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Expansion of International Passenger Rail Depot Capacity. Potential Public Private Partnership opportunity

Descriptions

The Government is fully supportive of the growth and expansion of international rail connections between the UK and mainland Europe, as well as establishing a thriving and competitive market for international rail passenger services. We are seeing renewed interest from potential new entrants looking to enter the market to compete with Eurostar, as well as Eurostar's own publicised plans to procure a new fleet of trains to supports its expansion plans, including opening new routes to Switzerland and Germany. All are seeking to base their fleet maintenance operations in the UK given the nature of their planned services and constraints in mainland Europe. Most new entrants have plans to procure 10-12 trainsets whilst Eurostar has announced plans to procure 30-50 trainsets across both its cross-Channel and continental Europe networks.

 

A lack of available international passenger rail maintenance / stabling depot capacity is constraining sector growth and limiting competition. The Government is therefore considering potential interventions to address this constraint, which could facilitate market opening and significant growth. The objective of this pre-liminary market engagement is to understand potential private investor interest in and appetite for financing and delivering the expansion of international passenger rail deport capacity in the London area.

 

The Government has assessed options for establishing a new maintenance depot and is now interested in understanding market appetite to participate in the construction and operation of a new light and/or heavy maintenance facility that would be capable of meeting the needs of multiple operators' fleet requirements.

Timeline

Published Date :

29th Sep 2025 15 days ago

Deadline :

22nd Oct 2025 in a 8 days

Contract Start :

31st Aug 2027

Contract End :

31st Aug 2029

Keywords

rolling stock

railway vehicles

tramway vehicles

rail rolling stock

rail transport units

rail car fleets

wheeled rail equipment

passenger and freight rolling stock

railway equipment

train equipment

rail network equipment

rail infrastructure equipment

locomotive equipment

track equipment

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signalling equipment

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train signalling systems

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trackside building build

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Open

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Suitable for SME :

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Nationwide :

No

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Tender Progress :

0%

Details

Notice Type :

PIN

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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