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New Jersey

6 buyers · 48 tenders · checked 2026-10-03

NJ TRANSIT: 12 commuter, 3 light rail lines; FY2026 capital $1.688bn ($326m rolling stock); PATCO runs Delaware River route.

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Live pipeline: $1,688m NJ TRANSIT FY2026 capital programme; $2.53bn total authorisation on the Alstom multilevel contract; $917m authorised for the 429-car overhaul; $805m DRPA five-year capital programme; 49 tracked procurements
Technology areas: Rolling-stock hardware, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Electrification, Cybersecurity, AI inspection

Key figures

NJ TRANSIT commuter rail networ…12 lines, 920.8 directional route milesNJ TRANSIT commuter rail network in the fiscal year to 30 June 2025: 12 lines plus operation of the MTA's Port Jervis Line, 166 stations, 116 municipalities with rail service, 683 weekday revenue trains, 544.8 track miles maintained outside Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, 111 interlockings, 1,350 signals, 1,288 switches, 333 grade crossings, 264 miles of catenary, 52 substations, 576 undergrade bridges, 103 overhead bridges and 12 moveable bridges

1 source · primary

● NJ TRANSIT · NJ TRANSIT Facts at a Glance, fiscal year ending 30 June 2025 (prepared by the Department of Compliance, 1st draft 17 November 2025) (published 2025-11-17 · checked 2026-09-13)

NJ TRANSIT rail fleet at 30 Jun…201 locomotives and 1,105 rail carsNJ TRANSIT rail fleet at 30 June 2025: 77 diesel locomotives (15 of them owned by Metro-North and operated by NJ TRANSIT), 65 electric and 59 dual-mode locomotives; 157 electric multiple units and 948 push-pull cars (65 owned by Metro-North); plus 181 railroad and construction equipment units, 66 non-revenue cars and 20 non-revenue diesel locomotives

1 source · primary

● NJ TRANSIT · NJ TRANSIT Facts at a Glance, fiscal year ending 30 June 2025 (prepared by the Department of Compliance, 1st draft 17 November 2025) (published 2025-11-17 · checked 2026-09-13)

NJ TRANSIT light rail at 30 Jun…3 lines, 92 vehicles, 116.2 directional route milesNJ TRANSIT light rail at 30 June 2025: Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (52 cars operated under contract, 34.1 route miles), Newark City Subway / Newark Light Rail (20 cars operated directly, 12.4 miles) and the River LINE (20 cars, 69.7 miles); 62 stations, 52 interlockings, 108 track miles and 51 miles of catenary

1 source · primary

● NJ TRANSIT · NJ TRANSIT Facts at a Glance, fiscal year ending 30 June 2025 (prepared by the Department of Compliance, 1st draft 17 November 2025) (published 2025-11-17 · checked 2026-09-13)

NJ TRANSIT unlinked passenger t…226.2 million annual tripsNJ TRANSIT unlinked passenger trips in the fiscal year to 30 June 2025: 60,767,427 rail, 22,532,093 light rail (15,801,301 Hudson-Bergen, 5,095,212 Newark, 1,635,580 River LINE), 141,168,181 bus; 731,803 average weekday trips across all modes and 197,716 on rail. Penn Station New York is the busiest NJ TRANSIT rail station at 64,172 average weekday boardings, then Newark Penn at 15,836 and Hoboken Terminal at 8,164

1 source · primary

● NJ TRANSIT · NJ TRANSIT Facts at a Glance, fiscal year ending 30 June 2025 (prepared by the Department of Compliance, 1st draft 17 November 2025) (published 2025-11-17 · checked 2026-09-13)

NJ TRANSIT FY2026 board-approve…$1,688 millionNJ TRANSIT FY2026 board-approved capital programme: rail rolling stock $326m, rail infrastructure improvements $305m, bus and light rail rolling stock $169m, bus and light rail infrastructure $135m, passenger facilities $42m, Portal Bridge $31m, operating maintenance and debt service $443m, pass-through funding $74m, other $163m. Resources: Federal Transit Administration (including IIJA and Capital Investment Grants) $767m, New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund $768m, FHWA and other $153m

1 source · primary

● NJ TRANSIT · NJ TRANSIT Facts at a Glance, fiscal year ending 30 June 2025 (prepared by the Department of Compliance, 1st draft 17 November 2025) (published 2025-11-17 · checked 2026-09-13)

NJ TRANSIT proposed FY2027 oper…$3,502.4 million (proposed FY2027)NJ TRANSIT proposed FY2027 operating budget, up 11.0 percent on the FY2026 budget of $3,155.4m: farebox $980.0m, commercial revenue $146.6m, state operating subsidy $282.2m, Corporate Transit Fee $765.6m, New Jersey Turnpike Authority $485.0m, Clean Energy Fund $140.1m, federal preventive maintenance $500.0m, other reimbursements $202.9m. Budgeted headcount 13,058 in FY2026 with 12,618 filled at the end of February 2026 (rail 4,710 of 4,729)

1 source · primary

● NJ TRANSIT · Board of Directors' open session, 15 April 2026 — item 2604-16, Annual Budget Proposal Transmittal (FY2027 operating budget, capital programme and funding analysis) (published 2026-04-15 · checked 2026-09-13)

The New Jersey Corporate Transi…$765.6 million, sunsetting end of calendar 2028The New Jersey Corporate Transit Fee funds $765.6m of NJ TRANSIT's proposed FY2027 operating budget. The agency's own budget document states that the fee sunsets at the end of calendar year 2028 and that, if it expires, FY2029 funding from the source falls by roughly 50 percent, about $400 million, with a full year of zero Corporate Transit Fee revenue in FY2030

1 source · primary

● NJ TRANSIT · Board of Directors' open session, 15 April 2026 — item 2604-16, Annual Budget Proposal Transmittal (FY2027 operating budget, capital programme and funding analysis) (published 2026-04-15 · checked 2026-09-13)

New Jersey Turnpike Authority f…$510 million in FY2027New Jersey Turnpike Authority funding to NJ TRANSIT under a 2021 agreement: $485m for the operating budget plus $25m for debt service on the Portal North Bridge capital project, scheduled to rise $15m a year, roughly 3 percent, through FY2028. The Turnpike Authority lets no rail work of its own

2 sources · all primary

● NJ TRANSIT · Board of Directors' open session, 15 April 2026 — item 2604-16, Annual Budget Proposal Transmittal (FY2027 operating budget, capital programme and funding analysis) (published 2026-04-15 · checked 2026-09-13)
● NJ TRANSIT · NJ TRANSIT Facts at a Glance, fiscal year ending 30 June 2025 (prepared by the Department of Compliance, 1st draft 17 November 2025) (published 2025-11-17 · checked 2026-09-13)

Delaware River Port Authority f…$804,882,000 (2026-2030)Delaware River Port Authority five-year capital programme: PATCO $143,900,000, Benjamin Franklin Bridge $133,575,000, Walt Whitman Bridge $184,986,000, Commodore Barry Bridge $184,525,000, Betsy Ross Bridge $47,125,000, multi-bridge and all-facilities $63,500,000, technology $34,200,000; $189,117,000 of it in 2026. The authority's home page publishes $801.7m of ongoing capital work and its projects page $804.8m for the same programme; the five-year table figure of $804,882,000 is used here.

1 source · primary

● Delaware River Port Authority · Projects — five-year capital programme summary 2026-2030 and featured projects (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)

Federal contribution to the Hud…$12 billionFederal contribution to the Hudson Tunnel Project as recorded by NJ TRANSIT: a $6.88bn Full Funding Grant Agreement with the Federal Transit Administration signed 8 July 2024 — the largest the agency has made — Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing loans of $4.06bn from the Build America Bureau for the local share, and a $3.8bn Federal-State Partnership grant agreement with the Federal Railroad Administration executed 30 September 2024, with an estimated project completion date of 2034. Seven of the ten construction packages were in progress or complete by June 2026

2 sources · all primary

● NJ TRANSIT · 2025 NJ TRANSIT Annual Report (combined) (published 2025 · checked 2026-09-13)
● Gateway Development Commission · GDC awards contract for Hudson Tunnel Project Construction Package 3: the New Jersey Surface Alignment — board meeting release, 1 June 2026 (published 2026-06-01 · checked 2026-09-13)

New Jersey rail freight linesapproximately 1,000 milesNew Jersey rail freight lines, served by short line, regional and national railroads, supported by the State Rail Freight Assistance Program under N.J.A.C. 16:53C (New Jersey Department of Transportation)

1 source · primary

● New Jersey Department of Transportation · Multimodal / Freight — Rail overview (approximately 1,000 miles of rail freight lines) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)

Buyers

Buyer	Type	Tenders	Contracts awarded
New Jersey Transit Corporation	Transit authority	28	12
NJ TRANSIT Rail Operations, Inc.	Regional rail SPV	5	8
Port Authority Transit Corporation	Transit authority	9	1
NJ TRANSIT Southern Light Rail, Inc.	Metro corporation	2	2
Delaware River Port Authority	Development authority	1	2
New Jersey Department of Transportation	State DOT	0	0

Tenders

Tender	Buyer	Status	Value band	Next key date
NJ TRANSIT Newark Broad Street facility	NJ TRANSIT	Open	value not published	Closes November 2026
NJ TRANSIT rail station parking operations	NJ TRANSIT	Open	value not published	Closes October 2026
NJ TRANSIT systemwide A&E services	NJ TRANSIT	Open	value not published	Closes October 2026
NJ TRANSIT Multilevel Overhaul 429 vehicles	NJ TRANSIT	Pre-bid	$500m–1bn
NJ TRANSIT Northern Rail Maintenance-of-Way	NJ TRANSIT Rail	Pre-bid	value not published
NJ TRANSIT ALP-45A 50 Caterpillar engines	NJ TRANSIT	Bids closed	$25–100m
NJ TRANSIT Newark Light Rail ADA	NJ TRANSIT	Bids closed	value not published	Bids closed July 2026 · award expected
NJ TRANSIT Northern Branch TOD corridor	NJ TRANSIT	Bids closed	value not published	Bids closed September 2026 · award expected
NJ TRANSIT continuous welded rail 136RE	NJ TRANSIT Rail	Bids closed	value not published	Bids closed September 2026 · award expected
Amtrak Dock Bridge Passaic Skanska	Amtrak	Awarded	$100–500m
NJ TRANSIT 12 ALP-45A locomotives Alstom	NJ TRANSIT	Awarded	$100–500m
NJ TRANSIT Multilevel III option Alstom	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	over $1bn	Awarded September 2025
NJ TRANSIT Portal North Bridge Hackensack	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$1.56bn
Gateway Hudson Tunnel Construction Package 3	GDC	In execution	$500m–1bn	Awarded June 2026
Gateway Hudson Tunnel Palisades Schiavone	GDC	In execution	$100–500m	Awarded August 2024
NJ TRANSIT Delco Lead facility George Harms	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$100–500m	Awarded December 2024
NJ TRANSIT Long Slip Hoboken Schiavone	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$100–500m	Awarded June 2024
NJ TRANSIT Raritan River Bridge Skanska Koch	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$100–500m	Awarded March 2025
PATCO 120 transit cars rebuilt Alstom Transport	PATCO	In execution	$100–500m
NJ TRANSIT Multilevel II truck overhaul	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$25–100m	Awarded January 2025
NJ TRANSIT farebox replacement Flowbird America	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$25–100m	Awarded April 2025
PATCO elevator installations 13 stations	PATCO	In execution	$31m-$37.8m (two published figures)
NJ TRANSIT Brick Church waterproofing Union	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded April 2026
NJ TRANSIT Brielle Drawbridge design Hardesty	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded October 2024
NJ TRANSIT Hamilton Station escalators Hall	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded March 2025
NJ TRANSIT HBLR Northern Branch DEIS	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded May 2026
NJ TRANSIT Newark Secaucus faregate Conduent	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded December 2024
NJ TRANSIT Newark Penn platform H	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded March 2026
NJ TRANSIT Newark Penn vertical circulation	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded June 2025
NJ TRANSIT River LINE LRV maintenance	NJT Southern Light Rail	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded March 2026
NJ TRANSIT Multilevel I engineering Hatch	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded May 2025
NJ TRANSIT 1,600 mobile validators SHI	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded April 2025
NJ TRANSIT wood crossties Kopper's	NJ TRANSIT Rail	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded December 2025
NJ TRANSIT car hoist systems MMC	NJ TRANSIT Rail	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded July 2026
NJ TRANSIT trans-Hudson intermodal planning HDR	NJ TRANSIT	In execution	$5–25m	Awarded December 2025
PATCO Way Interlocking Camden rehabilitation	PATCO	In execution	$5–25m
PATCO Westmont Collingswood viaduct preservation	PATCO	In execution	$5–25m	Completion 2027
PATCO Woodcrest Collingswood headhouse upgrades	PATCO	In execution	$5–25m	Completion 2026
PATCO Lindenwold control centre	PATCO	In execution	$5–25m	Completion 2025
PATCO station enhancements Lindenwold Woodcrest Ferry Avenue	PATCO	In execution	$9.6m-$9.7m (two published budget figures)
PATCO contactless fare gates TVMs	PATCO	In execution	$5–25m
Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project Tonnelle Avenue	GDC	In execution	value not published
NJ TRANSIT Lackawanna Cutoff restoration	NJ TRANSIT Rail	In execution	value not published	Completion September 2022
NJ TRANSIT 2023 Task Order Consultant	NJ TRANSIT	Planned	$25–100m
Delaware River Port Authority Glassboro-Camden light rail	DRPA	Planned	value not published
NJ TRANSIT HBLR Route 440 Jersey City	NJ TRANSIT	Planned	value not published
NJ TRANSIT Raritan River Bridge GC.03	NJ TRANSIT	Planned	value not published
NJ TRANSIT River LINE fleet replacement	NJT Southern Light Rail	Planned	value not published

Cities

City	Network status	Networks
Newark	operational — Newark Penn Station and Newark Broad Street on NJ TRANSIT's network, Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, the Newark Light Rail (the former Newark City Subway, 20 cars, 12.4 directional route miles) and PATH; NJ TRANSIT's headquarters and procurement department are at Two Gateway, 283-299 Market Street	NJ TRANSIT rail; Newark Light Rail; Amtrak Northeast Corridor; PATH
Jersey City	operational — Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (52 cars owned by NJ TRANSIT and operated under contract, 34.1 directional route miles, 51,014 average weekday trips) and PATH; the Route 440 extension from West Side Avenue is at 30 percent design with a Finding of No Significant Impact issued	Hudson-Bergen Light Rail; PATH
Hoboken	operational — Hoboken Terminal, the third-busiest NJ TRANSIT rail station by weekday boardings (8,164), with the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, PATH and ferry; the Long Slip fill and rail enhancement is building new station tracks and platforms above the flood elevation	NJ TRANSIT rail; Hudson-Bergen Light Rail; PATH
North Bergen	under construction — the New Jersey end of the Hudson Tunnel Project: the Tonnelle Avenue bridge is complete, tunnel boring machine components are on site at the Palisades Portal, and the New Jersey Surface Alignment runs from Secaucus to the Tonnelle Avenue portal	Amtrak Northeast Corridor; Hudson Tunnel Project
Camden	operational — PATCO's 13-station line from Lindenwold to Philadelphia (120 cars) and the southern end of the River LINE; the Delaware River Port Authority's head office is at One Port Center, 2 Riverside Drive	PATCO; River LINE

Players with a footprint here

Player	Kind	Footprint
Traylor	Civil contractor	Project presence
Kinkisharyo	Rolling-stock OEM	Project presence

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.
2026-09-21 — Delaware River Port Authority tenders to procure a rail-head profile grinder for its PATCO transit line.

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Sources

● Amtrak (media centre) · Amtrak awards contracts and prepares to begin major Dock Bridge rehabilitation project (published 2026-07 · checked 2026-09-13)
● Amtrak (media centre) · NJ TRANSIT and Amtrak prepare to open first track on new Portal North Bridge — with the project background, funding and construction contract (published 2026-03 · checked 2026-09-13)
● Delaware River Port Authority · DRPA home page — ongoing capital projects headline (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
● Delaware River Port Authority · Projects — five-year capital programme summary 2026-2030 and featured projects (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
● Gateway Development Commission · GDC awards contract for Hudson Tunnel Project Construction Package 3: the New Jersey Surface Alignment — board meeting release, 1 June 2026 (published 2026-06-01 · checked 2026-09-13)
● Gateway Development Commission · Gateway Development Commission awards Palisades Tunnel Project, first tunnel boring contract — board meeting release, 1 August 2024 (published 2024-08-01 · checked 2026-09-13)
● NJ TRANSIT · 2025 NJ TRANSIT Annual Report (combined) (published 2025 · checked 2026-09-13)
● NJ TRANSIT · Procurement Awards — date executed, contract number, title, contractor and award value (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
● NJ TRANSIT · NJ TRANSIT Facts at a Glance, fiscal year ending 30 June 2025 (prepared by the Department of Compliance, 1st draft 17 November 2025) (published 2025-11-17 · checked 2026-09-13)
● NJ TRANSIT · Board of Directors' open session, 15 April 2026 — item 2604-16, Annual Budget Proposal Transmittal (FY2027 operating budget, capital programme and funding analysis) (published 2026-04-15 · checked 2026-09-13)
● NJ TRANSIT · Board of Directors' open session, 12 March 2026 — President and CEO's report: Portal North Bridge first cutover, River LINE insourcing and the River LINE fleet replacement RFP (published 2026-03-12 · checked 2026-09-13)
● NJ TRANSIT · Board of Directors' open session, 14 May 2025 — items 2505-17 (250 option Multilevel III vehicles) and the 12 option dual-powered locomotives (published 2025-05-14 · checked 2026-09-13)
● NJ TRANSIT · Board of Directors' open session, 12 November 2025 — item 2511-52, Multilevel Overhaul and Modernization Project (429 vehicles), and the Newark Light Rail state-of-good-repair change order (published 2025-11-12 · checked 2026-09-13)

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