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Delaware Transit Corp.

Delaware state vendor profile · FY2018–FY2026 · 10,092 payments on the state checkbook

Total paid FY2018–26

$1.34B

10,092 payments

Average payment

$133K

across all years

Latest year (FY2026)

$178.6M

1,110 payments

Largest payer

Department of Transportation

100% of total

Payments by Fiscal Year

Who Pays Them

What the Money Buys (categories)

Who they are

Delaware Transit Corporation isn't a private company at all — it's a state-owned subsidiary of DelDOT that operates DART First State: statewide buses, paratransit, beach service, and support for SEPTA commuter rail into Wilmington and Newark.

These payments are the state's transit operating subsidy moving from DelDOT to its own transit arm — government paying government. Fares cover only a fraction of transit costs (as in every U.S. state), so the checkbook shows the difference.

Curated background from public sources — not from the checkbook data: DART First State · Delaware Transit Corp. (Mass Transit)

About Delaware Transit Corp.'s state payments

Delaware Transit Corp. received $1.34 billion from the State of Delaware between FY2018 and FY2026, across 10,092 payments — an average of $132,996 per payment. The largest payer was Department of Transportation, accounting for 100% of the total. In the most recent year (FY2026), the state paid Delaware Transit Corp. $178.6 million. Annual payments grew 48% between FY2018 and FY2026 and peaked in FY2023 at $178.6 million.

Data: State of Delaware Checkbook, FY2018–present · verify any figure on the checkbook explorer