rupert) (published 2021-09-22 · checked 2026-10-08)
● USAspending award 69A36524420240RCEID · Federal Railroad Administration Railroad Crossing Elimination grant to ITD: federal obligation, non-federal funding and total funding, period 1 July 2024 to 31 October 2027, Kootenai County (published 2024-08-14 · checked 2026-10-08)

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