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Utah
3 buyers · 10 tenders · checked 2026-10-07
UTA's Stadler light rail order and UDOT-led FrontRunner 2X double-tracking, now in the FTA Engineering phase, are the two buying programmes.
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- Live pipeline
- FrontRunner 2X: about $3.2bn project cost, FTA Capital Investment Grants ceiling $1.29bn (UDOT and UTA; FTA Engineering phase from 7 August 2026, no funding agreement yet); FrontRunner 2X trainsets: Stadler's $328.3m bid for 10 diesel multiple units, contract not finalised (UDOT and UTA); Stadler Citylink light rail vehicles: $129m base order for 20 cars, 40 on order, options to 80 (UTA); FTA state-of-good-repair grant $71.7m for TRAX track, power and train control (UTA); FRA Railroad Crossing Elimination grant $7.5m for the Central Utah corridor consolidation (UDOT)
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Track & civil, Signalling & train control, Electrification, Predictive maintenance
Key figures
FrontRunner 2X federal funding ceilingnearly $1.3bn
3 sources · 1 primary
- ● Utah Department of Transportation (official) — FrontRunner 2X advances to final phase of process for nearly $1.3 billion federal grant · UDOT release of 7 August 2026: FTA approved FrontRunner 2X to enter the Engineering phase of the Capital Investment Grants programme; 26.1 miles of double track at 11 locations, one new station, 10 trainsets, a new maintenance facility; construction anticipated 2027 to 2030 subject to the federal grant process; next step a Full Funding Grant Agreement (published 2026-08-07 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ○ Progressive Railroading (trade press) — FTA OKs engineering phase start on double-track project in Utah · Secondary, used because the FTA project page returns HTTP 403: dated 11 August 2026, reports the FTA announced on 7 August 2026 a commitment of $1.28 billion; 26.1 miles of double track; construction 2027 through 2030; next step design, early procurement and a full funding grant agreement (published 2026-08-11 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ○ Railway Supply (trade press) - Utah sought 74% but FTA caps its FrontRunner 2X grant at 40% of cost · Secondary, 28 September 2026, reporting FTA's August 2026 engineering profile (the FTA page returns HTTP 403 to automated clients): FTA ceiling $1,286,611,600, 40% of a $3.22 billion project cost; UDOT as project sponsor; Utah's plan sought $2.38 billion (74%) (published 2026-09-28 · checked 2026-10-07)
FrontRunner 2X scope26.1 miles of double track; 10 trainsets
2 sources · all primary
- ● Utah Department of Transportation (official) — FrontRunner 2X advances to final phase of process for nearly $1.3 billion federal grant · UDOT release of 7 August 2026: FTA approved FrontRunner 2X to enter the Engineering phase of the Capital Investment Grants programme; 26.1 miles of double track at 11 locations, one new station, 10 trainsets, a new maintenance facility; construction anticipated 2027 to 2030 subject to the federal grant process; next step a Full Funding Grant Agreement (published 2026-08-07 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● FrontRunner 2X project site (UDOT and UTA) · Project site: double tracking at 11 locations, one new station, 10 new trainsets, 15-minute peak and 30-minute off-peak service goal; schedule 2025-2026 design, preconstruction and train procurement, 2027-2030 construction; schedule depends on federal grants; no cost, awarded contract or trainset award stated on the page (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
UTA Stadler Citylink order$129m; 20 cars, 40 on order, up to 80
3 sources · 2 primary
- ● Utah Transit Authority (official) — Utah based Stadler to supply new UTA light rail cars as part of TRAX modernization project · UTA release of 23 October 2024: Board of Trustees approved a Stadler contract for up to 80 light rail vehicles; initial order of 20 Citylink cars; options for 60 more; Buy America; built at Stadler's Salt Lake City plant (published 2024-10-23 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ○ Mass Transit (trade press) — UTA expands Stadler Citylink light-rail vehicle order · Secondary, used because the board minutes could not be read: 31 October 2025 report that UTA ordered 20 additional Citylink vehicles, total on order 40, options remaining for 40 of 80; no value stated for the new order (published 2025-10-31 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● Utah Public Notice Website — UTA Board of Trustees regular meeting, 22 October 2025 (agenda) · Meeting notice HTML: agenda item 8a lists Light Rail Vehicles Change Order 1 (Stadler US), notice to proceed on exercising an option to buy 20 vehicles; item 8c lists S-Line Extension Phase 1 Pre-Construction Design Change Order 4 (Kiewit Infrastructure West Co.), systems and pre-curved rail procurement. An agenda, not minutes; the attached minutes PDF could not be read (published 2025-10-22 · checked 2026-10-07)
FTA light rail vehicle grant$60m
1 source · primary
- ● USAspending.gov — FTA grant UT-2024-006, Utah Transit Authority · Federal award record: $60,000,000, 20.525 State of Good Repair, period 27 February 2024 to 30 June 2029; purpose replace 20 fully ADA accessible low-floor light rail vehicles (published 2024-02-27 · checked 2026-10-07)
FTA rail state-of-good-repair grant$71.7m
1 source · primary
- ● USAspending.gov — FTA grant UT-2025-002, Utah Transit Authority · Federal award record: $71,740,154, 20.525 State of Good Repair, period 2 December 2024 to 30 March 2028; eight scope activities: rail line and grade crossing replacement, rail switches, traction power substation equipment, train control and signal system rehabilitation, communications fibre, light rail car rehabilitation, preventive maintenance of rail vehicles and facilities (published 2024-12-02 · checked 2026-10-07)
FRA crossing-elimination grant$7.5m
1 source · primary
- ● USAspending.gov — FRA Railroad Crossing Elimination grant 69A36525420610RCEUT, Utah Department of Transportation · Federal award record: $7,502,400, 20.327 Railroad Crossing Elimination, period 1 May 2025 to 28 February 2029; development activities for a future project to consolidate two rail corridors into one, abandon 7 miles of line and discontinue 19 rail crossings in central Utah, on Union Pacific's Provo Subdivision through Spanish Fork, Mapleton and Springville (published 2025-05-01 · checked 2026-10-07)
Buyers
| Buyer | Type | Tenders | Contracts awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah Transit Authority | Transit authority | 6 | 2 |
| Utah Department of Transportation | State DOT | 4 | 1 |
| Utah Inland Port Authority | Development authority | 0 | 0 |
Tenders
| Tender | Buyer | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FrontRunner 2X ten trainsets | UDOT | Bids closed | $100–500m | |
| FrontRunner 2X progressive design-build team | UDOT | Awarded | value not published | |
| TRAX Stadler Citylink light rail vehicles | UTA | In execution | $100–500m | |
| UTA rail state-of-good-repair programme | UTA | In execution | $25–100m | |
| UTA rail preventive maintenance grant 2026-025 | UTA | In execution | $25–100m | |
| UTA rail preventive maintenance grant 2026-005 | UTA | In execution | $25–100m | |
| UTA fixed guideway equipment grant 2025 | UTA | In execution | $25–100m | |
| Central Utah rail corridor consolidation | UDOT | In execution | $5–25m | |
| TRAX traction power substation rehabilitation | UTA | In execution | $5–25m | |
| FrontRunner 2X double-track programme | UDOT | Planned | over $1bn |
Cities
| City | Network status | Networks |
|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City | operational — UTA runs TRAX light rail (nearly 13 million customers in 2025), the S-Line streetcar, which is being extended a quarter of a mile east from Fairmont Station to Highland Drive, and FrontRunner commuter rail; the TRAX fleet is being renewed with Stadler Citylink low-floor cars built at Stadler's Salt Lake City plant. The Salt Lake, Garfield & Western West Interchange, near Salt Lake City Airport, began construction on 17 July 2026. | UTA TRAX (light rail); UTA S-Line (streetcar); UTA FrontRunner (commuter rail) |
| Ogden | operational — northern terminus of FrontRunner commuter rail, which runs to Provo alongside the Union Pacific Railroad and I-15 and is mostly single track; FrontRunner 2X would add double track at 11 locations along the corridor. | UTA FrontRunner (commuter rail) |
| Provo | operational — southern terminus of FrontRunner commuter rail. FrontRunner 2X double-track design between the Vineyard, Provo and Orem stations is under way, and a separate FRA-funded study covers consolidating Union Pacific's Provo Subdivision corridors through Spanish Fork, Mapleton and Springville. | UTA FrontRunner (commuter rail) |
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Sources
- ● State of Utah Bonfire portal (utah.bonfirehub.com) — open public opportunities, JSON · getOpenPublicOpportunitiesSectionData: the open list for all Utah public buyers; UTA is department 11708 and UDOT department 11742; no rail capital solicitation from UTA, UDOT or the Utah Inland Port Authority was open on 7 October 2026 (published 2026-10-07 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● FrontRunner 2X project site (UDOT and UTA) · Project site: double tracking at 11 locations, one new station, 10 new trainsets, 15-minute peak and 30-minute off-peak service goal; schedule 2025-2026 design, preconstruction and train procurement, 2027-2030 construction; schedule depends on federal grants; no cost, awarded contract or trainset award stated on the page (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ○ Railway Supply (trade press) - Utah sought 74% but FTA caps its FrontRunner 2X grant at 40% of cost · Secondary, 28 September 2026, reporting FTA's August 2026 engineering profile (the FTA page returns HTTP 403 to automated clients): FTA ceiling $1,286,611,600, 40% of a $3.22 billion project cost; UDOT as project sponsor; Utah's plan sought $2.38 billion (74%) (published 2026-09-28 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ○ STV (contractor announcement) — STV joins progressive design-build team for UTA FrontRunner rail expansion · Secondary, a firm's own announcement of 10 February 2026: FrontRunner 2X described as a nearly $1 billion project led by UDOT with UTA and Union Pacific; STV is a subconsultant to Horrocks Engineers, the lead progressive design-build engineer; Horrocks is part of FrontRunner Forward Partners, a joint venture of Stacy Witbeck and Ralph L. Wadsworth; construction in phases through 2030 (published 2026-02-10 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● Utah Department of Transportation (official) — FrontRunner 2X advances to final phase of process for nearly $1.3 billion federal grant · UDOT release of 7 August 2026: FTA approved FrontRunner 2X to enter the Engineering phase of the Capital Investment Grants programme; 26.1 miles of double track at 11 locations, one new station, 10 trainsets, a new maintenance facility; construction anticipated 2027 to 2030 subject to the federal grant process; next step a Full Funding Grant Agreement (published 2026-08-07 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● Utah Department of Transportation (official) — Sharp-Tintic Connection project · Project page: connects Union Pacific's Sharp and Tintic lines in Springville and Spanish Fork, nearly 4,000 feet of new track owned by UTA and operated by UPRR; removes track at seven at-grade crossings; environmental clearance fall 2025, design fall 2025 to fall 2027, construction anticipated 2028 to 2029; cost, funding and contractor not stated (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● Utah Inland Port Authority (official) — Logistics · Page: the Northwest Quadrant has dual Class I rail service from Union Pacific and BNSF with intermodal and transloading facilities; 'Rail Access' is a pillar of the Statewide Logistics Strategy; no rail programme, funding amount or grant stated (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● Utah Inland Port Authority (official) — Utah DOT and Patriot Rail's Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway break ground on new West Interchange · Release of 17 July 2026 hosted by the Utah Inland Port Authority: a project of about $31 million to move switching from the East Yard to a new site south of I-80 and Salt Lake City Airport; FRA grant above $13 million, Patriot Rail above $17 million, the Utah Inland Port Authority $500,000 on behalf of the State; UDOT and Patriot Rail jointly administer construction (published 2026-07-17 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● USAspending.gov — FTA grant UT-2024-006, Utah Transit Authority · Federal award record: $60,000,000, 20.525 State of Good Repair, period 27 February 2024 to 30 June 2029; purpose replace 20 fully ADA accessible low-floor light rail vehicles (published 2024-02-27 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● USAspending.gov — FRA Railroad Crossing Elimination grant 69A36525420610RCEUT, Utah Department of Transportation · Federal award record: $7,502,400, 20.327 Railroad Crossing Elimination, period 1 May 2025 to 28 February 2029; development activities for a future project to consolidate two rail corridors into one, abandon 7 miles of line and discontinue 19 rail crossings in central Utah, on Union Pacific's Provo Subdivision through Spanish Fork, Mapleton and Springville (published 2025-05-01 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● USAspending.gov — FTA grant UT-2025-002, Utah Transit Authority · Federal award record: $71,740,154, 20.525 State of Good Repair, period 2 December 2024 to 30 March 2028; eight scope activities: rail line and grade crossing replacement, rail switches, traction power substation equipment, train control and signal system rehabilitation, communications fibre, light rail car rehabilitation, preventive maintenance of rail vehicles and facilities (published 2024-12-02 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● Utah Public Notice Website — UTA Board of Trustees regular meeting, 22 October 2025 (agenda) · Meeting notice HTML: agenda item 8a lists Light Rail Vehicles Change Order 1 (Stadler US), notice to proceed on exercising an option to buy 20 vehicles; item 8c lists S-Line Extension Phase 1 Pre-Construction Design Change Order 4 (Kiewit Infrastructure West Co.), systems and pre-curved rail procurement. An agenda, not minutes; the attached minutes PDF could not be read (published 2025-10-22 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● Utah Transit Authority (official) — Digital Newsroom · Newsroom index read 7 October 2026: most recent items 28 September 2026 (proposed January to June 2027 budget) back to October 2025; no 2026 contract or board-approval release and no FrontRunner-specific release (published 2026-09-28 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● Utah Transit Authority (official) — UTA Solicitation / Procurements · Open solicitations list: S70 HPU overhaul material IFB, janitorial services RFP and a locomotive digital audio/video recording system RFI; responses go through the Bonfire portal; no values published (published 2026-10-07 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● Utah Transit Authority (official) — Utah based Stadler to supply new UTA light rail cars as part of TRAX modernization project · UTA release of 23 October 2024: Board of Trustees approved a Stadler contract for up to 80 light rail vehicles; initial order of 20 Citylink cars; options for 60 more; Buy America; built at Stadler's Salt Lake City plant (published 2024-10-23 · checked 2026-10-07)
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