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Know who buys rail, what they are buying, and who already holds it.
Named buyers, tenders, suppliers and the contracts between them, from the public record, checked weekly.
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Market
European Union
€25.8 billionConnecting Europe Facility — transport budget 2021–2027 (around two-thirds to rail; €11.3bn for Cohesion countries)
Most active buyers
- Rail Baltic Estonia30 tenders · 42 awarded
- Iarnród Éireann42 tenders · 23 awarded
- HŽ Infrastruktura39 tenders · 23 awarded
- DRSI25 tenders · 33 awarded
Who holds the most
- Siemens Mobility30 positions
- Alstom28 positions
- Swietelsky26 positions
- Škoda Group19 positions
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- DB InfraGO — permanent-way repair frameworks from FY2028, four wavesOpen
- Ligne Nouvelle Montpellier–Perpignan construction Phase 1Open
- MM Milan metro partially underground railwayOpen
- Region Skåne Öresundståg next-generation RFI procurementPre-bid
Note: not a contract value and not an award.
Next eventRailTech Europe 2027 — 3–4 March 2027, Utrecht
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Market
United States
34.5 millionAmtrak customer trips FY2025 (record; +5.1%); $2.7bn ticket revenue; $5.5bn capital investment
Most active buyers
- MDOT MTA60 tenders · 43 awarded
- MARTA41 tenders · 28 awarded
- Sound Transit53 tenders · 12 awarded
- SEPTA61 tenders · 2 awarded
Who holds the most
- Siemens Mobility18 positions
- Alstom16 positions
- WSP16 positions
- Skanska14 positions
Next eventAPTA TRANSform Conference & EXPO 2026 — 4–7 October 2026, Chicago, Illinois
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Market
United Kingdom
£43.1 billionNetwork Rail CP7 (Apr 2024–Mar 2029) spending assessed in ORR's PR23 final determination
Most active buyers
- Network Rail3 tenders · 17 awarded
- HS2 Ltd1 tender · 8 awarded
- Translink4 tenders · 4 awarded
- TfL2 tenders · 2 awarded
Who holds the most
- Balfour Beatty4 positions
- Siemens Mobility3 positions
- Stadler3 positions
- Costain3 positions
Next eventRail Forum Annual Conference 2026 — 8–8 October 2026, Doncaster
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Market
India
$30.8B (₹2.65 lakh crore)India rail capex, FY2025-26 (highest-ever)
Most active buyers
- MPMRCL10 tenders · 12 awarded
- CMRL8 tenders · 8 awarded
- BMRCL / Namma Metro6 tenders · 6 awarded
- NHSRCL6 tenders · 6 awarded
Who holds the most
- L&T10 positions
- Alstom7 positions
- RVNL6 positions
- Siemens Mobility5 positions
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Next eventInnoRail India 2026 — 26–28 November 2026, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
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Market
Canada
$30 billion / 10 yearsCanada Public Transit Fund — permanent federal transit funding, ~$3bn a year from 2026-27 (July 2024 announcement)
Most active buyers
- Metrolinx44 tenders · 50 awarded
- BCRTC24 tenders · 2 awarded
- CDPQ Infra6 tenders · 16 awarded
- City of Calgary14 tenders · 6 awarded
Who holds the most
- Alstom11 positions
- Aecon11 positions
- AtkinsRéalis10 positions
- FCC6 positions
Next eventNational Railway Day 2026 — 5–6 November 2026, Edmonton, Alberta
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- European Union27 regions live315 buyers86 live tenderschecked 3 Oct
- United States20 regions live133 buyers35 live tenderschecked 3 Oct
- United Kingdom4 regions live23 buyers9 live tenderschecked 3 Oct
- India16 regions live74 buyers1 live tenderschecked 3 Oct
- Canada13 regions live44 buyers12 live tenderschecked 3 Oct
Three questions, answered on one page.
How is this market structured, who buys, who dominates?
One screen per market lays out the buying bodies, the layers between ministry and depot, and who wins the most work at each layer, with the market's key figures at the top. Open the same view for any region within it and the picture holds at that scale too, buyer by buyer.
Open the Atlas →Which tenders are live, for what, at what value?
2,072 tenders sit in one sortable table — filter by status, segment, technology area and USD value band, and see the next key date on every row. Live solicitations and recent awards sit side by side, so the pipeline and the track record read together.
Open the tenders →Who already holds the positions you want?
305 players carry a sourced footprint across the five markets — OEMs, signalling houses, contractors, consultants, lessors and funders — each with the contracts it holds and the buyer that awarded them. Open a competitor and see every market they are positioned in.
Open the players →What Mainline is, against what you use now
| Trade press | Covers the story as it breaks; keeps no structured record and no weekly delta. |
|---|---|
| Project databases | Thorough on the project, thin on who is bidding and who already holds it. |
| Procurement portals | The buyer's own notices, in many formats, each checked by hand. |
| Mainline | A structured record, a weekly delta, the buyer's door, a source line on every fact. |
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Across the five markets: 589 buyers, 2,072 tenders, 305 players.