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Translink (Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company / NI Railways)
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- Type
- National operator — publicly owned integrated operator; NI Railways is a separate 1,600 mm gauge network
- Market · Region
- United Kingdom · Northern Ireland
- Open tenders
- 2
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Track & civil, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Signalling & train control
Owns and operates Northern Ireland's railway; jointly procures cross-border Enterprise fleet.
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Owns and operates Northern Ireland's railway (NI Railways) and its stations; jointly procures the cross-border Enterprise fleet with Iarnród Éireann and lets its own infrastructure and rolling-stock contracts on Find a Tender.
- Type
- National operator — publicly owned integrated operator; NI Railways is a separate 1,600 mm gauge network
- Where
- Northern Ireland · Belfast
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Track & civil, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Signalling & train control
Structure
- funded by DfI — Joint funder of the Enterprise fleet with the Government of Ireland and PEACEPLUS (active)
Who holds what here
- awarded Plasser & Theurer — Ballast regulator (USP5000) brush-box and dust-suppression system replacement, supplied by Plasser UK (active · since 2026-09-30)
- awarded Stadler — New Enterprise fleet (/ incl. infrastructure, 2026) (active · since 2026)
- awarded Babcock — Belfast Grand Central integrated transport hub — Babcock (active)
- awarded Sacyr — Belfast Grand Central integrated transport hub — Sacyr (active)
- Contract detail and values (2)$500m–1bnIn the United Kingdom edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (8)
- ● Find a Tender Service · Translink — FW127 Infrastructure Professional Services — tender notice 083874-2026 (ocds-h6vhtk-06f232) (published 2026-09-04 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Find a Tender Service · Translink — P-3372 Supply of Road Rail Recovery Vehicle — award notice 079865-2026 (ocds-h6vhtk-0688ec) (published 2026-08-21 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Government of Ireland — Department of Transport · Almost €230 million Shared Island funding to support investment in all-island rail (press release) (published 2026-06-23 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ○ Institution of Civil Engineers · Belfast Grand Central Station: integrated transport hub in Northern Ireland (published 2025 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Translink · New Enterprise Trains Project (published 2026-05 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Translink · translink.co.uk (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Translink · Current tenders (procurement) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● UK Find a Tender · Translink — P-3477 Ballast Regulator Brush Box and Dust Suppression System, contract details notice (published 2026-09-30 · checked 2026-10-03)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FW127 Infrastructure Services framework permanent way civil | Open | $100–500m | Closes October 2026 |
| Track renewals Derry–Belfast Dublin Shared Island Fund | Pre-bid | $100–500m | Published June 2026 |
| Enterprise fleet Stadler FLIRT tri-mode Belfast–Dublin | Awarded | $500m–1bn | Awarded May 2026 |
| Belfast Grand Central integrated transport hub | Awarded | $100–500m |
What changed
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- 2026-09-28 — Translink awards Plasser UK the ballast regulator with a brush box and dust-suppression system.
Withheld in the free surface
- Procurement structure
- Award history (3)
- Entry path
- Portals (2)
Full detail withheld: 4 fields. In the United Kingdom edition · See a fully open example
6 sources · 5 primary
- ● Translink · translink.co.uk (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Translink · Current tenders (procurement) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Translink · New Enterprise Trains Project (published 2026-05 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Find a Tender Service · Translink — FW127 Infrastructure Professional Services — tender notice 083874-2026 (ocds-h6vhtk-06f232) (published 2026-09-04 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Find a Tender Service · Translink — P-3372 Supply of Road Rail Recovery Vehicle — award notice 079865-2026 (ocds-h6vhtk-0688ec) (published 2026-08-21 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ○ Institution of Civil Engineers · Belfast Grand Central Station: integrated transport hub in Northern Ireland (published 2025 · checked 2026-09-05)
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