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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Live now: 4 tenders, largest Ashmont and Mattapan Infrastructure Upgrades ($100–500m); holds relationships with CRRC, Skanska, CAF.

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Type
Transit authority — Massachusetts body politic within MassDOT; runs the Boston subway, Regional Rail, bus, ferry and paratransit
Market · Region
United States · Massachusetts
Open tenders
4
Technology areas
Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Electrification, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations

Runs 128 miles rapid transit and 428 route miles Regional Rail, spending $10bn on capital improvements.

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Runs 128 miles of rapid transit revenue track on five subway lines and 428 route miles of Regional Rail on fifteen lines, and is spending approximately $10bn over its FY27-31 Capital Investment Plan on more than 660 projects - $2,950m of it on vehicles and $1,442m on guideway, signal and power.

Type
Transit authority — Massachusetts body politic within MassDOT; runs the Boston subway, Regional Rail, bus, ferry and paratransit
Where
Massachusetts · Boston
Programmes
FTA Capital Investment Grants, Northeast Corridor
Technology areas
Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Electrification, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations

Structure

  • funded by FRA — Federal Railroad Administration grant for final design and construction of the Haverhill Double-Track Project (active · since 2026-08-14)
  • funded by Rock Rail — 15-year lease financing of the Fairmount Line battery-electric fleet under a direct agreement with the MBTA (active · since 2026-06-11)
  • funded by ANF — from the Commonwealth's Federal Grant Matching Funds programme for the Green Line Core Capacity programme (active · since 2026-01-22)
  • regulated by DPU Rail Transit Safety — Certified Massachusetts State Safety Oversight Agency for MBTA rail transit under 49 CFR 674 (active · since 2022-12)
  • operated by Keolis — Regional Rail operating and maintenance agreement, expiring 30 June 2027; project delivery partner for the Fairmount battery-electric fleet (active · since 2014)
  • controlled by MassDOT — The MBTA sits within MassDOT; the two boards vote jointly on state funding agreements (active)
  • funded by FTA — Capital Investment Grants: more than sought for the Green Line Core Capacity programme and the Blue Hill Avenue Transit Action Plan (pending)
  • funded by USDOT — National Infrastructure Project Assistance (MEGA) grant for the North Station Draw One Bridge Replacement (active)

Who holds what here

  • supplied by Stadler — Fairmount Line battery-electric multiple units: 7 four-car trainsets with options for up to 96 additional cars (active · since 2026-05-28)
  • awarded Skanska — North Station Draw One Bridge Replacement design-build, Contract H32CN01, to Skanska Civil Northeast/Koch JV (active · since 2026-03-26)
  • awarded Wabtec — Contract FC197F-24, midlife overhaul of 40 HSP46 locomotives (active · since 2025-12-18)
  • awarded Skanska — Supplemental Track Improvement Program Contract 2, Red Line systemwide, Contract T40CN02, to Skanska USA Civil Northeast, Inc. (active · since 2024-03-28)
  • awarded CAF — Contract 722-22, 102 Green Line Type 10 light rail vehicles (active · since 2022-08-31)
  • awarded Hitachi Rail — RFP No. 42-14, Commuter Rail Positive Train Control and north-side Automatic Train Control; total contract value (active · since 2015)
  • awarded CRRC — 404 Red and Orange line cars, assembled in Springfield; contract at March 2024 with a change order of authorised 28 March 2024 (active · since 2014-12)
  • advised by MBTA Advisory Board — Statutory review of the MBTA's annual operating budget and capital plan under MGL c.161A s.20 (active)
  • awarded Hyundai Rotem — MBTA Bi-Level Regional Rail Coaches Option — Hyundai Rotem (active)
  • awarded Keolis — South Coast Rail Operations and Maintenance — Keolis Commuter Services (active)
  • awarded Rock Rail — Fairmount Line Battery-Electric Multiple Units — Rock Rail Holdings Limited (active)
  • awarded Schindler — MBTA Elevators and Escalators Maintenance — Schindler Elevator Corporation (active)
  • awarded Stadler — Fairmount Line Battery-Electric Multiple Units — Stadler US Inc (active)
Sources for these relationships (25)

Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
Ashmont and Mattapan Infrastructure UpgradesOpen$100–500m
Green Line Riverside Inner Belt VMF Type 10Openno package value published
Red Line Hi-Rail Access Tunnel AlewifeOpen$25–100m
MBTA Regional Rail Operating and MaintenanceOpenvalue not publishedPublished December 2025
MBTA Wholesale Electricity Renewable Energy SupplyBids closed$100–500m
MBTA Battery-Electric Tier 4 Diesel LocomotivesBids closedno contract value publishedPublished February 2026
Green Line B Branch Accessibility ImprovementsBids closed$25–100m
Fairmount Line Battery-Electric Multiple UnitsAwarded$500m–1bn
MBTA Red Orange Line Cars CRRCIn executionover $1bnAwarded December 2014
North Station Draw One Bridge ReplacementIn executionover $1bnAwarded March 2026
Commuter Rail Positive Train Control ATCIn execution$500m–1bn
MBTA Green Line Type 10 Light RailIn execution$500m–1bn
South Coast Rail Phase 1In execution$500m–1bn
Green Line Train Protection System Phase 2In execution$100–500m
MBTA Bi-Level Regional Rail Coaches OptionIn execution$100–500m
HSP46 Regional Rail Locomotives OverhaulIn execution$100–500mAwarded December 2025
Red Orange Line Signal State Good RepairIn execution$100–500m
Symphony Station Accessibility and State-of-Good-RepairIn execution$100–500mCompletion June 2026
Tower 1 Interlocking South Station Early ActionIn execution$100–500m
Red Line Emergency Track Improvement SystemwideIn execution$25–100mAwarded March 2024
Green Line Central Tunnel Signal Upgrades Package 1In execution$25–100mAwarded September 2025
South Coast Rail Coach ProcurementIn execution$25–100m
South Coast Rail Operations and MaintenanceIn execution$25–100m
MBTA Elevators and Escalators MaintenanceIn execution$25–100mContract runs to August 2031
Green Blue Orange Lines Track ImprovementIn execution$5–25mAwarded March 2024
Red Line Supplemental Track Improvement SystemwideIn execution$5–25mAwarded March 2024
Green Line Transformation Core Capacity ProgrammePlannedover $1bn
MBTA Green Line Type 10 Option CarsPlanned$500m–1bn
Haverhill Double-Track Project Reading AndoverPlanned$100–500m
Widett Circle Regional Rail Layover FacilityPlanned$100–500m
Fairmount Line Infrastructure Decarbonised 20-Minute ServicePlanned$25–100m

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