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Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas

This week: Houston METRO invites bids to refurbish Liebherr suspension legs on its CAF H3 light rail vehicles, bids due 7 October. (2026-09-28)

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Type
Transit authority — Texas metropolitan transit authority for Harris County; METRORail light rail, bus, park and ride and paratransit
Market · Region
United States · Texas
Open tenders
1
Technology areas
Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Rolling-stock hardware, Electrification, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance

Operates 22.7 miles of light rail on three lines, plus bus and paratransit services.

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Operates 22.7 miles of light rail on three lines — the Red Line, opened 1 January 2004, and the Purple (Southeast) and Green (East End) lines, opened in FY2015 — alongside bus and paratransit, on a proposed FY2027 capital budget of $371.5m within a programme framed by the METRONow plan.

Type
Transit authority — Texas metropolitan transit authority for Harris County; METRORail light rail, bus, park and ride and paratransit
Where
Texas · Houston
Programmes
FTA Capital Investment Grants, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Technology areas
Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Rolling-stock hardware, Electrification, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance

Who holds what here

  • awarded Frauscher — Sole source upgrade of a section of the METRORail Red Line track infrastructure with an axle counter system (active · since 2026-08-27)
  • awarded Siemens Mobility — S70 truck overhaul for METRO's H1 and H2 light rail vehicles, contract 7022000006 (active · since 2021-10-28)
  • awarded RailWorks — Houston METRO traction power maintenance repair services — Railworks Track Systems, LLC (active)
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Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
Houston METRO light rail vehicle replacement RFIPre-bidno value published (request for information, not a contract)
Houston METRO traction power maintenance repair servicesAwarded$5–25m
Houston METRO Maintenance of Way FacilityIn execution$25–100mAwarded September 2024
Houston METRO S70 truck overhaulIn execution$25–100mAwarded October 2021
METRONext Moving Forward PlanPlanned

What changed

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  • 2026-09-28 — Houston METRO invites bids to refurbish Liebherr suspension legs on its CAF H3 light rail vehicles, bids due 7 October.
  • 2026-09-21 — Houston METRO tenders to refurbish suspension legs on its CAF H3 light-rail vehicles, bids close 30 September.

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  • Published contacts (3)
  • Award history (3)
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  • Portals (4)

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