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Dallas Area Rapid Transit

Live now: 1 tender, largest DART New Light Rail Vehicles level boarding (contract value not published); holds relationships with Herzog, Stadler, Stacy Witbeck.

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Type
Transit authority — Texas regional transportation authority under Chapter 452 of the Texas Transportation Code; light rail, regional rail, commuter rail, streetcar and bus across its service area cities
Market · Region
United States · Texas
Open tenders
1
Technology areas
Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Electrification, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance, Cybersecurity, AI inspection

Operates 93 miles of light rail, 26-mile Silver Line, Trinity Railway Express and Dallas Streetcar.

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Runs a 93-mile, 65-station light rail network, the 26-mile Silver Line regional rail service opened in October 2025, the Trinity Railway Express jointly with Trinity Metro and the Dallas Streetcar under contract to the City of Dallas, on a proposed FY2027 budget of $1.843bn and a 20-year plan to invest $6.5bn of capital.

Type
Transit authority — Texas regional transportation authority under Chapter 452 of the Texas Transportation Code; light rail, regional rail, commuter rail, streetcar and bus across its service area cities
Where
Texas · Dallas
Programmes
FTA Capital Investment Grants, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Technology areas
Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Electrification, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance, Cybersecurity, AI inspection

Structure

  • operates for Trinity Metro — DART acts as lead and procuring agency for the Trinity Railway Express on behalf of both owners (active · since 2003-09-16)

Who holds what here

  • supplied by Wabtec — Light rail vehicle coupler parts and disc-and-hardware kits for the DART fleet (active · since 2025-12-17)
  • supplied by Brookville — Replacement parts and an electro-hydraulic unit for the Dallas Brookville Liberty streetcars (active · since 2025-06-04)
  • awarded Stacy Witbeck — Silver Line Equipment Maintenance Facility, Plano (ended · since 2024-09-24)
  • awarded Loram — Rail grinding services across the DART light rail and commuter rail network (active · since 2024-03-07)
  • awarded Stadler — Silver Line vehicle procurement for the DFW Airport to Plano regional rail service (active · since 2019-05-31)
  • awarded Herzog — Silver Line Regional Rail Project design-build, as a member of Archer Western Herzog 4.0, Joint Venture (active · since 2018-12-11)
  • awarded Herzog — Trinity Railway Express operations and maintenance contract, procured by DART for both TRE owners (active · since 2015-09-22)
  • awarded Herzog — TRE double track West Richland Hills East Hurst — Herzog Transit Services, Inc. (active)
  • awarded Herzog — TRE Double Track track signal construction IH-35E — Herzog Transit Services, Inc. (active)
  • awarded Walsh — DART Silver Line design-build DFW Airport Plano — Archer Western Construction, LLC (active)
Sources for these relationships (7)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · 2026-04-28 DART Board of Directors Meeting Agenda Packet (TRE O&M contract modification for the Tarrant County double track project) (published 2026-04-28 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · 2026-06-16 DART Board of Directors Agenda Packet (TRE Double Track civil construction award; TRE O&M contract modification; Minor On-Call Construction Services) (published 2026-06-16 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · 2026-08-25 DART Board of Directors Agenda Packet (Silver Line design-build Milestone 8 contract modification; LRV axle journal bearing contract) (published 2026-08-25 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · Euna/Bonfire public procurement portal - public contracts list (getPublicContractsSectionData) (published 2026-09 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · FY 2026 Annual Budget & 20-Year Financial Plan (adopted; FY2026-FY2030 Capital Improvement Program and FY2026-FY2045 financial plan) (published 2025-09 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · Proposed FY 2027 Annual Budget & 20-Year Financial Plan (proposed budget as of 11 August 2026; FY2027-FY2031 CIP cash flows with Approved Budget column) (published 2026-08-11 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · Silver Line Launches Oct. 25, Connecting Seven Cities and DFW Airport with Modern, Reliable Transit (published 2025-10-08 · checked 2026-09-14)

Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
DART New Light Rail Vehicles level boardingOpencontract value not published
DART Cityplace Station Modernization solicitation closedBids closedvalue not published on DART's portalBids closed May 2026 · award expected
DART Station Modernization Program solicitation closedBids closedvalue not published on DART's portalBids closed May 2026 · award expected
DART Unified Signaling System Project solicitation closedBids closedvalue not published on DART's portalBids closed May 2026 · award expected
DART Silver Line design-build DFW Airport PlanoIn executionover $1bn
Trinity Railway Express Silver Line operations maintenanceIn execution$500m–1bnAwarded September 2015
TRE Double Track Medical Market IH-35E bridgesIn execution$25–100mAwarded June 2026
DART Minor On-Call Construction Services task-order poolIn execution$5–25mAwarded June 2026
DART Silver Line Equipment Operations Maintenance FacilityIn execution$5–25mContract runs to May 2026
TRE Double Track track signal construction IH-35EIn execution$5–25mCompletion July 2026
TRE double track West Richland Hills East HurstIn execution$5–25m
DART Silver Line Stadler diesel multiple unitsIn executioncontract value not publishedContract runs to September 2035
DART rail grinding services five-year contractIn executionvalue not publishedContract runs to March 2029
DART surveillance camera system overhaul replacementIn executionvalue not published for the camera contract alone
DART Unified Signal System cab signalling designPlanned$500m–1bn
DART DFW right-of-way signals maintenance reservePlanned$100–500m
DART Red Blue Lines platform level boardingPlanned$100–500mTarget 2030
Dallas Central Streetcar Link downtown connectionPlanned$100–500m
DART Central Northwest Rail Operations Facility upgradesPlanned$25–100m
DART Cityplace Uptown escalator inclinator platform replacementPlanned$25–100m
DART Cityplace Uptown six escalators replacementPlanned$25–100m
DART Passenger Information Display System upgradePlanned$25–100m
DART centre crosswalk removal level boarding 28 stationsPlanned$25–100m
DART positive train control refurbishment replacementPlanned$25–100m
DART Central Rail Operations Facility roof replacementPlanned$5–25m
DART Madill bridges replacement three design-buildPlanned$5–25m
DART Mockingbird Depression retaining wall design constructionPlanned$5–25m
DART Mockingbird Station parking garage 500-plus spacesPlanned$5–25m
DART overhead catenary automatic spring tensionersPlanned$5–25m
DART ticket vending machine replacement 195 machinesPlanned$5–25m
DART tunnel high-voltage switchgear retrofit FY2027Planned$5–25m
Dallas Streetcar Northern Extension Union Station OmniPlanned$5–25m

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  • Procurement structure
  • Published contacts (3)
  • Award history (6)
  • Entry path
  • Portals (3)

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11 sources · all primary
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · Procurement - doing business with DART (supplier registration, anticipated procurements, procurement contact line) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · Euna/Bonfire public procurement portal - open public opportunities (getOpenPublicOpportunitiesSectionData) (published 2026-09 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · Euna/Bonfire public procurement portal - public contracts list (getPublicContractsSectionData) (published 2026-09 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · Financial Transparency - Annual Budget & 20-Year Financial Plan document library (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · FY 2026 Annual Budget & 20-Year Financial Plan (adopted; FY2026-FY2030 Capital Improvement Program and FY2026-FY2045 financial plan) (published 2025-09 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · Proposed FY 2027 Annual Budget & 20-Year Financial Plan (proposed budget as of 11 August 2026; FY2027-FY2031 CIP cash flows with Approved Budget column) (published 2026-08-11 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · Board meetings information - agendas, agenda packets and minutes (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · 2026-08-25 DART Board of Directors Agenda Packet (Silver Line design-build Milestone 8 contract modification; LRV axle journal bearing contract) (published 2026-08-25 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · 2026-06-16 DART Board of Directors Agenda Packet (TRE Double Track civil construction award; TRE O&M contract modification; Minor On-Call Construction Services) (published 2026-06-16 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · Silver Line Launches Oct. 25, Connecting Seven Cities and DFW Airport with Modern, Reliable Transit (published 2025-10-08 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Dallas Area Rapid Transit · Dallas Area Rapid Transit Approves Security and Cleaning Contracts (published 2025-11-19 · checked 2026-09-14)

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