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National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
This week: Amtrak releases renderings for its planned Midwest maintenance facility. (2026-09-21)
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- Type
- National operator — federally chartered national passenger operator; owner of most of the Northeast Corridor
- Market · Region
- United States
- Open tenders
- 1
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Track & civil, Electrification, Signalling & train control, Cybersecurity
Operated 34.5 million passengers in FY2025 with $5.5bn capital investment in new fleets and NEC infrastructure.
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Carried a record 34.5 million passengers in FY2025 with $2.7bn ticket revenue and a record $5.5bn of capital investment — new Airo and Acela fleets, NEC bridges and tunnels.
- Type
- National operator — federally chartered national passenger operator; owner of most of the Northeast Corridor
- Programmes
- Northeast Corridor, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Track & civil, Electrification, Signalling & train control, Cybersecurity
Structure
- funded by NJ TRANSIT — Co-funder, with PATH and Amtrak, of the part of the Dock Bridge rehabilitation not covered by the Federal Railroad Administration grant (active · since 2026-07)
- funded by MDOT MTA — MTA's commitments to Amtrak-led Northeast Corridor projects in Maryland and to MARC service on the Amtrak-owned Penn Line (active · since 2026)
- operates for VPRA — Operator of Amtrak Virginia state-supported service under the PRIIA section 209 State Supported Agreement (active · since 2025-10-01)
- owned by USDOT — Holder of all issued and outstanding preferred stock; selects board members (active)
- funded by FRA — Annual federal grant agreements administered by the FRA (active)
- funded by MassDOT — State-supported Amtrak services in Massachusetts under the Compass Rail programme (active)
- operates for WSDOT — Operator of Amtrak Cascades under contract to the sponsoring states (active)
- operates for ODOT Rail and Public Transit — Operator of the Amtrak Cascades service under operating and intergovernmental agreements with ODOT and WSDOT, holding the contractual rights to run over BNSF Railway, Canadian National and Union Pacific lines (active)
- operates for NCDOT Rail Division — Operator of the state-supported Piedmont and Carolinian passenger services on the NCRR corridor, funded by NCDOT's Rail Division (active)
Who holds what here
- supplied by SDI — Approved standard rail supplier (active)
- supplies SEPTA — Trackage rights and property leases on Amtrak-owned Keystone East and Northeast Corridor track used by SEPTA Regional Rail (active)
- supplies Sound Transit — Maintenance of the Sounder locomotive and passenger car fleet at Holgate yard, Seattle (active)
- Contract detail and values (7)$100–500mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (18)
- ● Amtrak · Audited consolidated financial statements FY2024 (preferred stock held by the DOT; FRA grant agreements) (published 2025 · checked 2026-09-06)
- ● Amtrak (media centre) · Amtrak's Berkshire Flyer Returns for Summer Service with Expanded Weekend Trips Between Pittsfield and New York City (published 2026-05-14 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Maryland Department of Transportation · DRAFT FY2027-FY2032 Consolidated Transportation Program, Maryland Transit Administration chapter (capital programme summary and 58 project pages with total estimated cost, expended through close year and six-year cash flow) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Amtrak (federal) — Carolinian service information · Amtrak Carolinian service (New York-Charlotte on NCRR corridor) calls at Raleigh, Greensboro (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-20)
- ● Amtrak (federal) — Piedmont service information · Amtrak Piedmont service (daily Charlotte-Raleigh on NCRR corridor) funded by state (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-20)
- ● Amtrak (media centre) · Amtrak awards contracts and prepares to begin major Dock Bridge rehabilitation project (published 2026-07 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Oregon Department of Transportation · Amtrak Cascades - Oregon 2025 Annual Performance Report, ODOT Multimodal and Rail Services Unit, March 2026 (PDF, 14 pages, 1,652,526 bytes). Carries five-year Oregon ridership, customer on-time performance, the total operating cost, revenue and farebox recovery series for Oregon-funded trains 2021-2025, the 2025 accomplishments and the 2026-2028 timeline. (published 2026-03 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Oregon Department of Transportation · Passenger Rail — ODOT's own page on the Amtrak Cascades service. States that the Oregon portion offers two daily round trips from Eugene to Seattle, that Amtrak Cascades serves 18 cities on 467 track miles between Vancouver BC and Eugene, that 951,397 passengers rode Amtrak Cascades in 2025, that the service is funded by ticket revenue with Washington and Oregon offsetting the difference between costs and revenue, and that the Oregon stations are Portland, Oregon City, Salem, Albany and Eugene. Read 14 September 2026, HTTP 200. (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Oregon Department of Transportation · Draft Oregon State Rail Plan 2027 (PDF, 199 pages, 15,850,098 bytes), published for comment 8 September 2026. Sections used: the existing rail system profile (two Class I railroads and 23 Class III short-line railroads, six of them switching railroads and terminal yards); the Amtrak Cascades service and rolling stock sections; the state-identified near-term and long-term passenger rail capital investments; Table 4-10 recent Oregon rail program funding 2025-2027; and Table 4-11 Connect Oregon rail funding. (published 2026-09-08 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority · FY 2027 Proposed Budget (operating and capital, twelve-year capital programme FY2027-38) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Steel Dynamics · SDI standard rail approved by BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific and Amtrak (published 2010-10 · checked 2026-09-06)
- ● Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) · Amtrak 209 Operating Agreement — staff presentation to the Board, 27 August 2026 (published 2026-08-27 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) · Executive Director's Report, August 2026 — project-by-project cost, contractor, status and grant tables (61 pages) (published 2026-08-27 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) Board · Resolution of 27 August 2026: Authority to Execute FY27 State Supported Agreement between VPRA and Amtrak (published 2026-08-27 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · 2026 Adopted Budget and Financial Plan — agency overview, transit operating budgets by mode, project budgets, Transit Improvement Plan and Appendix I project and programme detail pages (published 2026-03-23 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Report - Transit Development Plan 2026-2031 (submitted under RCW 35.58.2795; information current as of June 2026; Board adoption scheduled 27 August 2026) (published 2026-08-06 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Washington State Department of Transportation · How we manage the trains — Amtrak Cascades sponsorship, corridor management, business model and train equipment (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Washington State Department of Transportation · Passenger rail — Rail, Freight and Ports Division landing page with the division's published contact desk (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amtrak Penn Station Transformation Partners | Pre-bid | $7-8bn (estimated transformation cost) | |
| Amtrak Dock Bridge Passaic Skanska | Awarded | $100–500m | |
| Amtrak William H. Gray III 30th Street Station | In execution | $500m–1bn | |
| Amtrak East River Tunnel tubes 1-2 rehabilitation | In execution | value not published | |
| Amtrak Chicago hub 14th to Canal Street Yard | Planned | $500m–1bn | |
| Amtrak South Branch Bridge Chicago River replacement | Planned | $25–100m |
What changed
From This Week in Rail, newest first.
- 2026-09-21 — Amtrak releases renderings for its planned Midwest maintenance facility.
- 2026-09-21 — The Portal North Bridge project enters its final construction phase as Amtrak begins putting the final track into service.
- 2026-09-21 — Amtrak's new Airo train fleet debuts on the Cascades route on 30 September.
- 2026-09-21 — CN and Amtrak reach agreements to strengthen passenger rail service and safety on shared track.
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3 sources · 2 primary
- ● Amtrak · amtrak.com — reports & documents (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Amtrak (media centre) · FY25 Year End Ridership (published 2025-11-18 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ○ Mass Transit · Amtrak closes FY25 with record ridership, revenue (published 2025-11 · checked 2026-09-05)
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