Operational Data and System-to-System Messaging Platforming - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Published
- 12 May 2026
- Estimated value
- £0
- Place of performance
- UK
- Lots
- 1
- Notice number
- 043318-2026
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-06965e
- Official source
- Official source
CPV codes
- 72222300Information technology services
- 72220000Systems and technical consultancy services
- 72212000Programming services of application software
- 72263000Software implementation services
Description
Network Rail currently operates two platforms (EMS Hub and LINX) that perform broadly similar roles in transporting operational data and enabling system‑to‑system messaging across the railway ecosystem. The EMS Hub has been in use since 2005 as a real‑time messaging platform serving Network Rail and industry partners across multiple business sectors. LINX, introduced in 2017, was initially designed to act as a linkage layer between newer train management services and legacy systems. Over time, both platforms have evolved in parallel, resulting in significant functional overlap, duplicated dataflows, and an unclear delineation of responsibilities between them. LINX is a specialist platform for Traffic Management and operational railway data, providing controlled, resilient and standardised real‑time data exchange. EMS Hub is a flexible, enterprise integration platform supporting a wide range of business domains, including finance, maintenance, operational reporting and web services. Both EMS Hub and LINX provide real‑time messaging and data exchange between operational systems used to manage train movements, timetabling, maintenance, and performance reporting. Because the two platf…
Official publications
- FTS · 043318-2026 · 12 May 2026
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