New Jersey Transit Corporation

About this buyer

Structure

• funds Amtrak — Co-funder, with PATH and Amtrak, of the part of the Dock Bridge rehabilitation not covered by the Federal Railroad Administration grant (active · since 2026-07)
• controls NJT Southern Light Rail — Statutory subsidiary created to operate the River LINE in-house; took over from Alstom on 14 February 2026 (active · since 2026-02-14)
• controlled by NJDOT — The New Jersey Department of Transportation's Commissioner chairs the NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors — Priya Jain from 2026, Francis K. O'Connor from February 2024 to January 2026 (active)
• controls NJ TRANSIT Rail — Statutory subsidiary of the New Jersey Transit Corporation; the boards meet jointly and procurement is central (active)

Who holds what here

• awarded Jacobs — Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Northern Branch master plan and draft environmental impact statement, as Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (active · since 2026-05-26)
• awarded WSP — Rail Infrastructure and Accessibility Master Plan Program, as WSP USA, Inc.; also holds task order construction management and architectural and engineering places (active · since 2026-02-12)
• awarded HDR — Trans-Hudson and intermodal planning, as HDR Engineering, Inc.; also holds bridge inspection and task order rail infrastructure design places (active · since 2025-12-05)
• awarded AECOM — Newark Light Rail state of good repair, track and right-of-way improvements: change order no. 2 to contract 15-029R for construction document preparation and support, plus five percent, recorded as item 2510-53 in the 12 November 2025 board package; also holds the AECOM-STV joint venture place for construction management and inspection on rail lines other than the Northeast Corridor and the travel demand forecasting task order (active · since 2025-11-12)
• awarded GFT — Newark Penn Station vertical circulation element improvement project, as Gannett Fleming Inc. (active · since 2025-06-16)
• awarded Hatch — Engineering assistance for the Multilevel I overhaul and modernization project, as Hatch Associates Consultants Inc.; and contract 05-078 for engineering assistance on Multilevel III manufacture, amended May 2025 to a total authorisation as HATCH of Ambler, Pennsylvania (active · since 2025-05-30)
• awarded Alstom — Multilevel III: option for 250 vehicles under contract 17-012 with Alstom Transportation Inc. authorised 14 May 2025 at not more than; 374 multilevel cars ordered since 2018 (active · since 2025-05-14)
• awarded Alstom — ALP-45A dual-powered locomotives: option for 12 under contract 07-062 authorised 14 May 2025 at not more than (active · since 2025-05-14)
• awarded Skanska — Raritan River Bridge replacement general construction contract GC.02, as Skanska Koch Inc. (active · since 2025-03-12)
• awarded Alstom — Multilevel II truck overhaul, executed 10 January 2025 (active · since 2025-01-10)
• awarded Skanska — Portal North Bridge construction, as the Skanska/Traylor Bros PNB Joint Venture — the largest construction award in NJ TRANSIT's history (active · since 2021-10)
• awarded Traylor — NJ TRANSIT Portal North Bridge Hackensack — Traylor Bros (active · since 2021-01)
• advises GDC — Seat on the Gateway Development Commission's contract Evaluation Panel for Hudson Tunnel Project construction packages, alongside the State of New York, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Amtrak — the commission itself is recorded once, in the Atlas's New York file (active)

Tenders

What changed

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• 2026-09-21 — NJ Transit tenders for the management, operation and maintenance of rail-station commuter parking facilities, bids close 22 October.