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Brewery Turnback - ES6-8 OLE Infrastructure

Descriptions

Brewery Turnback an enhancement scheme funded by the DfT. Formerly known as Manchester Victoria East Turnback, it has been prioritised for early development from the Central Manchester Capacity and Performance study to boost capacity and resilience. The scheme is for the design and delivery of a West facing turnback, located at Brewery Junction.

At Victoria station, the through platforms also accommodate terminating trains due to an imbalance of local services to the east and west of the station. The extended time to terminate and turnback in the platforms restricts platform availability for through services. Operational flexibility of the station would be improved if services could utilise a turnback facility to the East of the station. The turnback would also be a service recovery measure during times of perturbation.

The turnback is to accommodate trains up to 6 car x 26 m vehicles (DMU and EMU); with trains being able to access the turnback to and from Platforms 3-6 at Manchester Victoria station.

As part of the MNTP programme, it was identified that the provision of a turnback facility to the East of Manchester Victoria Train station would provide operational flexibility. Currently, the platforms at Manchester Victoria must accommodate terminating trains, this restricts the availability of the through platforms, impacting performance and causing a timetable constraint. In a standard hour, two services, typically from Kirkby / Preston / Wigan are booked to terminate in the through platforms before the driver changes ends and the train departs in the opposite direction. Typical turnaround times are between 5-10 minutes, meaning that the platform, and route through it, remains occupied for the duration of the turnaround.

The operational flexibility of the station would be improved if services could utilise a turnback facility to the East of the station. The turnback would also be a service recovery measure during perturbation.
ES2-4 design and development was undertaken by WSP Limited and accepted by Network Rail. However, there are many instances within the designs where assumptions have been made stating that the TRU works would be complete prior to commencement of the project and all as built designs and source records would be available.

OLE Infrastructure Scope of Work:
The supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of new OLE infrastructure on the UP/Down Rochdale Fast and the new Turnback between Dalton Street and Miles Platting Junction (a combination of STC, TTC, and portals).
New wiring on the UP/ Down Rochdale Fast and a new Turnback between Manchester Victoria and Miles Platting Junction. All associated OLE works to support the new infrastructure.
This includes all hand back deliverables, such as redline drawings, O&M manuals, and attendance at AMP016 walkouts.

Timeline

Published Date :

7th Oct 2025 13 days ago

Deadline :

13th Oct 2025 7 days ago

Contract Start :

18th May 2026

Contract End :

31st Jul 2026

Keywords

railway construction

cable transport installation

rail & cable infrastructure

railroad works

funicular build

tramway installation

ski lift construction

chairlift systems

cable car works

transport engineering

railway build

railroad engineering

track laying

rail infrastructure works

trainline construction

rail civil works

track system installation

rail corridor construction

heavy rail works

rail groundwork

rail track construction

track laying works

rail sleeper and rail joint construction

track alignment

track ballast installation

rail line construction

rail track engineering

Tender Lot Details

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Workflows

Status :

Closed

Procedure :

N/A

Suitable for SME :

Yes

Nationwide :

No

Assign to :

Tender Progress :

0%

Details

Notice Type :

Tender

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

Tenderbase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk

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