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Baton Rouge to New Orleans passenger rail
80-mile Baton Rouge to New Orleans intercity passenger rail: track, signalling, stations and the Bonnet Carre Spillway bridge, with Amtrak as operator
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- Buyer
- Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Commerce (freight and rail)
- Where
- Louisiana · Baton Rouge
- Segments
- Track, Signalling, Stations & depots, Civil works
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
- Status
- Planned — LADOTD is preparing the Service Development Plan and environmental review.
- Value band
- $281.2m to $413.2m (LADOTD feasibility-study capital estimate, 2028 dollars) · $100–500m (USD, for comparison)
- Currency
- USD
- Key dates (month)
- Feasibility study 2023 · Corridor id application March 2023 · Fsp application April 2023 · Corridor id funding announced December 2023 · Raise announced August 2022 · First round trip study target 2027
Next step
Recorded award: LADOTD — Corridor Identification and Development Programme funding for the Baton Rouge to New Orleans corridor, announced 8 December 2023
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- Key dates (6)
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- Note on the figure
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5 sources · all primary
- ● LADOTD: Baton Rouge-New Orleans Intercity Passenger Rail Feasibility Study 2023 (PDF) · Feasibility study, state project number H.015223: 80-mile route, host railroads, Table 21 capital cost expectations, Corridor ID and Federal-State Partnership applications, implementation schedule. (published 2023 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● LADOTD: Baton Rouge to New Orleans Intercity Passenger Rail · Project page that carries the 2023 feasibility study for the corridor. (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● Southern Rail Commission release: federal funding for passenger rail corridors · Release of 8 December 2023: Corridor Identification and Development Program, $500,000 each to LADOTD (Baton Rouge to New Orleans) and to the Commission (Mobile to New Orleans; I-20). (published 2023-12-08 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● Southern Rail Commission: Baton Rouge to New Orleans · Project page: planned stops, August 2022 RAISE award, March 2023 Corridor ID applications, March 2024 Interstate Rail Compacts award of $400,000, Canadian Pacific as owner of the existing infrastructure. (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● City of Baton Rouge release: $20 million RAISE grant for rail stations · City-Parish release of 9 August 2022: $20 million USDOT RAISE grant for real estate acquisition, design and construction of Baton Rouge and Gonzales stations; $3.25 million City-Parish match. (published 2022-08-09 · checked 2026-10-07)
Related tenders
Same buyer first, then the same segment in this market.
| Tender | Buyer | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana grade-crossing safety programme | LADOTD | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Louisiana State Rail Plan programme of projects | LADOTD | Planned | over $1bn | |
| New Orleans Rail Gateway Program | LADOTD | Planned |
Show all 6 related tenders
| Tender | Buyer | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashmont and Mattapan Infrastructure Upgrades | MBTA | Open | $100–500m | |
| Green Line Riverside Inner Belt VMF Type 10 | MBTA | Open | no package value published | |
| Light Rail Modernization Program Tranche 3 Cromwell Facility | MDOT MTA | Open | estimated cost class L: over $100 million, in MTA's own construction look-ahead of August 2026; MTA publishes no contract value | Published July 2026 |
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