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North Carolina Department of Transportation, Rail Division

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Type
State DOT — Rail Division within the North Carolina Department of Transportation, responsible for state rail policy, investments in freight rail and state-supported passenger rail (Amtrak Piedmont and Carolinian), and the Freight Rail & Rail Crossing Safety Improvement programme
Market · Region
United States · North Carolina
Open tenders
0
Technology areas
Track & civil, Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Predictive maintenance

Sets North Carolina rail policy, administers $16.3m FRRCSI program, funds Piedmont and Carolinian Amtrak services.

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Sets state rail policy and funds freight and passenger rail investment through the Rail Division. Administers the Freight Rail & Rail Crossing Safety Improvement (FRRCSI) programme, established by the General Assembly in 2014: the January 2026 round put $16.3m of state money (matched to $41.5m total, including more than $8.9m of further FRA grants) into 12 short lines and the Port of Morehead City, upgrading more than 95 miles of track and 8 bridges and culverts. Leads the S-Line Raleigh-to-Richmond passenger rail corridor programme (162 miles of track) and funds Amtrak's state-supported Piedmont and Carolinian services on the NCRR corridor.

Type
State DOT — Rail Division within the North Carolina Department of Transportation, responsible for state rail policy, investments in freight rail and state-supported passenger rail (Amtrak Piedmont and Carolinian), and the Freight Rail & Rail Crossing Safety Improvement programme
Where
North Carolina · Raleigh
Programmes
IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Technology areas
Track & civil, Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Predictive maintenance

Structure

  • operated by Amtrak — Operator of the state-supported Piedmont and Carolinian passenger services on the NCRR corridor, funded by NCDOT's Rail Division (active)
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Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
FRRCSI 2026 grants 12 short linesAwarded$25–100mAwarded January 2026
S-Line Raleigh-Richmond 18-mile Raleigh-Wake ForestIn executionover $1bn
S-Line corridor Raleigh-Ridgeway property acquisitionIn execution$25–100m
S-Line 162-mile Raleigh-Richmond corridor surveyIn execution$25–100m
S-Line Durant Road grade-separation North RaleighIn execution$5–25mAwarded July 2024
S-Line New Hope Church Road grade-separation RaleighIn execution$5–25m

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  • Award history (3)
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