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Michigan

8 buyers · 25 tenders · checked 2026-10-07

MDOT owns the Michigan Line; $145m FSP awards announced August 2026; People Mover fleet swap; QLINE under RTA.

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2Metro systems operating
8Buyers tracked
25Tenders tracked
7Cities tracked
Live pipeline
$145m Federal-State Partnership awards for the Michigan Line (August 2026); $109.6m MDOT FY2026 rail operations and infrastructure appropriation; CRISI grants to Lake State Railway $27.1m, MDOT $20.5m and $20.4m, City of Ludington $16.4m; $5.04m People Mover train conversion; $10m FTA funding for the Michigan Central Multimodal Facility to be obligated
Technology areas
Track & civil, Signalling & train control, Rolling-stock hardware, Predictive maintenance, Electrification, Digital operations

Key figures

$109.6m FY2026 rail appropriation$109,588,500MDOT FY2026 rail operations and infrastructure appropriation (Comprehensive Transportation Fund): passenger operating $28.69m, Michigan Line maintenance $12.6m, Michigan Line infrastructure $14.54m, freight line infrastructure $10m, freight economic development and M-REP grants $23.23m, federal grant match and other $7.19m, to be determined $13.34m
1 source · primary
$145m Michigan Line awards$145mFederal-State Partnership awards announced 27 August 2026 for three Michigan Line projects (up to $98.39m track and turnout renewal, $28.95m four-bridge reconstruction, $17.97m Blackman Road Bridge); Wisconsin separately led a multi-state application securing $140m for up to 41 locomotives serving Michigan's three routes, not apportioned to Michigan
1 source · primary
  • ● Michigan Infrastructure Office - press release · Michigan Secures $145 Million in Funding for Passenger Rail Improvements, 27 August 2026: three Federal-State Partnership awards on the Michigan Line (published 2026-08-27 · checked 2026-10-07)
665 miles state-owned665 milesState-owned rail lines managed by MDOT, operated under contract by five freight railroads, plus the 135-mile Kalamazoo-Dearborn line used by Amtrak; Michigan's rail system is about 3,600 miles of corridor operated by 29 railroads
2 sources · all primary
3 state-supported routes3 routes, 22 station communitiesAmtrak routes MDOT sponsors: Blue Water (one round trip daily, Port Huron-Chicago), Pere Marquette (one, Grand Rapids-Chicago) and Wolverine (three, Detroit/Pontiac-Chicago)
2 sources · all primary
M-REP grants to $5mup to $5m per grantMichigan Rail Enhancement Grant Program: up to 70 per cent of eligible costs, applications open to 9 November 2026; the Freight Economic Development Program funds up to $2m and 50 per cent of customer infrastructure
1 source · primary
People Mover 1.32m riders1,321,231 riders (2025)Detroit People Mover ridership in 2025 on 2.9 miles and 13 stations, up from 1,075,264 in 2024 and 655,283 in 2023; free to ride since 2024
1 source · primary
  • ● Detroit Transportation Corporation - About · About page: owner and operator of the Detroit People Mover, 2.9 miles, 13 stations, free to ride since 2024, 2025 ridership (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)

Buyers

BuyerTypeTendersContracts awarded
Michigan Department of Transportation - Office of RailState DOT140
Detroit Transportation CorporationMetro corporation41
Lake State Railway CompanyFreight railroad20
City of DetroitOther10
City of LudingtonOther10
City of MonroeOther10
West Michigan Railroad CompanyFreight railroad10
Regional Transit Authority of Southeast MichiganTransit authority00

Tenders

TenderBuyerStatusValue bandNext key date
People Mover SRT train conversion contractDTCAwarded$5–25m
Amtrak Michigan services operating assistanceMDOT Office of RailIn execution$25–100m
Lake State Huron Subdivision improvementsLake State RailwayIn execution$25–100m
People Mover FTA capital assistance grantDTCIn execution$5–25m
Great Lakes Central Ann Arbor-Owosso rehabilitationMDOT Office of RailIn execution$5–25m
Lake State Mackinaw Subdivision improvementsLake State RailwayIn execution$5–25m
Detroit Lonyo Street track consolidationCity of DetroitIn execution$5–25m
Manistee River Bridge replacementMDOT Office of RailIn execution$5–25m
Ludington Marquette Rail track and yardCity of LudingtonIn execution$5–25m
Michigan Line curves Ypsilanti-JacksonMDOT Office of RailIn execution$5–25m
Michigan Line trespass prevention Dearborn-KalamazooMDOT Office of RailIn execution$5–25m
People Mover fleet replacement with Toronto carsDTCIn executionover $12m total project cost, board statement
Michigan Line track maintenance Kalamazoo-DearbornMDOT Office of RailIn execution$5–25m
Monroe West Elm Avenue grade separationCity of MonroeIn execution$5–25m
West Michigan Railroad mainline reconstructionWest Michigan RailroadIn execution$5–25m
Livernois Intermodal Facility enhancementMDOT Office of RailPlanned$25–100m
Michigan Line four bridges reconstructionMDOT Office of RailPlanned$25–100m
Michigan Central Multimodal FacilityDTCPlanned$25–100m
Michigan Line track and turnout renewalMDOT Office of RailPlanned$25–100m
Corridor ID Step 2 service development plansMDOT Office of RailPlanned$5–25m
Michigan Line rail train installationMDOT Office of RailPlanned$5–25m
Blackman Road Bridge replacement, JacksonMDOT Office of RailPlanned$5–25m
Pine River Bridge construction, Arenac CountyMDOT Office of RailPlanned$5–25m
Michigan Line track, bridge and signal programmeMDOT Office of RailPlanned$5–25m
Niles-Glenwood Road capacity enhancementAmtrakPlanned$5–25m

Cities

CityNetwork statusNetworks
Detroitoperational - the Detroit People Mover automated loop (2.9 miles, 13 stations) and the QLINE streetcar (3.3 miles on Woodward Avenue, 13 stops) both run free to ride and connect at Congress Street and Grand Circus Park; Amtrak's Wolverine serves Detroit and Pontiac, and the Michigan Central Multimodal Facility is planned beside Michigan Central StationDetroit People Mover; QLINE; Amtrak Wolverine (Chicago-Detroit/Pontiac)
Kalamazoooperational - western end of the MDOT-owned 135-mile Kalamazoo-Dearborn line on the Michigan Line, served by Amtrak's Wolverine and Blue Water; federal awards of August 2026 fund track, turnout and bridge work on the segmentAmtrak Wolverine; Amtrak Blue Water
Jacksonoperational - Amtrak's Wolverine calls on the Michigan Line; a federal award of August 2026 funds replacement of the Blackman Road BridgeAmtrak Wolverine
Grand Rapidsoperational - Amtrak's Pere Marquette runs one round trip daily to Chicago; MDOT is studying a possible new Grand Rapids-Lansing-Detroit service and funds required inspections at Grand Rapids StationAmtrak Pere Marquette
Lansingno passenger rail today - seat of MDOT's Office of Rail; named in the service development plan for a possible new Holland-Grand Rapids-Lansing-Ann Arbor-Detroit service
Monroefreight - the CSX mainline crosses West Elm Avenue at grade; a federal crossing elimination award funds a grade separation
Ludingtonfreight - Marquette Rail's line from Grand Rapids ends at Ludington Yard, where a federal CRISI award funds track and yard improvements

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