State Rail Plans

The South Dakota State Rail Plan addresses a broad spectrum of rail issues, including identification of the State's freight and passenger rail objectives and plans, an inventory of the rail system's transportation infrastructure, analysis of rail-related economic, safety and environmental impacts, articulation of the State's policies governing investment in both passenger and freight rail (particularly when this involves cooperative investment in privately owned elements of the rail system), and establishment of a long-range investment program and policies for current and future passenger and freight rail infrastructure throughout the State.