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Vermont Agency of Transportation - Rail Program
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- Type
- State DOT — State transportation agency; the Rail Program owns about 300 miles of active line, leases it to operators, funds Amtrak's Vermonter and Ethan Allen Express and holds the federal rail grants
- Market · Region
- United States · Vermont
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control, Digital operations
Vermont's rail steward; owns the state lines, funds two Amtrak routes and holds the federal rail grants.
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Steward of Vermont's rail network and the state's rail planning agency. Pays Amtrak to run two state-supported intercity services, leases state-owned freight lines to Vermont Rail System, applies for FRA grants and funds bridge, track, crossing and station work through the annual Transportation Program.
- Type
- State DOT — State transportation agency; the Rail Program owns about 300 miles of active line, leases it to operators, funds Amtrak's Vermonter and Ethan Allen Express and holds the federal rail grants
- Where
- Vermont
- Programmes
- FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, FRA Corridor Identification and Development Program
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control, Digital operations
Structure
- operated by Amtrak — Runs the Vermonter and the Ethan Allen Express as state-supported services paid for by VTrans; the Ethan Allen Express is also supported by New York (active)
- funded by FRA — FRA grants held by VTrans: the BUILD-coded corridor upgrade record, CRISI lines for Vermonter safety and station work, and two Corridor ID planning grants (active)
- funds VRS — Funds track, bridge and flood-mitigation work on the leased lines through the annual Transportation Program: the Vermont Railway Hoosick Sub track line, Green Mountain Railroad and Washington County Railroad hazard-mitigation lines and the Cavendish Bridge 132 line; the State and Vermont Rail Systems also together invest of the BUILD corridor project (active)
Who holds what here
- leases to VRS — State-owned lines leased to the Vermont Rail System operating companies: Washington County Railroad (Connecticut River line, term to 30 June 2033, and Montpelier to Websterville, to 30 June 2034), Green Mountain Railroad (to 31 December 2030) and Vermont Railway (to 5 January 2034) (active)
- Contract detail and values (2)$5–25mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (10)
- ● VTrans FY2026 Transportation Program - Rail (as passed) · FY2026 as-passed rail programme: total line items, Amtrak operations subsidy, Windsor-St. Albans CRISI(17) and Tri-State Regional Rail Upgrade CRISI(24) lines; also the VTRY(59), REGM2350, REWC2318, GMRC(24), VTRY(45) and RAIL PASS. SERVICE lines (published 2025-06-10 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Governor's release: State awarded $20 million to rehabilitate rail bridges (7 December 2018) · Governor's office release on the BUILD award for 31 Vermont Railway bridges between Rutland and Hoosick, NY; projected cost, State and Vermont Rail Systems contribution (published 2018-12-07 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● VTrans federal competitive grants awarded 2018-2023 (as of 2 January 2024) · VTrans table submitted to the Senate Transportation Committee on 5 January 2024: BUILD, RAISE, CRISI, Corridor ID and annual rail appropriation lines (published 2024-01-05 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● VTrans memo on the Washington County Railroad lease renewal (19 March 2024) · Memo to the Senate Transportation Committee: State acquired the Montpelier & Barre line in 1980; 1999 operating agreement with the Washington County Railroad Company, an affiliate of the Vermont Rail System, due to expire 30 June 2024 (published 2024-03-19 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Vermont railroad leases table (legislative overview, 7 May 2025) · One-page table of the four state-owned line leases: lessee, section, length and current term (published 2025-05-07 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● VTrans report on master licence agreements (15 November 2019) · VTrans report to the legislature: the State owns over 300 miles of rail right-of-way, much of it leased for use by Vermont Rail System (published 2019-11-15 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● VTrans Passenger Rail Service page · Describes the state-supported Vermonter (Washington to St. Albans) and Ethan Allen Express (New York to Burlington, state-supported from Albany-Rensselaer) services and the capped in-state fares (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● 2025 Vermont Rail Plan (December 2025) · State Rail Plan: Amtrak services, 570.3 active route miles with 297.6 state-owned, rail funding outlook, CRISI projects, Corridor ID grants, SFY2026 rail programme (published 2025-12-29 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA record 69A36520401930BLDVT to VTrans · Federal award record for the Vermont Regional Freight Rail Corridor Upgrade Project: obligation, non-federal funding and period of performance to 31 October 2026 (published 2020-09-03 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award search - Federal Railroad Administration awards to Vermont recipients and places · Search of FRA awards with a Vermont recipient or place of performance (CRISI, Corridor ID, BUILD-coded and older TIGER and high-speed rail records), read 8 October 2026 (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Corridor freight rail bridge rehabilitation | In execution | $25–100m | |
| Vermont Railway Hoosick Sub track replacement | Planned | $25–100m | |
| Tri-State Regional Rail Upgrade (St. Lawrence & Atlantic) | Planned | $5–25m | |
| Green Mountain Railroad hazard mitigation | Planned | $5–25m | |
| Washington County Railroad hazard mitigation | Planned | $5–25m | |
| Green Mountain Railroad Bridge 132 rehabilitation | Planned | $5–25m | |
| Vermonter safety project, Windsor to St. Albans | Planned | $5–25m |
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- Procurement structure
- Award history (4)
- Entry path
- Portals (5)
- Published contacts (2)
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9 sources · all primary
- ● VTrans Rail Program page · Agency of Transportation Rail Program: steward of the state rail network; directory of bridge management, property management, passenger rail service, reports and the Vermont Rail Advisory Council (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● VTrans Reports and Plans - Vermont Rail Plan · VTrans page listing the 2025 Vermont Rail Plan (accepted by the Federal Railroad Administration on 29 December 2025), appendices, 2021 plan and the planned Corridor ID study (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● 2025 Vermont Rail Plan (December 2025) · State Rail Plan: Amtrak services, 570.3 active route miles with 297.6 state-owned, rail funding outlook, CRISI projects, Corridor ID grants, SFY2026 rail programme (published 2025-12-29 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● VTrans Passenger Rail Service page · Describes the state-supported Vermonter (Washington to St. Albans) and Ethan Allen Express (New York to Burlington, state-supported from Albany-Rensselaer) services and the capped in-state fares (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● VTrans FY2026 Transportation Program - Rail (as passed) · FY2026 as-passed rail programme: total line items, Amtrak operations subsidy, Windsor-St. Albans CRISI(17) and Tri-State Regional Rail Upgrade CRISI(24) lines; also the VTRY(59), REGM2350, REWC2318, GMRC(24), VTRY(45) and RAIL PASS. SERVICE lines (published 2025-06-10 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● VTrans capital programmes index · Index of annual Transportation Program documents by fiscal year; lists the FY2027 Transportation Program as passed (its rail section PDF has no readable text layer, so figures here are FY2026 as passed) (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● VTrans Contracts for Services solicitations · VTrans list of open RFPs, RFIs and RFQs read on 8 October 2026; no rail solicitation listed (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● VTrans Design, Bid, Build construction contracts page · VTrans construction advertisement page; plans are downloaded through the iCX Web System after registration (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Vermont Rail Advisory Council · VTrans page for the council that advises the Agency of Transportation on rail; quarterly open meetings with minutes (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
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