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FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements — buyers, tenders and who holds what

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FRA discretionary grants for freight and passenger rail infrastructure, safety and short-line projects; IIJA authorises $5bn over FY22–26 plus annual appropriations.

Buyers

BuyerTypeRegion
Connecticut Department of Transportation (Office of Rail)State DOTConnecticut
Michigan Department of Transportation - Office of RailState DOTMichigan
Wisconsin Department of TransportationState DOTWisconsin
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Commerce (freight and rail)State DOTLouisiana
Missouri Department of TransportationState DOTMissouri
Terminal Railroad Association of St. LouisFreight railroadMissouri
Lake State Railway CompanyFreight railroadMichigan
Tennessee Department of Transportation — Passenger Transportation, Rail, and Freight DivisionState DOTTennessee
City of LudingtonOtherMichigan
Housatonic Railroad Co IncFreight railroadConnecticut
Indiana Department of Transportation - Rail Programs OfficeState DOTIndiana
Louisiana and North West Railroad (LNW)Freight railroadLouisiana
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB)Infrastructure managerLouisiana
R. J. Corman Railroad GroupFreight railroad
TennKen Railroad Co., Inc.Freight railroadTennessee
Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR)Freight railroadLouisiana
West Michigan Railroad CompanyFreight railroadMichigan

Awarded

TenderBuyerStatusValue bandNext key date
TIME-1 Contract A Bridgeport StratfordCTDOTAwarded$100–500mAwarded February 2026
Hartford Line Enfield station and trackCTDOTAwarded$25–100mAwarded October 2026
Housatonic River rail bridge interim repairsCTDOTAwarded$5–25mAwarded December 2025
Naugatuck railroad stationCTDOTAwarded$5–25mAwarded May 2025
New Haven coach yard acceptance facilityCTDOTAwarded$5–25mAwarded August 2025
TRRA bridge rehabilitation CRISI grantTRRAIn execution$25–100mAwarded August 2022
INDOT CRISI CFE line rehabilitationINDOT Rail ProgramsIn execution$5–25mAwarded September 2023
Merchants Bridge rehabilitation CRISI grantTRRAIn execution$5–25mAwarded February 2021
Hartford Line Windsor Locks stationCTDOTIn execution$5–25mAwarded July 2022
MacArthur Bridge truss replacement CRISI grantTRRAIn execution$5–25mAwarded September 2020

Milestones

The next key date of each tender in this programme, by month.

Passed

MonthMilestoneTenderBuyerStatus
September 2020AwardedMacArthur Bridge truss replacement CRISI grantTRRAIn execution
February 2021AwardedMerchants Bridge rehabilitation CRISI grantTRRAIn execution
July 2022AwardedHartford Line Windsor Locks stationCTDOTIn execution
August 2022AwardedTRRA bridge rehabilitation CRISI grantTRRAIn execution
2023CompletionMerrimac Bridge Phase III span replacementWisDOTIn execution
2023CompletionWalk Bridge replacement NorwalkCTDOTIn execution
June 2023CompletionMilwaukee Airport Rail Station second platformWisDOTIn execution
August 2023PublishedAlstom 60 commuter coachesCTDOTIn execution
September 2023AwardedINDOT CRISI CFE line rehabilitationINDOT Rail ProgramsIn execution
October 2024AnnouncedMcNeil Subdivision track renewalLNWPlanned
May 2025AwardedNaugatuck railroad stationCTDOTAwarded
August 2025AwardedNew Haven coach yard acceptance facilityCTDOTAwarded
December 2025AwardedHousatonic River rail bridge interim repairsCTDOTAwarded
February 2026AwardedTIME-1 Contract A Bridgeport StratfordCTDOTAwarded

Coming up

MonthMilestoneTenderBuyerStatus
October 2026AwardedHartford Line Enfield station and trackCTDOTAwarded
2028CompletionStamford maintenance-of-equipment facility renovationCTDOTIn execution

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AlstomRolling-stock OEMFrance

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