Open - End Trackwork Engineering Services

2026-11-03

The Maryland Transit Administration ( MTA ) owns and operates tracks for heavy and light rail transit in the metropolitan Baltimore area and for freight rail throughout the State of Maryland . The Baltimore Metro heavy rail system has approximately thirty - two ( 32 ) track miles . The Light Rail systems ( including all spurs ) have six - three ( 63 ) miles of single and double track . MTA has a number of freight rail lines located throughout the State of Maryland . The MARC ( Maryland Area Regional Commuter ) Service , operates over one hundred eighty - seven ( 187 ) track miles and provides passenger services at 40 stations . The MTA owns 3 . 5 miles of MARC rail track with operating responsibility . The services is expanding and improvements may be called for system - wide , including stations , maintenance facilities and other miscellaneous structures . The MTA requires the services of consultants to provide engineering and technical services necessary for the design of track projects , including preparation of contract documents , inspection , laboratory testing , track performance assessment for repairs and modifications , evaluation of maintenance criteria and improvement recommendations , instrumentation , research studies and other miscellaneous services for the MTA on an “ as needed ” work order basis . Specialty work may be required for tasks such as maintenance forecasting , development of mathematical models , dynamic analysis of track , metallurgical , elastomeric and petrographic analysis and various other work orders .

Maryland

2026-05-02