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South Carolina
7 buyers · 10 tenders · checked 2026-10-08
Freight and port rail: SC Ports' Navy Base rail yard, Palmetto Railways' Camp Hall line and SCDOT's Columbia consolidation; no transit rail.
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7Buyers tracked
10Tenders tracked
6Cities tracked
- Live pipeline
- $550m state appropriation for the Navy Base Intermodal Facility (programme figure, shared with container barge infrastructure), $220m Assembly Street consolidation estimate ($204.2m FRA crossing-elimination grant selected, January 2025), $190m Camp Hall line (state rail plan estimate; $25m FRA INFRA within it; FRA record shows $208.6m total funding), $63.5m unfunded Palmetto Railways needs, $64m Inland Port Greer expansion (complete; SC Ports releases say $55m), $51.1m Upstate Express project ($25m BUILD; overlaps Greer), up to $27.4m CRISI Piedmont selection, $8.75m completed CRISI programme, $6.5m Salkehatchie works planned; 10 tracked items, not additive
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control, Digital operations, Rolling-stock hardware, Electrification, Predictive maintenance
Key figures
$550m state money, NBIF$550m of state appropriations ($200m in 2021, $350m in 2022)
2 sources · all primary
- ● SC Ports Authority · Report on Financial Statements and Required Supplementary Information for the fiscal years ended 30 June 2025 and 2024: Note 7 (NBIF appropriations of 21 June 2021 and 22 June 2022, intergovernmental agreement of 1 July 2021, state funding expended), Inland Port Greer expansion, rail moves. Read 8 October 2026. (checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SCDOT / FRA · South Carolina Statewide Rail Plan 2024 (Cambridge Systematics for SCDOT, November 2024) bound with the FRA acceptance letter of 8 May 2025: funding sources, projects under construction (Table 4-2), unfunded needs (Tables 4-3, 4-7, 5-1), Palmetto Railways profile, CRISI, INFRA and BUILD awards. Read 8 October 2026. (published 2025-05-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
$1.15bn rail needs, $741m underway$741m under construction; $407m of future needs
1 source · primary
- ● SCDOT / FRA · South Carolina Statewide Rail Plan 2024 (Cambridge Systematics for SCDOT, November 2024) bound with the FRA acceptance letter of 8 May 2025: funding sources, projects under construction (Table 4-2), unfunded needs (Tables 4-3, 4-7, 5-1), Palmetto Railways profile, CRISI, INFRA and BUILD awards. Read 8 October 2026. (published 2025-05-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
$190m Camp Hall line$190m; $25m INFRA
3 sources · 2 primary
- ● SCDOT / FRA · South Carolina Statewide Rail Plan 2024 (Cambridge Systematics for SCDOT, November 2024) bound with the FRA acceptance letter of 8 May 2025: funding sources, projects under construction (Table 4-2), unfunded needs (Tables 4-3, 4-7, 5-1), Palmetto Railways profile, CRISI, INFRA and BUILD awards. Read 8 October 2026. (published 2025-05-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending.gov (FRA award record) · FRA INFRA award 69A36524420000INFSC to SC Public Railway: $25,000,000 federal, $183,570,000 non-federal, $208,570,000 total funding; 23-mile industrial rail line from Camp Hall Commerce Park to CSX; signed 25 January 2024; period 1 November 2023 to 31 August 2026. (published 2024-01-25 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Palmetto Railways · Camp Hall Industrial Corridor page, carrying the Berkeley Independent article of 3 April 2026 reposted by Palmetto Railways (trade and local press, Secondary): about 25 miles Ridgeville to Cross, $190 million, 75 per cent complete, completion expected August 2026. (published 2026-04-03 · checked 2026-10-08)
Greer 205,523 lifts205,523 rail moves at Greer in FY2025; 48,761 at Dillon in 2025
3 sources · all primary
- ● SC Ports Authority · Report on Financial Statements and Required Supplementary Information for the fiscal years ended 30 June 2025 and 2024: Note 7 (NBIF appropriations of 21 June 2021 and 22 June 2022, intergovernmental agreement of 1 July 2021, state funding expended), Inland Port Greer expansion, rail moves. Read 8 October 2026. (checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SC Ports Authority · Release 'Inland Port Dillon posts record rail moves for 2025': 48,761 rail containers in 2025, CSX named as rail partner. (published 2026-01-20 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SC Ports Authority · Release 'Inland Port Greer is proven model for short haul intermodal': expansion described as a $55m project, 300,000 annual rail lift capacity, nearly 200,000 rail moves in 2025, Norfolk Southern overnight service six days a week. (published 2026-04-28 · checked 2026-10-08)
$220m Columbia consolidation$220m (estimate); $204.2m FRA grant selected
2 sources · all primary
- ● SCDOT / FRA · South Carolina Statewide Rail Plan 2024 (Cambridge Systematics for SCDOT, November 2024) bound with the FRA acceptance letter of 8 May 2025: funding sources, projects under construction (Table 4-2), unfunded needs (Tables 4-3, 4-7, 5-1), Palmetto Railways profile, CRISI, INFRA and BUILD awards. Read 8 October 2026. (published 2025-05-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SCDOT · 2022 Rail Plan Analysis Implementation Update, January 2023, filed with the General Assembly: SCDOT as State Rail Transportation Authority, BUILD award for the Upstate Express project, Camp Hall INFRA award, Assembly Street consolidation. Read 8 October 2026. (published 2023-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
Short-line needs, Table 5-1Plan-listed short-line needs: Lancaster & Chester $62.3m, Aiken $17.55m, Pee Dee River $12.5m, South Carolina Central $10.9m, Pickens $10.15m
1 source · primary
- ● SCDOT / FRA · South Carolina Statewide Rail Plan 2024 (Cambridge Systematics for SCDOT, November 2024) bound with the FRA acceptance letter of 8 May 2025: funding sources, projects under construction (Table 4-2), unfunded needs (Tables 4-3, 4-7, 5-1), Palmetto Railways profile, CRISI, INFRA and BUILD awards. Read 8 October 2026. (published 2025-05-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
Buyers
| Buyer | Type | Tenders | Contracts awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto Railways | Freight railroad | 3 | 0 |
| South Carolina State Ports Authority (SC Ports) | Development authority | 3 | 0 |
| Chester County, South Carolina | Other | 1 | 0 |
| City of Columbia, South Carolina | Other | 1 | 0 |
| Lancaster & Chester Railroad | Freight railroad | 1 | 0 |
| South Carolina Department of Transportation | State DOT | 1 | 0 |
| South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff | Regulator / standards | 0 | 0 |
Tenders
| Tender | Buyer | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navy Base Intermodal Facility rail yard | SC Ports | In execution | $500m–1bn | |
| Camp Hall industrial rail line | Palmetto Railways | In execution | $100–500m | Completion May 2023 |
| Inland Port Greer expansion | SC Ports | In execution | $25–100m | |
| Upstate Express corridor capacity expansion | SCDOT | In execution | $25–100m | |
| Piedmont freight rail service improvement | Lancaster & Chester | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Salkehatchie Subdivision reactivation | Palmetto Railways | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Assembly Street rail corridor consolidation | City of Columbia | Planned | $100–500m | |
| Palmetto Railways unfunded capital needs | Palmetto Railways | Planned | $25–100m | |
| Piedmont Regional Rail Capacity Improvement Project | Chester County | Planned | $25–100m | |
| NBIF Southern Rail Connection | SC Ports | Planned | No cost published |
Cities
| City | Network status | Networks |
|---|---|---|
| North Charleston | freight only - the Navy Base Intermodal Facility, a 118-acre near-dock rail yard on the former Charleston Naval Complex, is described by SC Ports as nearly complete with design of the roughly 15-track-mile Southern Rail Connection ongoing; CSX and Norfolk Southern will both serve it and Palmetto Railways will provide rail service to and from it; the North Charleston Regional Intermodal Transportation Facility (opened 2019) links Amtrak, CARTA buses and intercity coaches | Amtrak (Palmetto route) |
| Greer | freight only - Inland Port Greer, an SC Ports rail-served inland terminal served overnight by Norfolk Southern, recorded 205,523 rail moves in fiscal 2025 and finished a $64 million expansion in March 2025; the Atlanta to Charlotte high-speed corridor, studied by the states, would cross the South Carolina Upstate | |
| Dillon | freight only - Inland Port Dillon, an SC Ports rail-served inland terminal served by CSX, handled 48,761 rail containers in 2025, a 33 per cent increase on 2024 | |
| Columbia | freight only - the Assembly Street rail corridor south of downtown, where Norfolk Southern and CSX lines cross, is the subject of a consolidation and separation project that SCDOT manages and the state rail plan prices at $220 million; FRA selected a $204.2 million crossing-elimination grant for the City of Columbia in January 2025 | |
| Chester | freight only - the Lancaster & Chester Railroad interchanges with CSX and Norfolk Southern at Chester; Chester County is the grantee for a CRISI selection of more than $27.4 million to rebuild interchange tracks and extend Richburg yard | |
| Cross | freight only - southern end of the Palmetto Railways Camp Hall line in Berkeley County, where the new track connects to CSX; the line runs about 25 miles from Ridgeville to Cross to serve the Camp Hall Commerce Park and the Volvo Cars plant |
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- Live pipeline value
- Market narrative
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Sources
- ○ Palmetto Railways · Camp Hall Industrial Corridor page, carrying the Berkeley Independent article of 3 April 2026 reposted by Palmetto Railways (trade and local press, Secondary): about 25 miles Ridgeville to Cross, $190 million, 75 per cent complete, completion expected August 2026. (published 2026-04-03 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Palmetto Railways · Home page: division of the South Carolina Department of Commerce, rail handling partner for SC Ports and short line working with CSX and Norfolk Southern, news items to 3 October 2026. curl returns HTTP 403; read through a fetch tool. Read 8 October 2026. (checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Palmetto Railways · News index of 138 items (most are reposted press articles): Camp Hall, Salkehatchie, grants, locomotive retrofit; newest item 24 August 2026 (appointment of a new chief executive). Read 8 October 2026. (checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Palmetto Railways · Railway Supply article of 8 April 2026 'Palmetto Railways restores service on Salkehatchie Sub', reposted on Palmetto Railways' news page (Secondary): 40-mile line, more than $3 million invested, $6.5 million more planned over two years. (published 2026-04-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Palmetto Railways · Suppliers page 'Current Solicitations for Bid': one current solicitation (Navy Yard Parking Lot RFP, not rail) and one past (Camp Hall Signal Program). Bid inquiries by contact form; no portal. Read 8 October 2026. (checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ SCBIZ · Trade press (Secondary; FRA's own selection page returns HTTP 403): Chester County awarded more than $27.4 million under CRISI for the Piedmont Regional Rail Capacity Improvement Project with Lancaster & Chester Railroad and Norfolk Southern, 7 November 2024. (published 2024-11-07 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SCDOT · 2022 Rail Plan Analysis Implementation Update, January 2023, filed with the General Assembly: SCDOT as State Rail Transportation Authority, BUILD award for the Upstate Express project, Camp Hall INFRA award, Assembly Street consolidation. Read 8 October 2026. (published 2023-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SCDOT / FRA · South Carolina Statewide Rail Plan 2024 (Cambridge Systematics for SCDOT, November 2024) bound with the FRA acceptance letter of 8 May 2025: funding sources, projects under construction (Table 4-2), unfunded needs (Tables 4-3, 4-7, 5-1), Palmetto Railways profile, CRISI, INFRA and BUILD awards. Read 8 October 2026. (published 2025-05-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SC Ports Authority · Board of Directors page: regular board meetings 27 October and 17 November 2026; audit committee 29 September 2026; no minutes or resolutions published on the page. Read 8 October 2026. (checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SC Ports Authority · Release 'Inland Port Dillon posts record rail moves for 2025': 48,761 rail containers in 2025, CSX named as rail partner. (published 2026-01-20 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SC Ports Authority · Report on Financial Statements and Required Supplementary Information for the fiscal years ended 30 June 2025 and 2024: Note 7 (NBIF appropriations of 21 June 2021 and 22 June 2022, intergovernmental agreement of 1 July 2021, state funding expended), Inland Port Greer expansion, rail moves. Read 8 October 2026. (checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SC Ports Authority · Release 'Inland Port Greer is proven model for short haul intermodal': expansion described as a $55m project, 300,000 annual rail lift capacity, nearly 200,000 rail moves in 2025, Norfolk Southern overnight service six days a week. (published 2026-04-28 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SC Ports Authority · Presentation to the House Ways and Means Economic Development subcommittee, January 2025: NBIF timeline (state commitment of $550m, notice to proceed 20 February 2023, opening then planned for 2025), Inland Port Greer and Dillon FY2024 rail lifts, Leatherman Terminal berth 2 contract approval of 19 November 2024. Read 8 October 2026. (published 2025-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SC Ports Authority · Current Legal Notices page: two live solicitations on 8 October 2026 (surplus chassis sale RFQ CHS090425; engineering services pavement design RFP CIF27E003), bid documents on an e-Builder public folder. No rail solicitation. Read 8 October 2026. (checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SC Ports Authority · Navy Base Intermodal Facility page: status 'construction is nearly complete', 118-acre site, 1 million rail lifts a year, six rail-mounted gantry cranes, Southern Rail Connection of about 15 track miles with design ongoing. Undated page; scspa.com sub-pages return HTTP 403 to curl and were read through a fetch tool. Read 8 October 2026. (checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SC Ports Authority · Newsroom index, pages 1 to 3 (headlines from 6 October 2025 to 22 September 2026). No capital plan or NBIF release dated after January 2026 appears. Read 8 October 2026. (checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SC Ports Authority · Release 'SC Ports, Norfolk Southern expand intermodal access to Huntsville': daily Norfolk Southern intermodal service Charleston to Huntsville, overnight service to Inland Port Greer, links to Greer and Dillon. (published 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● SC Ports Authority · Release 'SC Ports consolidating container operations in the short-term': Leatherman Terminal operations to pause from 1 August 2026. Relevant context because NBIF was planned to serve the Leatherman Terminal by a dedicated drayage road. (published 2026-06-25 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending.gov (FRA award record) · FRA INFRA award 69A36524420000INFSC to SC Public Railway: $25,000,000 federal, $183,570,000 non-federal, $208,570,000 total funding; 23-mile industrial rail line from Camp Hall Commerce Park to CSX; signed 25 January 2024; period 1 November 2023 to 31 August 2026. (published 2024-01-25 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending.gov (FRA award record) · FRA CRISI award 69A36520501390CRSSC to Lancaster & Chester Railroad, LLC for the South Carolina Piedmont Freight Rail Service Improvement Program: $8,750,998.98 federal, $13,463,075.97 total funding; signed 13 May 2020; period 1 May 2020 to 31 October 2022. (published 2020-05-13 · checked 2026-10-08)
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