Contract News

Rail customers will benefit from informed, safe and secure experiences at 156 stations following the awarding of a maintenance contract to critical communications specialists Telent. Telent will provide planned and reactive maintenance services for more than 4,000 security and information...

Sheffield-based rail depot equipment manufacturer, Mechan, has secured a major contract with Transport for Wales Rail (TfWRL). The company will be designing, building, and installing a bespoke bogie drop at the Canton rail depot in Cardiff. The custom-made unit enables...

TransPennine Trains Limited and Angel Trains has awarded Hitachi Rail an eight-year contract to continue maintenance of 19 intercity Class 802 trains. The Hitachi built ‘Nova 1’ fleet has proved very successful since its introduction in 2019, providing an extra...

Network Rail has appointed AmcoGiffen as the main contractor for the rebuild of the fire-damaged Troon station. The £5 million investment will see the Cumbernauld based company lead on the reinstatement of the platform one building in a way that...

Plans to launch a region-wide travel app giving everybody access to all transport modes in one place for the first time have taken a major step forward. Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has appointed FOD Mobility Group to help design,...

An option to purchase 11 additional state-of-the-art DLR trains, funded by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), has now been exercised by Transport for London (TfL). This will mean a total of 54 new trains will...

Arriva Rail London (ARL) has been granted a two-year extension as the delivery partner for the London Overground concession, which is operated with Transport for London. Arriva has operated the London Overground network since November 2016 and following the contract...

Industry partners in the transformational East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) have signed a £32.7million contract to upgrade the Class 700 Thameslink fleet to the latest specification of European Train Control System (ETCS). The five-year contract was signed by Cross...

HS2 is gearing up for the next phase of delivery by beginning the search for more UK-based companies to help build its fleet of new high speed trains. In 2021, the Hitachi/Alstom joint venture was awarded the £2bn contract to...

Furrer+Frey have been awarded a contract to renew Newcastle Metro electrification equipment by their public owners, Nexus. The contract will support the Metro’s transformation into a modern and reliable railway – benefitting from state-of-the-art overhead lines from the Swiss firm. Coupled...