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Georgia

4 buyers · 43 tenders · checked 2026-10-03

MARTA: $1.19bn Stadler (railcars and CBTC), $316.6m fare collection, $300m stations; 18 lines with $1.26bn budgets; no live solicitations.

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4Buyers tracked

43Tenders tracked

3Cities tracked

Live pipeline: $686.8m CQ400 railcars, $503.0m CBTC, $316.6m–$320.4m fare collection, $300m station rehabilitation CMAR, $229.1m vertical transportation, $215.3m capital programme management, $146.5m rail car life extension, $131.0m train control and SCADA, $47.7m Wave 1 traction power substations and $29.9m radio system upgrade, all award amounts; alongside programme budgets of $167.3m Track Renovation Phase V, $144.7m rail station rehabilitation, $144.3m Five Points under More MARTA Atlanta, $120.0m traction power and $106.0m auxiliary power; 43 tracked procurements, none open today
Technology areas: Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Electrification, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance, Cybersecurity, AI inspection

Key figures

MARTA heavy rail scheduled for…47.6 miles, 38 stationsMARTA heavy rail scheduled for 25.7 million revenue car miles and 1 million revenue car hours in fiscal year 2027 over 47.6 miles of double track connecting 38 rail stations; light rail (the Atlanta Streetcar) scheduled for 59,800 revenue car miles and 10,900 revenue hours

1 source · primary

● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · FY27 Operating and Capital Budget Highlights (one pager) — capital sources and uses, top ten State of Good Repair projects by FY27 funds programmed (published 2026-04 · checked 2026-09-14)

Stadler US$686.76 millionStadler US, Inc. contract P38186 for the CQ400 heavy rail fleet, awarded 14 November 2019, $291.9m of it paid by 30 June 2026; 334 new vehicles replacing a 294-car fleet built between 1979 and 2005

2 sources · all primary

● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · FY26 MARTOC Annual Report — including the schedule of Payments and Contracts $20,000 or More for 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026 (vendor, purpose, contract number, award date, base term with options, award amount, paid to date) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · FY2027 Proposed Capital Improvement Program Budget (April 2026), including Attachment A — State of Good Repair proposed projects ten-year forecast FY27–FY36 (PDF pages 19–21, text layer), Attachment B — MARTA City of Atlanta proposed projects ten-year forecast (PDF page 22) and Attachment C — MARTA Clayton County proposed projects ten-year forecast (PDF page 23); Attachments B and C carry no text layer and were read as pixels rendered at 300 dpi on 14 September 2026 (published 2026-04 · checked 2026-09-14)

Stadler US$503.04 millionStadler US, Inc. contract P50319 for communications-based train control across the whole MARTA rail system, awarded 19 December 2024 for eight years with two five-year options

1 source · primary

● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · FY26 MARTOC Annual Report — including the schedule of Payments and Contracts $20,000 or More for 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026 (vendor, purpose, contract number, award date, base term with options, award amount, paid to date) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)

MARTA's FY2027 capital budget o…$919.8 millionMARTA's FY2027 capital budget of programmed uses against $1.521bn of sources, across three capital programmes: State of Good Repair, More MARTA City of Atlanta and More MARTA Clayton County

2 sources · all primary

● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · FY27 Operating and Capital Budget Highlights (one pager) — capital sources and uses, top ten State of Good Repair projects by FY27 funds programmed (published 2026-04 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · Board of Directors meeting summary and resolutions, 14 May 2026 (FY2027 budget adoption; Series 2026B revenue bonds) (published 2026-05-14 · checked 2026-09-14)

Ten-year State of Good Repair c…$7.247 billionTen-year State of Good Repair capital sources FY2027–FY2036 in MARTA's proposed capital improvement program, against $7.230bn of uses: $4.681bn of capital expenditure — $1.368bn vehicles, $1.303bn systems, $924.5m facilities and stations, $833.9m non-asset, $251.6m maintenance of way — and $2.550bn of debt service

1 source · primary

● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · FY2027 Proposed Capital Improvement Program Budget (April 2026), including Attachment A — State of Good Repair proposed projects ten-year forecast FY27–FY36 (PDF pages 19–21, text layer), Attachment B — MARTA City of Atlanta proposed projects ten-year forecast (PDF page 22) and Attachment C — MARTA Clayton County proposed projects ten-year forecast (PDF page 23); Attachments B and C carry no text layer and were read as pixels rendered at 300 dpi on 14 September 2026 (published 2026-04 · checked 2026-09-14)

More MARTA Atlanta$2.7 billionMore MARTA Atlanta, the transit programme funded by the half-penny City of Atlanta sales tax passed by 71 per cent of voters in 2016 — MARTA's description, over 40 years; 17 projects were adopted by the Board in 2018 and resequenced into two tiers from 2022

2 sources · all primary

● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · Expansion Projects, by jurisdiction (www.itsmarta.com/expansion.aspx redirects to this effective URL; HTTP 200, 158,074 bytes on 14 September 2026) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · What is More MARTA? — programme history, resequencing and project list (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)

Settlement with the City of Atl…$52.0 millionSettlement with the City of Atlanta authorised by MARTA's board on 27 August 2026 as full and final resolution of all amounts in dispute over the use of More MARTA sales tax proceeds for bus service from 2016 through 2026, to be deposited into MARTA's Capital Reserve account for the More MARTA City of Atlanta programme

1 source · primary

● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · Special Called Board of Directors meeting summary and resolution, 27 August 2026 (More MARTA City of Atlanta enhanced bus service settlement). The filename MARTA publishes reads 'Summary Special Called Board Meeting 08272027.pdf' — MARTA's own typographical error for the 27 August 2026 meeting, which the document itself dates correctly. The URL is reproduced exactly as published and returns HTTP 200 and 286,949 bytes; it must not be 'corrected' to 2026. (published 2026-08-27 · checked 2026-09-14)

The Georgia Ports Authority's 8…18 working tracks, 2 million TEUsThe Georgia Ports Authority's 85-acre Mason Mega Rail Terminal at Garden City Terminal — the largest on-terminal intermodal facility in North America on GPA's description, working 42 trains a week, with 97,000 feet of rail added for 34 miles of terminal track and rail lift capacity of 2 million TEUs a year

2 sources · all primary

● Georgia Ports Authority · Mason Mega Rail — the Garden City Terminal on-terminal intermodal facility (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Georgia Ports Authority · Rail — GPA's rail-served terminals and Class I service (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)

GDOT's Rail page prints 'over 44,600 active rail milesGDOT's Rail page prints 'over 4,600 miles of active rail lines' and, in its By the Numbers panel, 4,600 Active Rail Miles and 465 GDOT Active Miles, against 3,631 miles of Class I mainline (Norfolk Southern 1,930, CSX Transportation 1,626) and 1,012 miles of shortline track across 28 freight railroads. GDOT's State Rail Plan page describes the same network as 'over 3,000 miles of track'; the 4,600-mile figure is carried here because it is the one GDOT publishes as a counted total with its components, and both are GDOT's own

2 sources · all primary

● Georgia Department of Transportation · Rail — Georgia DOT (rail map and reports, programme index) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Georgia Department of Transportation · Georgia State Rail Plan (2021 plan; comprehensive update under way, 2025 public meeting) and the rail programme contact (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)

Atlanta to Savannah is the only…1 corridor, no figure publishedAtlanta to Savannah is the only FRA Corridor ID entry sponsored by the Georgia DOT; the FRA's obligation status report of 31 March 2026 records it as having entered Step 2 via a CRISI grant with obligation funds 'N/A' for both Step 1 and Step 2

1 source · primary

● Federal Railroad Administration · Corridor ID Program Monthly Obligation Status Report, last updated 31 March 2026 (published 2026-03-31 · checked 2026-09-14)

Georgia's entire FTA Capital In…2 projects, both busGeorgia's entire FTA Capital Investment Grants pipeline: MARTA Rapid Campbellton and MARTA Rapid Southlake, both at Small Starts Project Development. No Georgia rail project is in the CIG pipeline

1 source · primary

● Federal Transit Administration · Current Capital Investment Grants Program and Expedited Project Delivery Pilot Program Projects (the CIG dashboard published under 49 U.S.C. 5309(r)) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)

Buyers

Buyer	Type	Tenders	Contracts awarded
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority	Transit authority	41	28
Georgia Department of Transportation — Division of Intermodal	State DOT	2	0
Atlanta Regional Commission	Other	0	0
Georgia Ports Authority	Development authority	0	0

Tenders

Tender	Buyer	Status	Value band	Next key date
CQ400 heavy rail car procurement	MARTA	In execution	$500m–1bn	Awarded November 2019
Communications-Based Train Control	MARTA	In execution	$500m–1bn	Awarded December 2024
Better Breeze Automated Fare Collection System	MARTA	In execution	$100–500m	Awarded January 2024
Capital Program Management Office supplemental services	MARTA	In execution	$100–500m	Awarded October 2019
Elevator and Escalator Program rehabilitation	MARTA	In execution	$100–500m	Awarded August 2016
Rail Car Life Extension Program	MARTA	In execution	$100–500m	Awarded January 2018
Station Rehabilitation Program construction management	MARTA	In execution	$100–500m	Awarded March 2020
Train Control and SCADA Systems Upgrade	MARTA	In execution	$100–500m	Awarded December 2010
Station Rehabilitation Program architectural engineering design	MARTA	In execution	$25–100m	Awarded February 2020
Direct Fixation Rail Fastener Replacement	MARTA	In execution	$25–100m	Awarded June 2026
Emergency trip station replacement Group 4	MARTA	In execution	$25–100m	Awarded May 2018
Five Points Station Transformation	MARTA	In execution	$25–100m	Awarded February 2022
Five Points Station Transformation consulting services	MARTA	In execution	$25–100m	Awarded September 2021
Infrastructure architectural engineering consulting services	MARTA	In execution	$25–100m	Awarded June 2026
Maintenance of way and operations support	MARTA	In execution	$25–100m	Awarded July 2025
New rail car support services	MARTA	In execution	$25–100m	Awarded September 2022
Radio communications system upgrade Phase III	MARTA	In execution	$25–100m	Awarded June 2021
Atlanta Streetcar S70 technical support services	MARTA	In execution	$25–100m	Awarded February 2026
MARTA traction power substation replacement, in waves · 2 parts	MARTA	In execution (mixed across parts)	Varies by part
Traction power substation equipment replacement Wave 1	MARTA	In execution	$25–100m	Awarded November 2025
Traction power substation system replacement	MARTA	Planned	$100–500m	Sanctioned May 2026
Bankhead Station platform expansion design	MARTA	In execution	$5–25m
Bus and rail vehicle consulting services	MARTA	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded December 2022
Maintenance of public address electronic signs	MARTA	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded June 2025
Systems engineering consulting services	MARTA	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded July 2026
Wheel set overhaul and repair services	MARTA	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded September 2024
Auxiliary power switchgear replacement	MARTA	Planned	$100–500m	Sanctioned May 2026
Five Points Transformation programme budgets	MARTA	Planned	$100–500m	Sanctioned May 2026
Rail Station Rehabilitation programme budget	MARTA	Planned	$100–500m	Sanctioned May 2026
Track Renovation Phase V	MARTA	Planned	$100–500m	Sanctioned May 2026
Airport Station canopy rehabilitation	MARTA	Planned	$25–100m	Sanctioned May 2026
Atlanta Streetcar overhaul programme Siemens S70	MARTA	Planned	$25–100m	Sanctioned May 2026
Bankhead Station enhancements	MARTA	Planned	$25–100m	Sanctioned May 2026
CCTV technology infrastructure upgrade	MARTA	Planned	$25–100m	Sanctioned May 2026
Electrical power equipment asset sustainability	MARTA	Planned	$25–100m	Sanctioned May 2026
Railcar lift replacement maintenance facilities	MARTA	Planned	$25–100m	Sanctioned May 2026
System-wide station phone upgrade	MARTA	Planned	$25–100m	Sanctioned May 2026
Track Improvement Initiative	MARTA	Planned	$25–100m	Sanctioned May 2026
Train wash replacement rail yards	MARTA	Planned	$25–100m	Sanctioned May 2026
Vital relays with processors	MARTA	Planned	$25–100m	Sanctioned May 2026
Automatic train control asset sustainment	MARTA	Planned	$5–25m	Sanctioned May 2026
Georgia Freight Rail Program Norfolk Southern McDonough	GDOT Intermodal	Planned	$5–25m
H.E. Holmes double crossover plinth rehabilitation	MARTA	Planned	estimated value between $5m and $10m (MARTA's anticipated-procurement band)
Atlanta to Savannah intercity passenger rail corridor	GDOT Intermodal	Planned	value not published

Cities

City	Network status	Networks
Atlanta	operational — MARTA heavy rail (four lines, 47.6 miles of double track, 38 stations, Red, Gold, Blue and Green) centred on Five Points, and the 2.7-mile, 12-stop Atlanta Streetcar loop, also operated by MARTA; Amtrak's Crescent, New Orleans to New York, calls daily	MARTA rail; Atlanta Streetcar
Savannah	freight, intermodal and intercity passenger — the Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal and the 85-acre Mason Mega Rail Terminal, 18 working tracks and 34 miles of terminal track, worked by two Class I railroads; three Amtrak routes call daily, the Palmetto, the Silver Meteor and the Silver Star, and the proposed Atlanta to Savannah corridor is at FRA Corridor ID Step 2	Mason Mega Rail Terminal
Gainesville	freight intermodal and intercity passenger — the Georgia Ports Authority's 104-acre Northeast Georgia Inland Port, linked to the Port of Savannah by Norfolk Southern, opening with 9,000 feet of working track and 18,000 feet at full build-out; Amtrak's Crescent calls daily	Northeast Georgia Inland Port

Players with a footprint here

Player	Kind	Footprint
Schindler	Other	Project presence
Axis Infrastructure	Engineering consultant	Project presence
CDM Smith	Engineering consultant	Project presence
Cleveland Electric	Track & electrification contractor	Project presence
Kinkisharyo	Rolling-stock OEM	Project presence
Pond	Engineering consultant	Project presence
SOM	Engineering consultant	Project presence

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Sources

● Georgia Department of Administrative Services · Georgia Procurement Registry — bidding event search (state and local government solicitations, including the Georgia Department of Transportation) (published 2026-09 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · MARTA Bid Portal — Anticipated Procurements (schedule banded by estimated value) (published 2026-09 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · MARTA Bid Portal — Current Opportunities (three solicitations listed on 14 September 2026) (published 2026-09 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · Board of Directors meeting summary and resolutions, 14 May 2026 (FY2027 budget adoption; Series 2026B revenue bonds) (published 2026-05-14 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · FY2027 Proposed Capital Improvement Program Budget (April 2026), including Attachment A — State of Good Repair proposed projects ten-year forecast FY27–FY36 (PDF pages 19–21, text layer), Attachment B — MARTA City of Atlanta proposed projects ten-year forecast (PDF page 22) and Attachment C — MARTA Clayton County proposed projects ten-year forecast (PDF page 23); Attachments B and C carry no text layer and were read as pixels rendered at 300 dpi on 14 September 2026 (published 2026-04 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · Clayton Multipurpose Operations & Maintenance Facility project page (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · Clifton Corridor project page (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · What is More MARTA? — programme history, resequencing and project list (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · Supplier solicitation abstracts, MARTA procurement business unit, on MARTA's Oracle Fusion instance (32 abstracts; one active on 14 September 2026) (published 2026-09 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · Streetcar East Extension project website (preliminary engineering; public meetings of 27 May 2021 and 13 September 2022) (published 2022 · checked 2026-09-14)
● Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · FY26 MARTOC Annual Report — including the schedule of Payments and Contracts $20,000 or More for 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026 (vendor, purpose, contract number, award date, base term with options, award amount, paid to date) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)

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