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Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District

Live now: 1 tender, largest NICTD traction power substation modernisation (value not published on the solicitation); holds relationships with Walsh, Herzog, HDR.

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Type
Transit authority — Indiana commuter rail district governed by a Board of Trustees for the four counties served, chaired ex officio by the INDOT Commissioner; runs the electrified South Shore Line between Millennium Station in Chicago and South Bend International Airport
Market · Region
United States · Indiana
Open tenders
1
Technology areas
Predictive maintenance, AI inspection, Cybersecurity, Digital operations, Signalling & train control, Rolling-stock hardware, Track & civil, Electrification

Runs the electrified South Shore Line, Chicago to South Bend, and has just opened the Monon Corridor branch.

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Runs the electrified South Shore Line from Chicago Millennium Station through Hammond, Gary and Michigan City to South Bend airport, and has just finished two federally rated capital projects: the Double Track NWI second track between Gary and Michigan City (in service May 2024) and the eight-mile Monon Corridor branch to Munster/Dyer (revenue service from 31 March 2026). Its live buying is state-of-good-repair work: a traction power substation modernisation open to bids until 5 November 2026, a communications system modernisation engineering procurement, tie replacement, and a South Bend airport realignment in design.

Type
Transit authority — Indiana commuter rail district governed by a Board of Trustees for the four counties served, chaired ex officio by the INDOT Commissioner; runs the electrified South Shore Line between Millennium Station in Chicago and South Bend International Airport
Where
Indiana · Chesterton
Programmes
FTA Capital Investment Grants, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, USDOT Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing
Technology areas
Predictive maintenance, AI inspection, Cybersecurity, Digital operations, Signalling & train control, Rolling-stock hardware, Track & civil, Electrification

Structure

  • funded by FTA — Section 5337 state of good repair and Section 5307 formula grant IN-2025-020 for maintenance and right-of-way, electrical, signal and fleet work (active · since 2025-09-08)
  • funded by FTA — Formula grant IN-2023-034 (Sections 5307, STBG flex and 5337) for NICTD maintenance overhaul and state of good repair (active · since 2023-09-25)
  • funded by USDOT — Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing loan in the Double Track NWI funding stack; credit agreement executed 21 December 2022 (active · since 2022-12-21)
  • funded by FTA — Formula grant IN-2022-027 (Sections 5307 and 5337) for NICTD maintenance overhaul and state of good repair (active · since 2022-08-30)
  • funded by FTA — Capital Investment Grants full funding grant agreement IN-2021-002 for Double Track Northwest Indiana (active · since 2021-01-21)
  • funded by FTA — Capital Investment Grants full funding grant agreement IN-2020-040 for the West Lake Corridor Project (active · since 2020-11-09)
  • funded by NWI RDA — Local property and income tax revenue and bond proceeds in the Double Track NWI funding stack; the RDA is also named as a West Lake Corridor funding source (active)

Who holds what here

  • awarded Egis — South Bend Realignment Real Estate Services, awarded 5 October 2026 to Egis BLN USA, Inc. (active · since 2026-10-05)
  • awarded Walsh — Double Track NWI Project One construction (Walsh Herzog Joint Venture with Herzog); Change Order 18 approved 27 January 2025 (active)
  • awarded Herzog — Double Track NWI Project One construction (Walsh Herzog Joint Venture with Walsh) (active)
  • awarded HDR — West Lake Corridor program management (Amendments 16 to 19 on award sheets from March to November 2025) and Double Track design (active)
  • leases from Metra — Rail car rolling stock lease between NICTD and Metra, named as an expected outcome (lease payments) of FTA grant IN-2025-020 (active)
Sources for these relationships (12)

Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
NICTD traction power substation modernisationOpenvalue not published on the solicitationCloses November 2026
NICTD 100 Series APS unitsAwarded$5–25mAwarded July 2025
Double Track NWI second track programmeIn execution$500m–1bn
West Lake Corridor design-buildIn execution$500m–1bn
Double Track NWI Project One contractIn execution$100–500m
Double Track NWI FTA full funding grantIn execution$100–500mAwarded January 2021
West Lake Corridor FTA full funding grantIn execution$100–500mAwarded November 2020
NICTD FTA state of good repair grantIn execution$25–100mAwarded September 2025
NICTD FTA formula grant 2022In execution(federal grant)Awarded August 2022
NICTD FTA formula grant 2023In execution(federal grant)Awarded September 2023

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  • Award history (6)
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