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Awarded · ResultStage · award

NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED

Upgrade of Automatic Ticket Gates with EMV Readers, associated software and integration services.

Value£1.6m
Awarded
Published28 Jun 2025
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
Awarded value£1.6m

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
procurement@northernrailway.co.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

Upgrade of Automatic Ticket Gates (ATGs) with EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) readers and associated software.

This will integration into the into the Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) Bee Network (Phase 1).

The contract will upgrade existing ATG equipment and software to allow payment transactions to integrate into the TfGM Account-Based Ticketing (ABT) scheme.

The activities will include as minimum: • Software development. • Upgrade of payment readers to accept contactless EMV physical and virtual cards on devices alongside existing fare media • Deployment of a supplier middle office. • Integration from the supplier middle office to the TfGM Secure Middle Office (SMO). • PCI certification. • Supply & Install of EMV readers. • Commissioning of devices for use at various stations on the operating networks of Northern Trains Limited 'NTL', TransPenine Trains Limited 'TPT', and First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited 'Avanti'.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

This will integration into the into

This will integration into the into the Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) Bee Network (Phase 1).

02

The contract will upgrade existing ATG equipment

The contract will upgrade existing ATG equipment and software to allow payment transactions to integrate into the TfGM Account-Based Ticketing (ABT) scheme.

03

Integration from the supplier middle office

Integration from the supplier middle office to the TfGM Secure Middle Office (SMO).

04

Supply & Install of EMV readers

Supply & Install of EMV readers.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055580
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
035934-2025
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