FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 16, 202) – Planning professionals at the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet have developed an updated Statewide Rail Plan (SRP) for 2025. The Rail Plan lays out a strategy for investments and needed steps designed to increase Kentucky’s economic growth, improve quality of life, and improve equity of the state’s most vulnerable and impacted communities. In addition to the Rail Plan, a Rail Infrastructure Assessment was conducted and completed in 2024. This was a “boots on the ground” effort to gauge the current conditions of rail infrastructure within the state.​

“The 2025 Rail Plan presents priorities and strategies to guide future rail service enhancements for the public,” stated Jeremy Edgeworth, KYTC Freight, Rail and Waterways Coordinator. “The Plan also outlines rail transportation’s role within the Kentucky transportation system, and coordinates with other state transportation planning goals and programs including the State Freight Plan ​and Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan.”

To view / download the full Rail Plan Report, Infrastructure Assessment, Executive Summary, individual chapters, and appendix documents, please visit the Transportation Cabinet website (transportation.ky.gov/MultimodalFreight/Pages/2025-KY-Rail-Plan.aspx). Previous Rail Plans completed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet are available on the website for viewing.

Along with the planning document, an online StoryMap was developed. For an interactive experience with the new 2025 Statewide Rail Plan, please visit the above website for a direct link to our Rail Plan in a GIS StoryMap format. Users can read the full narrative of the Rail Plan as well as having the added capabilities to scroll, pan, and zoom using interactive maps and graphics. GIS experience or ArcGIS Online registration are not required to utilize the StoryMap.

For more information on the Kentucky Statewide Rail Plan, please visit the KYTC website.