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Connecticut Department of Transportation (Office of Rail)

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Type
State DOT — State transportation department; its Office of Rail inside the Bureau of Public Transportation supports passenger and freight rail and manages state-owned rail right-of-way
Market · Region
United States · Connecticut
Open tenders
0
Technology areas
Track & civil, Electrification, Signalling & train control, Rolling-stock hardware, Digital operations

Connecticut's state transport department; buys and builds New Haven Line, Hartford Line and Shore Line East rail.

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Owns the state's commuter and regional rail programmes: the New Haven Line, operated by Metro-North under contract, the Hartford Line and Shore Line East. Leads the Walk Bridge Program, Time for CT, Hartford Line double-tracking and the coach renewal programme, and manages 320-plus miles of state-owned right-of-way.

Type
State DOT — State transportation department; its Office of Rail inside the Bureau of Public Transportation supports passenger and freight rail and manages state-owned rail right-of-way
Where
Connecticut · Hartford
Programmes
Northeast Corridor, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, FRA Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail, FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
Technology areas
Track & civil, Electrification, Signalling & train control, Rolling-stock hardware, Digital operations

Structure

  • operated by Metro-North — Operates the New Haven Line, including the New Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury branches, under contract with CTDOT (active)
  • funded by FRA — Federal-State Partnership award for Walk Bridge construction, cumulative on USAspending (in 2023 plus in 2025) (active)
  • funded by FRA — Federal-State Partnership award for TIME-1 Contract A, plus congressionally directed CRISI (active)
  • funded by FRA — Federal-State Partnership award, design of seven rail overpass bridges on the New Haven Line (active)
  • funded by FRA — FFY2024 Federal-State Partnership award, Cos Cob Bridge replacement planning study (capital plan listing) (active)

Who holds what here

  • awarded Alstom — 60 single-level commuter coaches, announced 9 August 2023 (active)
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Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
TIME-1 Contract A Bridgeport StratfordAwarded$100–500mAwarded February 2026
Hartford Line Enfield station and trackAwarded$25–100mAwarded October 2026
Housatonic River rail bridge interim repairsAwarded$5–25mAwarded December 2025
Naugatuck railroad stationAwarded$5–25mAwarded May 2025
New Haven coach yard acceptance facilityAwarded$5–25mAwarded August 2025
Walk Bridge replacement NorwalkIn executionover $1bnCompletion 2023
Alstom 60 commuter coachesIn execution$100–500mPublished August 2023
Hartford Line Phase 4 stationsIn execution$100–500m
Stamford maintenance-of-equipment facility renovationIn execution$100–500mCompletion 2028
New Haven Rail Yard car and diesel shopsIn execution$100–500m
TIME-2 projects East NorwalkIn execution$100–500m
Waterbury Branch platform replacementsIn execution$25–100m
Hartford Line Windsor Locks stationIn execution$5–25mAwarded July 2022
Devon Rail Bridge replacementPlannedover $1bn
New Haven Line station information upgradesPlanned$100–500m
Hartford Line Phase 3B double trackPlanned$100–500m
New Haven State Street Station platformPlanned$100–500m
New Haven Union Station platformsPlanned$100–500m
New Haven Line signal system improvementsPlanned$100–500m
Stamford Yard catenary improvementsPlanned$100–500m
Danbury fueling yard facilityPlanned$25–100m
Derby-Shelton railroad stationPlanned$25–100m
New Haven Line seven overpass bridges designPlanned$25–100m
New Haven Line Power Phase 2 substationsPlanned$60m-$89.99m scope band
New Haven Rail Yard wheel truing facilityPlanned$25–100m
Stamford MOE PowerPlannedAdvertising schedule scope band L ($30m to $39.99m)
Cos Cob Bridge replacement planningPlanned$5–25m
New Haven Line fiber and CCTV upgradePlanned$5–25m
Saugatuck River rail bridge planningPlanned$5–25m
Shore Line East Madison stationPlannedAdvertising schedule scope band K ($20m to $29.99m)
Waterbury station waiting roomPlanned$5–25m
TIME-1 Contracts B and CPlanned

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  • Published contacts (3)

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