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Austin Light Rail Phase 1
Austin Light Rail Phase 1 — 9.8 miles and 15 stations from North Austin through Downtown to South Congress and East Riverside
Awarded to Kiewit — Austin Transit Partnership now holds 2 positions with this supplier.
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- Buyer
- Austin Transit Partnership
- Where
- Texas · Austin
- Segments
- Track, Civil works, Stations & depots, Signalling, Electrification, Rolling stock
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control, Rolling-stock hardware, Digital operations
- Status
- In execution — In New Starts Project Development in the FTA's Capital Investment Grants pipeline, the only Texas rail project in that pipeline as of September 2026.
- Value band
- over $1bn
- Currency
- USD
- Key dates (month)
- Record of decision January 2026 · Rating published November 2025 · Construction start 2027 · Service opening 2033
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In New Starts Project Development in the FTA's Capital Investment Grants pipeline, the only Texas rail project in that pipeline as of September 2026. The FTA issued a Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement, announced in January 2026; all three major delivery contracts were awarded between February and July 2026; ATP states construction is planned to begin in 2027 and service in 2033.
Next step
Recorded award: Kiewit — Austin Light Rail Phase 1 — Kiewit Austin Partnership
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- Key dates (4)
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- Note on the figure
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6 sources · all primary
- ● Federal Transit Administration · Austin Light Rail Phase 1 Project profile, FY2026 Annual Report (TX-Austin-Light-Rail-Phase-1-Profile-AR26-11-19-25.pdf) (published 2025-11-19 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Federal Transit Administration · Current Capital Investment Grants Program and Expedited Project Delivery Pilot Program Projects (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Austin Transit Partnership · Austin Transit Partnership Completes Key Step in Federal Funding Process for Austin Light Rail (FTA Record of Decision) (published 2026-01-16 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Austin Transit Partnership · Federal Transit Administration Gives Austin Light Rail a “Medium-High” Rating (published 2025-11-19 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Austin Transit Partnership · Fiscal Year 2025-26 Approved Budget (published 2025-09-22 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Austin Transit Partnership · Light Rail - Phase 1 line description (15 stops) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Austin Light Rail Operations and Maintenance Facility | ATP | In execution | value not published | Published August 2025 |
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