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Vermont

3 buyers · 8 tenders · checked 2026-10-08

VTrans funds two Amtrak routes and leases state freight lines; the open federal items are CRISI grants and the western-corridor bridge programme.

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3Buyers tracked
8Tenders tracked
5Cities tracked
Live pipeline
$19.5m CRISI New England Central Railroad (multi-state grant, signed January 2026); $43.3m federal obligation on the western-corridor freight bridge programme (period to October 2026); $19.5m St. Lawrence & Atlantic Tri-State upgrade (VTrans programme line, three states); $6.0m Vermonter safety CRISI line; $9.5m Amtrak subsidy line (SFY2026); FY2026 rail programme about $62m in total; $65.9m Vermont Railway Hoosick Sub track replacement, $19.1m Green Mountain Railroad and $5.0m Washington County Railroad flood hazard mitigation, $5.1m Cavendish Bridge 132 (state programme lines, FY2026 as passed)
Technology areas
Track & civil, Signalling & train control, Digital operations

Key figures

Vermont active rail570.3 milesActive rail in Vermont per the 2025 Rail Plan, of which 297.6 miles are public-state owned; the largest private line is New England Central at 189.4 miles.
1 source · primary
  • ● 2025 Vermont Rail Plan (December 2025) · State Rail Plan: Amtrak services, 570.3 active route miles with 297.6 state-owned, rail funding outlook, CRISI projects, Corridor ID grants, SFY2026 rail programme (published 2025-12-29 · checked 2026-10-08)
FY2026 rail programme$61,887,348Total of the rail lines in VTrans's FY2026 as-passed Transportation Program; the Rail Plan calls it about $62 million, nearly triple SFY2021, helped by federal grants and FEMA recovery funds.
2 sources · all primary
  • ● VTrans FY2026 Transportation Program - Rail (as passed) · FY2026 as-passed rail programme: total line items, Amtrak operations subsidy, Windsor-St. Albans CRISI(17) and Tri-State Regional Rail Upgrade CRISI(24) lines; also the VTRY(59), REGM2350, REWC2318, GMRC(24), VTRY(45) and RAIL PASS. SERVICE lines (published 2025-06-10 · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● 2025 Vermont Rail Plan (December 2025) · State Rail Plan: Amtrak services, 570.3 active route miles with 297.6 state-owned, rail funding outlook, CRISI projects, Corridor ID grants, SFY2026 rail programme (published 2025-12-29 · checked 2026-10-08)
Amtrak subsidy, FY2026$9,500,000Amtrak subsidy line in the FY2026 as-passed programme; farebox return is 87 percent on the Ethan Allen Express and 78 percent on the Vermonter per the 2025 Rail Plan summary.
2 sources · all primary
  • ● VTrans FY2026 Transportation Program - Rail (as passed) · FY2026 as-passed rail programme: total line items, Amtrak operations subsidy, Windsor-St. Albans CRISI(17) and Tri-State Regional Rail Upgrade CRISI(24) lines; also the VTRY(59), REGM2350, REWC2318, GMRC(24), VTRY(45) and RAIL PASS. SERVICE lines (published 2025-06-10 · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● 2025 Vermont Rail Plan executive summary · Two-page summary: farebox return 87 percent on the Ethan Allen Express and 78 percent on the Vermonter, nearly 580 miles of active line, 38 recommended initiatives (published 2025-12-29 · checked 2026-10-08)
NECR CRISI grant$19,524,497FRA CRISI grant to New England Central Railroad signed 27 January 2026, multi-state with Providence & Worcester; Vermont work is on the Swanton and Burlington subdivisions.
1 source · primary
20-year rail capitalabout $300 millionState and federal capital the 2025 Rail Plan expects over 20 years ($5.7 million federal plus $9 million state a year).
1 source · primary
  • ● 2025 Vermont Rail Plan (December 2025) · State Rail Plan: Amtrak services, 570.3 active route miles with 297.6 state-owned, rail funding outlook, CRISI projects, Corridor ID grants, SFY2026 rail programme (published 2025-12-29 · checked 2026-10-08)
Passenger service purchase$99,700,638Total on VTrans's programme line for purchase of interstate rail passenger service, with $90,950,638 expended through FY2024 and $8,750,000 in FY2025; USAspending also records federal-aid transfers to VTrans for Amtrak operations.
2 sources · all primary

Buyers

BuyerTypeTendersContracts awarded
Vermont Agency of Transportation - Rail ProgramState DOT70
New England Central RailroadFreight railroad10
Vermont Rail SystemFreight railroad00

Tenders

TenderBuyerStatusValue bandNext key date
Western Corridor freight rail bridge rehabilitationVTrans RailIn execution$25–100m
NECR Vermont freight track and bridge upgradeNECRIn execution$5–25m
Vermont Railway Hoosick Sub track replacementVTrans RailPlanned$25–100m
Tri-State Regional Rail Upgrade (St. Lawrence & Atlantic)VTrans RailPlanned$5–25m
Green Mountain Railroad hazard mitigationVTrans RailPlanned$5–25m
Washington County Railroad hazard mitigationVTrans RailPlanned$5–25m
Green Mountain Railroad Bridge 132 rehabilitationVTrans RailPlanned$5–25m
Vermonter safety project, Windsor to St. AlbansVTrans RailPlanned$5–25m

Cities

CityNetwork statusNetworks
BurlingtonNorthern terminus of the Ethan Allen Express since the July 2022 extension; Union Station platform on the waterfront, with Vermont Rail System's yard used for overnight storage.
RutlandEthan Allen Express stop and centre of the Vermont Railway; the Green Mountain Railroad runs from Rutland to Bellows Falls and the western-corridor bridge programme runs south to Hoosick, New York.
St. AlbansNorthern terminus of the Vermonter; the New England Central's Italy yard here is in the scope of its CRISI grant.
White River JunctionVermonter stop on the New England Central; start of the Connecticut River line leased to the Washington County Railroad, and site of an FRA-funded accessibility upgrade to the station.
Bellows FallsVermonter stop; eastern end of the Green Mountain Railroad lease that runs to Rutland.

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