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National Transport Authority
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- Type
- Transit authority — statutory non-commercial body under the aegis of the Department of Transport; approving authority for public transport capital projects and the funder of rail investment and fleet
- Market · Region
- European Union · Ireland
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Digital operations, Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Electrification
Plans and procures public transport services and holds statutory transport strategy functions for Greater Dublin Area.
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Plans, procures and oversees public service obligation bus and rail services under the Transport for Ireland brand, holds the statutory function for a transport strategy for the Greater Dublin Area and leads the strategies for Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. It is the approving authority under the Infrastructure Guidelines for public transport capital projects, which is how DART+, the DART+ fleet and MetroLink reach Government, and it co-funds Iarnród Éireann's fleet orders and Transport Infrastructure Ireland's light rail and metro programmes.
- Type
- Transit authority — statutory non-commercial body under the aegis of the Department of Transport; approving authority for public transport capital projects and the funder of rail investment and fleet
- Where
- Ireland · Dublin
- Programmes
- TEN-T
- Technology areas
- Digital operations, Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Electrification
Structure
- controlled by DoT — The National Transport Authority is a statutory non-commercial body operating under the aegis of the Department of Transport (active)
- funds Iarnród Éireann — Approving authority for public transport capital projects and co-funder of the DART+ fleet and station works, including the Ceannt Station redevelopment (active)
- funds TII — Approving authority for MetroLink's business case and joint contracting authority with TII on the Luas operations and maintenance contract (active)
- operated by Iarnród Éireann — Operates public service obligation rail services under the Transport for Ireland brand, planned, procured and overseen by the NTA (active)
Who holds what here
Sources for these relationships (8)
- ● Iarnród Éireann · Investment in New Trains (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Iarnród Éireann · Iarnród Éireann Projects and Investments (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Transport Infrastructure Ireland · MetroLink Preliminary Business Case (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● National Transport Authority · About us (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · National Transport Authority — Provision of Technical Advisory Services for Transport Projects (contract notice) (published 2026-02-12 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland — Luas Operations and Maintenance Contract (contract modification notice) (published 2024-08-26 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · National Transport Authority — Provision of Technical Advisory Services for Transport Projects (contract award notice) (published 2026-08-26 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Transport Infrastructure Ireland — TII400 Luas Operations and Maintenance Contract (contract award notice) (published 2026-09-02 · checked 2026-09-13)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luas operations maintenance Transdev Covid-era modifications | Awarded | $5–25m | Published August 2024 |
| Technical advisory services transport projects | Awarded | $5–25m | Awarded June 2026 |
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- Procurement structure
- Award history (2)
- Entry path
- Published contacts (4)
- Portals (2)
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8 sources · all primary
- ● National Transport Authority · About us (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● National Transport Authority · General enquiries (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Transport Infrastructure Ireland · MetroLink Preliminary Business Case (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Iarnród Éireann · Investment in New Trains (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · National Transport Authority — Provision of Technical Advisory Services for Transport Projects (contract award notice) (published 2026-08-26 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · National Transport Authority — Provision of Technical Advisory Services for Transport Projects (contract notice) (published 2026-02-12 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland — Luas Operations and Maintenance Contract (contract modification notice) (published 2024-08-26 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Transport Infrastructure Ireland — TII400 Luas Operations and Maintenance Contract (contract award notice) (published 2026-09-02 · checked 2026-09-13)
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