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Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Live now: 1 tender, largest Red Line four stations platform replacements (value not published on the solicitation; a construction-category open bid); holds relationships with Siemens Mobility, Clark, RailWorks.

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Type
Transit authority — Regional transit authority for Cuyahoga County; runs one heavy-rail line (Red Line) and two light-rail lines (Blue Line, Green Line) plus the event-only Waterfront Line, radiating from Tower City Station, alongside bus, paratransit and bus-rapid-transit (HealthLine). Governed by a Board of Trustees that approves all procurement actions and contracts over $250,000.
Market · Region
United States · Ohio
Open tenders
1
Technology areas
Track & civil, Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Electrification, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance

Operates Cleveland heavy and light rail carrying 25,000 daily riders, replacing fleets with $435m Siemens program.

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Operates 38 one-way route-miles of heavy rail (Red Line: 18 stations, 40 Tokyu Car Corporation cars, in service since 1984, 12% of riders) and 31 one-way route-miles of light rail (Blue/Green/Waterfront Lines: 34 stations, 29 Breda cars, in service since 1981; GCRTA's own Railcar Replacement Program overview separately counts 34 light railcars for replacement, against the 29 Breda cars its fleet-history page lists as remaining — both are GCRTA's own published figures and are not reconciled in sources read this pass), carrying about 25,000 daily rail riders. Both fleets — among the three oldest of their type in the US — are being replaced under the Rail Car Replacement Program: Contract No. 2021-125, awarded to Siemens Mobility Inc. on 18 April 2023, covers 24 firm S200 high-floor light rail vehicles ($163,920,115 not to exceed) with options for up to 36 more (60 total), able to serve every line. The Board exercised further options for 18 cars (Resolution No. 2024-088, 19 November 2024) and 6 more cars (Resolution No. 2025-097, 23 September 2025), fixing the fleet at 54 railcars; GCRTA's current published programme budget is $435,000,000 (GCRTA 24.0%, Federal 55.5%, ODOT 13.9%, NOACA 6.6%), including the $130,000,000 FTA grant (FY22/23 Rail Vehicle Replacement Program, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law), down from the $450,000,000 total GCRTA published in September 2025 for what was then framed as an up-to-60-car programme.

Type
Transit authority — Regional transit authority for Cuyahoga County; runs one heavy-rail line (Red Line) and two light-rail lines (Blue Line, Green Line) plus the event-only Waterfront Line, radiating from Tower City Station, alongside bus, paratransit and bus-rapid-transit (HealthLine). Governed by a Board of Trustees that approves all procurement actions and contracts over $250,000.
Where
Ohio · Cleveland
Programmes
IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Technology areas
Track & civil, Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Electrification, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance

Structure

  • funded by FTA — FY22/23 Rail Vehicle Replacement Program grant, toward the S200 fleet replacement (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) (active)
  • funded by ODOT — ODOT STBG/CMAQ and General Revenue Fund contributions toward the Rail Car Replacement Program — 13.9% of the current total, per GCRTA's own published funding table (active)

Who holds what here

  • supplied by Siemens Mobility — Rail Car Replacement Program: Contract No. 2021-125 (Resolution No. 2023-026, 18 April 2023, 24 firm S200 high-floor light rail vehicles), plus option Resolutions 2023-088 (6 cars), 2024-088 (18 cars) and 2025-097 (6 cars), fixing the fleet at 54 railcars (active · since 2023-04-18)
  • awarded Siemens Mobility — GCRTA 60 S200 Siemens Mobility Rail Car Program — Siemens Mobility Inc. (active · since 2023-04)
  • awarded Clark — Project 12D Trunk Line Signal System — Clark Transportation Consulting & Services, LLC dba Bison Rail Systems (active)
  • awarded RailWorks — Warrensville–Van Aken Track Power OCS Signal Reconstruction — Railworks Track Service, LLC (active)
Sources for these relationships (7)
  • ● Greater Cleveland RTA (official) — Board Resolutions index · Searchable index of GCRTA Board of Trustees resolutions, 1974–present, by resolution number, title, status and date — the primary record of contract awards and change orders; queried by resolution number for Res. 2023-026, 2023-074, 2023-088, 2023-036, 2024-006, 2024-020, 2024-058, 2024-063, 2024-082, 2025-008, 2025-015, 2025-016, 2025-039, 2025-049, 2025-064, 2025-074, 2025-097, 2025-098, 2026-007, 2026-008, 2026-009, 2026-013, 2026-027, 2026-033, 2026-035, 2026-055 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-19)
  • ● Greater Cleveland RTA (official media release) · GCRTA Welcomes First New Railcar in Major Fleet Modernization — first Siemens S200 LRV arrival for commissioning at the Brookpark rail yard; Red Line revenue service expected Summer 2027, Blue and Green Line revenue service expected Summer 2028; describes the fleet programme as a $435 million investment (published 2026-08-31 · checked 2026-09-19)
  • ● Greater Cleveland RTA (official) · Committee presentation — Exercise of an Option under Contract No. 2021-125 with Siemens Mobility Inc. (18 further railcars) (bytes: 521,728) (published 2024-11-05 · checked 2026-09-19)
  • ● Greater Cleveland RTA (official) · Railcar Replacement Project — About: LTK 2019 pillar study, HRV Resolution No. 1981-186, LRV Resolution No. 1977-276, fleet ages (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-19)
  • ● Greater Cleveland RTA (official) · Railcar Replacement Program overview page — states a $435 million programme replacing 40 heavy and 34 light railcars with 54 common S200 railcars, the commissioning process (approx. 22 weeks per early railcar), and a funding/news timeline (ODOT $12.6m grant Sept 2023, FTA $130m grant May 2023, ODOT $11.5m Aug 2022, RFP re-issue notice June 2021) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-19)
  • ● Greater Cleveland RTA (official media release) · Siemens Mobility to Replace GCRTA's Red Line Fleet with 24 S200 LRVs — Contract No. 2021-125, $163,920,115, $130m FTA grant (published 2023-07-10 · checked 2026-09-19)
  • ● Greater Cleveland RTA (official media release) · GCRTA Board Members Approve Request to Purchase 6 More New Rail Cars — total programme budget $450,000,000 (published 2025-09-23 · checked 2026-09-19)

Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
Red Line four stations platform replacementsOpenvalue not published on the solicitation; a construction-category open bidPublished September 2026
Central Rail Maintenance Facility ModificationsAwarded$5–25m
Elevator and Escalator Maintenance and Repair ServicesAwarded$5–25m
Project 24W Warrensville Van Aken Station ReconstructionAwarded$5–25m
Project 60E East 120th Street Substation ReplacementAwarded$5–25m
Project 66E1 Red Line Station Platform ModificationsAwarded$5–25m
Rail Line Car ProcurementAwarded$5–25m
System-wide Ticket Vending MachinesAwarded$5–25m
Warrensville–Van Aken Track Power OCS Signal ReconstructionAwarded$5–25m
GCRTA 60 S200 Siemens Mobility Rail Car ProgramIn execution$100–500m
Project 12D Trunk Line Signal SystemIn execution$5–25m
Project 24X East 79th St Green Blue ReconstructionIn execution$5–25m
Project 52N Tower City East Portal RehabilitationIn execution$5–25m
Project 62A W. 117th Track Platform Bridges RehabilitationIn execution$5–25m
GCRTA Green Line seven stations accessibilityPlanned$25–100m

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