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Mississippi
9 buyers · 8 tenders · checked 2026-10-08
Port and short-line rail grants through ports and a city, funded by FRA and MARAD; MDOT awards grants and has no open rail tender.
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9Cities tracked
Amtrak's City of New Orleans and Crescent cross the state and the Mardi Gras Service stops at four Gulf Coast cities; five Class I railroads, one Class II and 21 Class III railroads per the 2022 rail plan; no metro, light rail or commuter railRail systems note
- Live pipeline
- Great River Railroad restoration: $8.175m FRA CRISI grant; Natchez Railway: $7.73m FRA CRISI grant; Port Bienville rail yard: $7.32m FRA grant (Phase 1 $14.6m, project $25.4m); North Rail Connector at Pascagoula: $6.6m state allocation (2020, status unconfirmed); Hattiesburg crossing relief: $5.4m FRA CRISI grant (overpass open); Gulfport terminal project: $11.25m MARAD grant of a $24.5m project (rail share not split); Grenada Railroad: $5.5m CRISI grant ended 2023; Lowndes County West Bank Port rail spur: $6.12m MARAD grant ($14.3m total)
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Key figures
Rail network2,500 miles
1 source · primary
- ● MDOT - Mississippi State Rail Plan Update (September 2022) · State rail plan prepared for MDOT by consultants: 2,500 miles of rail served by five Class I railroads, one Class II and 21 Class III railroads (22 short lines in the summary text); MDOT is the designated State Rail Transportation Authority; near-term programme of 10 passenger projects at $37.2 million, 27 short-range freight projects at $171.4 million and 36 long-range freight projects at $418.4 million (2020 dollars); Section 130 crossings $13.6 million near term; funding tools include the Railroad Revitalization Fund (no-interest loans up to 75 percent) and the Multimodal Transportation Improvement Program (published 2022-09 · checked 2026-10-08)
Rail plan programme$171.4m and $418.4m
1 source · primary
- ● MDOT - Mississippi State Rail Plan Update (September 2022) · State rail plan prepared for MDOT by consultants: 2,500 miles of rail served by five Class I railroads, one Class II and 21 Class III railroads (22 short lines in the summary text); MDOT is the designated State Rail Transportation Authority; near-term programme of 10 passenger projects at $37.2 million, 27 short-range freight projects at $171.4 million and 36 long-range freight projects at $418.4 million (2020 dollars); Section 130 crossings $13.6 million near term; funding tools include the Railroad Revitalization Fund (no-interest loans up to 75 percent) and the Multimodal Transportation Improvement Program (published 2022-09 · checked 2026-10-08)
State multimodal fund$30m, then $10m
2 sources · all primary
- ● MDOT - news release: MDOT Commission intermodal awards announced (9 April 2024) · MDOT release read through its OData endpoint (news_id 1866): $30 million of grants to airports, ports and railroads from the Strategic Multi-Modal Investments Fund (created 2023, 51 applications for about $86 million from 43 agencies); five rail grants (Rosedale-Bolivar County Port Great River Railroad phase 1 $2.6 million, Grenada Railroad $1.2 million, Itawamba Mississippian Railway $2.2 million, Ripley & New Albany Railroad $1.1 million, and Mississippi Southern) and six port grants including $2.6 million to the Mississippi State Port Authority and $1.5 million to Lowndes County Port for east bank rail (published 2024-04-09 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● MDOT - Strategic Multi-Modal Investments Fund page (via MDOT OData page record 527) · MDOT page read through its OData endpoint, updated 1 October 2026: fund established in the 2023 session with initial authority up to $30 million; the 2026 Legislative Session earmarked $10 million of Capital Expense funds; applications must be submitted before 4PM on 13 November 2026; the page note says award notices follow deposit of bond proceeds. Administered under Miss. Code Ann. 65-1-901 (published 2026-10-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
Mississippi Gulf Coast rail$13.95m
2 sources · all primary
- ● Southern Rail Commission - Mississippi page · Undated page with content to 2020: Gulf Coast restoration with stops at Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula; federal grants leverage matching commitments from Louisiana, Mississippi and the City of Mobile; a 2018 university study cited $13.95 million of Mississippi investment; MDOT, the Port of Gulfport and the Mississippi Development Authority named as partners (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA Restoration and Enhancement award 69A36525420020RAEDC (Amtrak, New Orleans to Mobile) · Federal award record, carried once in the Louisiana file and referenced here: $30,927,115 federal, signed 18 August 2025, period 1 July 2025 to 28 February 2029; twice-daily state-supported service with stops at Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula, sponsored by the State of Louisiana, the State of Mississippi and the City of Mobile (published 2025-08-18 · checked 2026-10-08)
Federal rail grants$28.6m
6 sources · all primary
- ● USAspending: FRA CRISI award 69A36526220160CCDMS to Rosedale-Bolivar County Port Commission (Great River Railroad) · Award record, assistance listing 20.337: $8,175,000 federal, non-federal $2,661,259, total $10,836,259, signed 20 February 2026, period 1 November 2025 to 31 October 2028; Port of Rosedale multimodal expansion, Great River Railroad restoration project (published 2026-03-02 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA CRISI award 69A36526422570CRSUT to Natchez Railway Inc · Award record, assistance listing 20.337: $7,734,717 federal, non-federal $2,310,369, total $10,045,086, signed 13 January 2026, period 1 October 2025 to 31 May 2027; Natchez Railway infrastructure, grade crossing and rail line improvement project, place of performance given as Mississippi; recipient address in Salt Lake City (published 2026-01-20 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA award 69A36525420130CCDMS to Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission (Port Bienville rail yard) · Award record, assistance listing 20.325: $7,320,000 federal, no non-federal funding recorded, signed 11 June 2025, period 1 June 2025 to 30 August 2028; scope an eight-track classification yard and a 3,500-linear-foot intermodal switch lead at Port Bienville Industrial Park, Hancock County, with capacity for 235 railcars (published 2025-06-23 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA CRISI award 69A36523420180CRSMS to the City of Hattiesburg · Award record, assistance listing 20.325: $5,397,300 federal, non-federal $19,891,642, total $25,288,942, signed 8 August 2023, period 1 July 2023 to 31 January 2028; final design and construction of the Hall Avenue East improvements including an overpass of the Canadian National line, a rail spur in the Norfolk Southern yard and dynamic message signs (published 2023-08-21 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA CRISI award 69A36522403340CRSMS to Grenada Railroad LLC · Award record, assistance listing 20.325: $5,496,893.73 federal, non-federal $5,496,893.75, total $10,993,787.48, signed 25 April 2022, period 1 April 2022 to 31 August 2023, last modified 15 April 2024; scope text gives only the objective of improving railroad operations and safety (published 2024-04-15 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: MARAD Port Infrastructure Development award 693JF72344000 to Lowndes County Board of Supervisors · Award record, assistance listing 20.823: $6,123,225 federal, non-federal $8,200,000, total $14,323,225, signed 3 November 2025, period to 1 March 2029; design, construction and inspection of a new rail spur of about 10,000 linear feet off the existing CPKC rail line and three transload tracks at the Lowndes County West Bank Port; the grant agreement's beneficiary is the Board of Supervisors; no subrecipients (published 2025-11-06 · checked 2026-10-08)
Buyers
| Buyer | Type | Tenders | Contracts awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Hattiesburg | Other | 1 | 0 |
| Grenada Railroad LLC | Freight railroad | 1 | 0 |
| Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission (Port Bienville Railroad) | Development authority | 1 | 0 |
| Jackson County Port Authority (Port of Pascagoula) | Development authority | 1 | 0 |
| Lowndes County Board of Supervisors (West Bank Port) | Other | 1 | 0 |
| Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport | Development authority | 1 | 0 |
| Natchez Railway Inc | Freight railroad | 1 | 0 |
| Rosedale-Bolivar County Port Commission (Great River Railroad) | Development authority | 1 | 0 |
| Mississippi Department of Transportation, Aeronautics and Rails Division | State DOT | 0 | 0 |
Tenders
| Tender | Buyer | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Bienville classification yard | HCPHC | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Great River Railroad restoration | Port of Rosedale | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Grenada Railroad CRISI grant | Grenada Railroad | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Hattiesburg Hall Avenue crossing relief | Hattiesburg | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Natchez Railway improvement grant | Natchez Railway | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Lowndes West Bank Port rail spur | Lowndes County | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Pascagoula North Rail Connector | JCPA | Planned | $5–25m | |
| Gulfport terminal rail and intermodal upgrade | Port of Gulfport | Planned | $5–25m |
Cities
| City | Network status | Networks |
|---|---|---|
| Columbus | Lowndes County seat on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway; the county is building a rail spur off the CPKC line to its West Bank Port. | CPKC line to the West Bank Port |
| Jackson | State capital and seat of MDOT; Amtrak's City of New Orleans calls here and no rail construction is tendered by the department. | Amtrak City of New Orleans |
| Gulfport | Port city on CPKC and CN lines with a stop on the restored New Orleans to Mobile Amtrak service; the State Port has a federal grant for rail and terminal works. | Amtrak Mardi Gras Service (Gulfport stop) |
| Pascagoula | Port city on CSX with an Amtrak stop; the Jackson County Port Authority's North Rail Connector linking the Mississippi Export line to the port has no confirmed completion. | Amtrak Mardi Gras Service (Pascagoula stop) |
| Kiln | Home of Port Bienville Industrial Park and its short-line railroad, which interchanges with CSX and has a federal grant for a classification yard. | Port Bienville Short Line Railroad |
| Hattiesburg | Hub of Canadian National and Norfolk Southern lines with 22 downtown at-grade crossings; the Hall Avenue East overpass of the CN line opened in November 2024. | CN and Norfolk Southern lines |
| Rosedale | Delta river-port town whose port commission owns the Great River Railroad and holds a federal restoration grant. | Great River Railroad |
| Natchez | River city served by Natchez Railway, which holds a federal grant for infrastructure and crossing work; the award gives its place of performance only as Mississippi. | Natchez Railway |
| Grenada | Home of Grenada Railroad, a short line whose 2022 federal grant period ended in August 2023. | Grenada Railroad |
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Sources
- ○ FreightWaves - CN to offer intermodal service via Gulfport (8 November 2023) · Trade press (Secondary): CN, the Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport and Ports America signed a memorandum of understanding for a new CN intermodal service at the port; the port is served by CPKC according to MDOT (published 2023-11-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● City of Hattiesburg - release: Hall Avenue East Overpass opens (25 November 2024) · City release: the overpass over the Canadian National line opened; project cost $15.33 million, funded in part by a $5.39 million CRISI grant with local funds as match; downtown has 22 at-grade crossings (published 2024-11-25 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission - release: $7.32 million for Port Bienville Intermodal Expansion Phase I (26 March 2024) · Commission release (posted on its site 19 July 2024): FY24 appropriations funding from USDOT; total project budget $25.4 million in two phases, Phase 1 $14.6 million for a seven-track classification yard adding 220 railcar spaces and Phase 2 $10.8 million for a truck-to-rail intermodal facility; Phase 1 fully funded with earlier RESTORE Act and MDOT multimodal awards totalling $3.7 million; construction planned for 2026; Port Bienville Short Line Railroad is a Class III line owned by the Commission and interchanging with CSX five days a week (published 2024-03-26 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● MDOT - Three Year Plan FFY 2026-2028 (DRAFT, Commission attachment file dated 120925) · Draft plan, not the adopted programme: the 2025 fuel-tax increase is expected to give MDOT about $164 million a year of extra revenue at full phase-in in fiscal 2028, of which about $5.9 million (2.75 percent of the increase) is statutorily allocated to the Strategic Multimodal Investments Fund; the plan lists no rail construction projects of its own (published 2025-12 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● MDOT - Railroad Multi-Modal Transportation Improvement Program instructions (2 March 2026) · Letter and guidelines: FY2027 application cycle open, packages due to the Aeronautics and Rails Division by 4:00 PM on 27 March 2026; applicant railroad must be publicly owned; minimum 1 percent railroad pledge; contracts must follow state bid and procurement laws; applications are uploaded to the MDOT MTIP portal (published 2026-03-02 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● MDOT - MULTIPLAN 2050 interim report, Task 05 Existing Conditions of Rail (April 2025) · Interim report: the Aeronautics Division oversees preparation of the State Rail Plan, manages the highway-rail grade-crossing programme and the railroad segment of the Multimodal Transportation Improvement Fund; Gulf Coast service of two round trips New Orleans to Mobile agreed August 2024; groundbreaking for the Amtrak layover track and platform at Mobile on 22 October 2024 (published 2025-04 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● MDOT - Mississippi State Rail Plan Update (September 2022) · State rail plan prepared for MDOT by consultants: 2,500 miles of rail served by five Class I railroads, one Class II and 21 Class III railroads (22 short lines in the summary text); MDOT is the designated State Rail Transportation Authority; near-term programme of 10 passenger projects at $37.2 million, 27 short-range freight projects at $171.4 million and 36 long-range freight projects at $418.4 million (2020 dollars); Section 130 crossings $13.6 million near term; funding tools include the Railroad Revitalization Fund (no-interest loans up to 75 percent) and the Multimodal Transportation Improvement Program (published 2022-09 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Southern Rail Commission - Mississippi page · Undated page with content to 2020: Gulf Coast restoration with stops at Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula; federal grants leverage matching commitments from Louisiana, Mississippi and the City of Mobile; a 2018 university study cited $13.95 million of Mississippi investment; MDOT, the Port of Gulfport and the Mississippi Development Authority named as partners (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Port of Gulfport - release: Awarded $11.25 Million USDOT Grant (1 May 2026) · Port release: MARAD awarded $11.25 million from the 2025 Port Infrastructure Development Program towards a $24.5 million project funded also by $9.5 million from the stevedore Ports America, $2.6 million from MDOT's Strategic Multi-Modal Investment Fund and just over $1.2 million of port funds; scope includes rail improvements on Terminal 5, an intra-port rail connection between the East Pier and West Pier, paving and reefer towers at Terminal 4, a crane transformer and a reach stacker; on-dock Class I service via CN and CPKC (published 2026-05-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Progressive Railroading - Mississippi port receives grant for North Rail Connector project (14 July 2020) · Trade press (Secondary): the Port of Pascagoula was slated to receive $6.6 million of Gulf Coast restoration funding under state legislation on BP oil-spill money for the Jackson County Port Authority's North Rail Connector, 4,300 feet of new rail connecting the Escatawpa River bridge to the relocated Mississippi Export Rail Line; last segment of a $37 million relocation funded mainly by a $14 million TIGER grant; completion expected in 15 to 18 months; port rail links are CSX direct and CN via Mississippi Export Railroad (published 2020-07-14 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Progressive Railroading - Mississippi DOT to award $30M in multimodal program grants (12 April 2024) · Trade press (Secondary; MDOT's own release is a JavaScript page that returns no text to automated clients): first round of the Strategic Multimodal Investments Fund, established 2023, $30 million to railroads, ports and airports; five rail recipients (Rosedale-Bolivar County Port Great River Railroad, Itawamba Mississippian Railway, Grenada Railroad, Ripley & New Albany Railroad, Mississippi Southern Railroad) and six port recipients including Gulfport; superseded as the source for the 2024 round by MDOT's own release (mdot_nr_1866) and kept for the recipient list (published 2024-04-12 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA Restoration and Enhancement award 69A36525420020RAEDC (Amtrak, New Orleans to Mobile) · Federal award record, carried once in the Louisiana file and referenced here: $30,927,115 federal, signed 18 August 2025, period 1 July 2025 to 28 February 2029; twice-daily state-supported service with stops at Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula, sponsored by the State of Louisiana, the State of Mississippi and the City of Mobile (published 2025-08-18 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA CRISI award 69A36523420180CRSMS to the City of Hattiesburg · Award record, assistance listing 20.325: $5,397,300 federal, non-federal $19,891,642, total $25,288,942, signed 8 August 2023, period 1 July 2023 to 31 January 2028; final design and construction of the Hall Avenue East improvements including an overpass of the Canadian National line, a rail spur in the Norfolk Southern yard and dynamic message signs (published 2023-08-21 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA award 69A36525420130CCDMS to Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission (Port Bienville rail yard) · Award record, assistance listing 20.325: $7,320,000 federal, no non-federal funding recorded, signed 11 June 2025, period 1 June 2025 to 30 August 2028; scope an eight-track classification yard and a 3,500-linear-foot intermodal switch lead at Port Bienville Industrial Park, Hancock County, with capacity for 235 railcars (published 2025-06-23 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA CRISI award 69A36526422570CRSUT to Natchez Railway Inc · Award record, assistance listing 20.337: $7,734,717 federal, non-federal $2,310,369, total $10,045,086, signed 13 January 2026, period 1 October 2025 to 31 May 2027; Natchez Railway infrastructure, grade crossing and rail line improvement project, place of performance given as Mississippi; recipient address in Salt Lake City (published 2026-01-20 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA CRISI award 69A36526220160CCDMS to Rosedale-Bolivar County Port Commission (Great River Railroad) · Award record, assistance listing 20.337: $8,175,000 federal, non-federal $2,661,259, total $10,836,259, signed 20 February 2026, period 1 November 2025 to 31 October 2028; Port of Rosedale multimodal expansion, Great River Railroad restoration project (published 2026-03-02 · checked 2026-10-08)
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