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South Rail Terminal Line 3 Upgrade

Descriptions

The Port of Felixstowe South Rail Terminal has a length of approximately 500m.

Line 3 requires replacement of 460m of rail including the removal and disposal of all rail, timber sleepers and track ballast and replacement with new including the replacement of the timber sleepers with concrete sleepers.

The Works comprise but are not limited to:
Take up existing rails and dispose off site
Take up existing sleepers and dispose off site
Take up existing upper and lower ballast and dispose
Install new lower ballast on PW1 Terram
Install new concrete sleepers and new rail
Install new upper ballast
Tamp and final alignment using universal tamping machine
Install MoT Type 1 footways to 6 foot either side of line 3

Rail Operations run 24/7 6 days a week. It is proposed that the rail panels are assembled off-line in a nearby site compound and the installation works are undertaken over two consecutive 36 hour weekend possessions whereby half of the track is replaced each weekend. The Port will make its rail mounted gantry crane and container reach handler plant available to handle and place sections of built up track during the possession.

Timeline

Published Date :

20th Nov 2025 1 month ago

Deadline :

19th Dec 2025 23 days ago

Contract Start :

24th Sep 2026

Contract End :

24th Sep 2026

Keywords

tramway coaches

ballast wagons

fuel tenders

trolleybus units

transit coaches

water tender

urban rail cars

rail locomotives

diesel tenders

trolleybuses

support tenders

track maintenance wagons

passenger coaches

tram passenger vehicles

rail traction units

locomotive tenders

commuter rail coaches

service rail vehicles

steam locomotive tenders

service rail cars

rail repair vehicles

locomotive auxiliary vehicles

railway maintenance vehicles

infrastructure maintenance vehicles

electric locomotive tenders

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Workflows

Status :

Closed

Procedure :

N/A

Suitable for SME :

No

Nationwide :

No

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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