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Rhode Island
2 buyers · 5 tenders · checked 2026-10-08
One buyer, RIDOT: Providence Station renovation ($30m), Pawtucket-Central Falls station ($63m), MBTA commuter rail, a 20-year Rail Plan.
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0Metro systems operating
2Buyers tracked
5Tenders tracked
5Cities tracked
- Live pipeline
- $30m Providence Station State of Good Repair (RIDOT total projected cost, $12.5m FRA grant); FTA grants to RIDOT: $14.77m Northeast Corridor capital-maintenance share (to 2028), $5.31m CMAQ commuter rail operations (to 2028)
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Digital operations, Rolling-stock hardware
Key figures
Providence Station project cost$30m
3 sources · all primary
- ● RIDOT Providence Station State of Good Repair Project · Project page: Amtrak-owned station, RIDOT full partner, FRA grant for final design and construction, construction 2024 to 2026, total projected cost (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RI.gov press release, Providence Station project kick-off · Congressional delegation, RIDOT and Amtrak kick off the project; FRA grant, Amtrak and RIDOT contributions, scope (published 2024-11-04 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36521402470FSPRI · FRA Federal-State Partnership (State of Good Repair) award to Rhode Island DOT, Providence Station State of Good Repair and Capacity Project, 2020-08-01 to 2027-03-31 (published 2024-05-13 · checked 2026-10-08)
Pawtucket-Central Falls cost$63m
2 sources · all primary
- ● RIDOT Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center · Project page: opened 23 January 2023, design-build project begun 2018, federal funding breakdown, MBTA service levels (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RI.gov press release, Pawtucket-Central Falls groundbreaking · Groundbreaking release: design-build delivery led by Barletta Heavy Division, Inc., stated budget at that date (published 2018-11-02 · checked 2026-10-08)
FTA commuter rail operations grant$26,953,160
1 source · primary
- ● USAspending award RI-2022-007 · FTA award to Rhode Island DOT with CMAQ funds for Northeast Corridor commuter rail operations: RIDOT access agreement with Amtrak, costs incurred by MBTA (published 2026-03-23 · checked 2026-10-08)
RIDOT Rail Plan20 years
1 source · primary
- ● RIDOT Intermodal Planning, Rail Plan page · RIDOT Rail Plan: 20-year plan, public listening sessions 3, 10 and 11 December, plan goals (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
Buyers
| Buyer | Type | Tenders | Contracts awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island Department of Transportation | State DOT | 5 | 0 |
| Quonset Development Corporation | Development authority | 0 | 0 |
Tenders
| Tender | Buyer | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center | RIDOT | In execution | $25–100m | |
| Providence Station State of Good Repair | RIDOT | In execution | $25–100m | Completion 2024 |
| NEC commuter rail operations grant 2026 | RIDOT | In execution | $5–25m | |
| NEC capital maintenance access payments | RIDOT | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Pawtucket/Central Falls track and catenary | RIDOT | In execution | $5–25m |
Cities
| City | Network status | Networks |
|---|---|---|
| Providence | Providence Station on the Northeast Corridor, served by Amtrak and MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line trains, is in a State of Good Repair and capacity renovation with construction from 2024. | |
| Pawtucket | Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center, a commuter rail station and RIPTA bus hub, opened on 23 January 2023 with MBTA service. | |
| Kingston | Kingston station on the Northeast Corridor in South Kingstown; track and platform works funded by FRA completed in 2017, with the FRA grant period closing on 31 March 2018, with an intermodal and parking grant running to January 2027. | |
| Westerly | Westerly station has no high-level platform, which bars commuter rail; RIDOT is reported as expected to seek FRA funds for a mini-high platform. | |
| North Kingstown | Home of the Quonset Business Park and Port of Davisville, served by Seaview Railroad, and of Wickford Junction commuter rail station. |
Withheld in the free surface
- Capex in this region (3)
- Live pipeline value (3)
- Market narrative
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Sources
- ● RIDOT Bidding Opportunities · RIDOT bid board; listing is loaded from the state's OSP platform and is not in the page source (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RIDOT Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center · Project page: opened 23 January 2023, design-build project begun 2018, federal funding breakdown, MBTA service levels (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RIDOT Providence Station State of Good Repair Project · Project page: Amtrak-owned station, RIDOT full partner, FRA grant for final design and construction, construction 2024 to 2026, total projected cost (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● RIDOT Intermodal Planning, Rail Plan page · RIDOT Rail Plan: 20-year plan, public listening sessions 3, 10 and 11 December, plan goals (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award RI-2022-007 · FTA award to Rhode Island DOT with CMAQ funds for Northeast Corridor commuter rail operations: RIDOT access agreement with Amtrak, costs incurred by MBTA (published 2026-03-23 · checked 2026-10-08)
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