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Rhode Island Department of Transportation
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- Type
- State DOT — State transportation department; sponsors MBTA commuter rail in Rhode Island and plans and funds state rail investment
- Market · Region
- United States · Rhode Island
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Digital operations, Rolling-stock hardware
Rhode Island's state transport department; sponsors MBTA commuter rail and partners with Amtrak on Providence Station.
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Designs, builds and maintains the state's surface transport, including commuter rail stations and the Northeast Corridor works it funds. Sponsors MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line service to Pawtucket, Providence, T.F. Green and Wickford Junction, pays Amtrak for access, and is writing a 20-year Rail Plan.
- Type
- State DOT — State transportation department; sponsors MBTA commuter rail in Rhode Island and plans and funds state rail investment
- Where
- Rhode Island · Providence
- Programmes
- Northeast Corridor, FRA Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Digital operations, Rolling-stock hardware
Structure
- operated by MBTA — Runs Providence/Stoughton Line commuter service in Rhode Island (Pawtucket, Providence, T.F. Green, Wickford Junction) for RIDOT; the FTA grant record lists costs incurred by MBTA for providing service (active)
- funded by FRA — Federal-State Partnership (State of Good Repair) award, Providence Station State of Good Repair and Capacity Project (active)
- funded by FTA — FTA award, Pawtucket/Central Falls station construction (active)
- funded by FTA — FTA award, including of CMAQ funds for Northeast Corridor commuter rail operations (active)
- operated by Amtrak — Owns the Northeast Corridor and Providence Station; RIDOT pays Amtrak a share of corridor operating costs under an access agreement and partners with it on the station renovation (active)
- funded by FTA — FTA award, RIDOT's Amtrak capital-maintenance share on the Northeast Corridor (active)
- funded by FTA — FTA award, of FFY2026 CMAQ funds for Northeast Corridor commuter rail operations (active)
- funded by FTA — FTA award, of flex funds for Pawtucket/Central Falls track and catenary (active)
- Contract detail and values (6)$25–100m · $5–25mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (10)
- ● RIDOT Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center · Project page: opened 23 January 2023, design-build project begun 2018, federal funding breakdown, MBTA service levels (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RIDOT Providence Station State of Good Repair Project · Project page: Amtrak-owned station, RIDOT full partner, FRA grant for final design and construction, construction 2024 to 2026, total projected cost (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RI.gov press release, MBTA service to T.F. Green · RIDOT announces start of MBTA commuter rail service to T.F. Green on the Providence/Stoughton line, 6 December 2010 (published 2010-11-23 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RI.gov press release, Wickford Junction opening · Opening of Wickford Junction station and garage, weekday MBTA service to Warwick, Providence and Boston (published 2012-04-23 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award RI-2022-007 · FTA award to Rhode Island DOT with CMAQ funds for Northeast Corridor commuter rail operations: RIDOT access agreement with Amtrak, costs incurred by MBTA (published 2026-03-23 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award RI-2026-007 · FTA award to Rhode Island DOT: FFY2026 CMAQ funds for Northeast Corridor commuter rail operations, 2026-09-08 to 2028-09-30; successor to RI-2022-007 (published 2026-09-14 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award RI-2023-007 · FTA award to Rhode Island DOT: RIDOT pays Amtrak a proportional share of Northeast Corridor capital maintenance and normalised replacement, Providence to Wickford Junction, 2023-09-12 to 2028-09-30 (published 2025-05-05 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award RI-2019-001 · FTA award to Rhode Island DOT, Pawtucket/Central Falls Station Construction, 2019-05-30 to 2025-03-04 (published 2025-03-24 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award RI-2024-004 · FTA award to Rhode Island DOT: FHWA flex funds for track and catenary at the Pawtucket/Central Falls commuter rail station, 2024-09-18 to 2024-11-25 (published 2024-12-12 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36521402470FSPRI · FRA Federal-State Partnership (State of Good Repair) award to Rhode Island DOT, Providence Station State of Good Repair and Capacity Project, 2020-08-01 to 2027-03-31 (published 2024-05-13 · checked 2026-10-08)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center | In execution | $25–100m | |
| Providence Station State of Good Repair | In execution | $25–100m | Completion 2024 |
| NEC commuter rail operations grant 2026 | In execution | $5–25m | |
| NEC capital maintenance access payments | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Pawtucket/Central Falls track and catenary | In execution | $5–25m |
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- Procurement structure
- Award history (3)
- Entry path
- Portals (5)
- Published contacts (1)
Full detail withheld: 5 fields. In the United States edition · See a fully open example
7 sources · all primary
- ● RIDOT Providence Station State of Good Repair Project · Project page: Amtrak-owned station, RIDOT full partner, FRA grant for final design and construction, construction 2024 to 2026, total projected cost (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RI.gov press release, Providence Station project kick-off · Congressional delegation, RIDOT and Amtrak kick off the project; FRA grant, Amtrak and RIDOT contributions, scope (published 2024-11-04 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RIDOT Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center · Project page: opened 23 January 2023, design-build project begun 2018, federal funding breakdown, MBTA service levels (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RIDOT Intermodal Planning, Rail Plan page · RIDOT Rail Plan: 20-year plan, public listening sessions 3, 10 and 11 December, plan goals (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RIDOT Bidding Opportunities · RIDOT bid board; listing is loaded from the state's OSP platform and is not in the page source (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award RI-2022-007 · FTA award to Rhode Island DOT with CMAQ funds for Northeast Corridor commuter rail operations: RIDOT access agreement with Amtrak, costs incurred by MBTA (published 2026-03-23 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RIDOT public bid board (WebProcure) JSON search · RIDOT bid board embedded in dot.ri.gov/ridotbidding; JSON search endpoint for customer 46, organisation 130573; read 8 October 2026, no open rail solicitation at or above US$5m (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
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