Iarnród Éireann — Irish Rail

About this buyer

Structure

• owned by CIÉ — Iarnród Éireann has been a CIÉ subsidiary since 2 February 1987 under the Transport (Re-organisation of Córas Iompair Éireann) Act 1986 (active · since 1987-02-02)
• funded by NTA — Approving authority for public transport capital projects and co-funder of the DART+ fleet and station works, including the Ceannt Station redevelopment (active)
• operates for NTA — Operates public service obligation rail services under the Transport for Ireland brand, planned, procured and overseen by the NTA (active)
• regulated by CRR — Safety and economic regulator: approves the safety management system, regulates access to the network and issues the letter of acceptance before new or significantly altered rolling stock or infrastructure may be used (active)
• regulated by An Coimisiún Pleanála — Consent authority for Railway Orders: approved DART+ West on 18 July 2024, DART+ South West on 13 November 2024 and DART+ Coastal North, and removed the fleet depot from the DART+ West order by modification (active)

Who holds what here

• awarded Egis — Place on the multi-party framework for project multi-disciplinary consultants, as Egis Engineering Ireland Limited (formerly JB Barry and Partners Limited) (active · since 2026-08-10)
• awarded Arcadis — Place on the multi-party framework for project multi-disciplinary consultants, as Arcadis Consulting (UK) Limited (active · since 2026-08-10)
• awarded Mott MacDonald — Place on the multi-party framework for project multi-disciplinary consultants, as Mott MacDonald Ireland (active · since 2026-08-10)
• awarded Jacobs — Multi-disciplinary consultants PMP phases 1-5 framework — Jacobs Engineering Ireland Ltd (active · since 2026-08)
• awarded Rhomberg Sersa — Operation and maintenance of the on-track machine fleet and permanent way engineering trains, concluded 8 July 2026 (active · since 2026-07-08)
• awarded Pod-Trak — Plant hire services framework agreement — Pod-Trak infrastructure (active · since 2026-07)
• awarded TRIUR — Plant hire services framework agreement — TRIUR Construction Limited (active · since 2026-07)
• awarded Siemens Mobility — Siemens Mobility signalling train control system — Siemens Mobility Limited (active · since 2026-06)
• awarded Stadler — Enterprise Fleet Replacement Project: eight-year single-party framework with an estimated, concluded 28 November 2025, procured jointly with Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited (the contract itself is recorded once, in the Atlas's Northern Ireland file) (active · since 2025-11-28)
• awarded Pod-Trak — GSM-R Phase 4 civils works package 2 — Pod-Trak infrastructure (active · since 2025-10)
• awarded TRIUR — OBE53 waterproofing stitching masonry Granagh Beg — TRIUR Construction Limited (active · since 2025-09)
• awarded Siemens Mobility — Computer based interlocking system supply and support, over about 25 years, and a 2026 direct award for a signalling and train control system (active · since 2025-04-17)
• awarded Jacobs — Galway Line project multi-disciplinary consultant services and a place on both the PMP phases 1-5 framework and the DART+ phases 5-7 framework (active · since 2025-04-08)
• awarded Sacyr — Overhead line equipment maintenance, repair and renewal services, awarded to Sacyr Neopul, S.A. for eight years with a two-year option (active · since 2024-10-16)
• awarded GPX Rail — Ultrasonic rail testing operatives — GPX Rail Ltd (active · since 2024-10)
• awarded AtkinsRéalis — Place on the multi-party framework for project multi-disciplinary consultants, and on the DART+ phases 5-7 framework as WS Atkins Ireland Ltd (active · since 2024-07-31)
• awarded AtkinsRéalis — DART+ multi-disciplinary consultancy IÉ PMP 5-7 — WS Atkins Ireland Ltd (active · since 2024-07)
• awarded Jacobs — DART+ multi-disciplinary consultancy IÉ PMP 5-7 — Jacobs Engineering Ireland Ltd (active · since 2024-07)
• awarded Royal BAM Group — Glounthaune Midleton twin track Cork Area — BAM Civils Ltd (active · since 2024-07)
• awarded ArcelorMittal — Supply and delivery of rail in CEN54E1, CEN60E1 and UIC33C1 sections to EN 13674 (active · since 2024-03-06)
• awarded GPX Rail — Rail welding repair and track inspection services — GPX Rail (active · since 2023-12)
• awarded Royal BAM Group — Ceannt Station redevelopment to BAM Building Ltd and Glounthaune to Midleton twin tracking to BAM Civils Ltd (active · since 2023-10-20)
• awarded Alstom — DART+ Fleet framework for up to 750 electric and battery-electric vehicles over ten years; 285 carriages ordered in three tranches (active · since 2021-12)

Tenders

What changed

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• 2026-10-05 — Iarnród Éireann awards Rhomberg Sersa Rail Group a ten-year, €140m contract.
• 2026-10-05 — Iarnród Éireann issues a design-and-build tender to deliver DART electric services to Wicklow.

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