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Prior notice United Kingdom Services

Supply of Freight Operating Company services to Great Western Rail for Passenger Diversions, Depot Strategy and Test Trains

Buyer: FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED

Published
23 September 2025
Estimated value
£16,000,000
Place of performance
UKG
Lots
1
Notice number
058974-2025
Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-05a05c
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Description

First Greater Western Railway, trading as Great Western Railway (GWR), is issuing a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Notice to obtain market feedback in relation to an intended services for the provision of Freight Operating Company (FOC) Drivers, Person in Charge (PIC) and Shunters to support GWR in delivering passenger mitigations during planned perturbation. HS2 Possessions GWRs strategy during the construction of Old Oak Common (OOC) is to provide an alternative London terminus for its customers for any All-Line Block (ALB) greater than 12 hours and provide the same level of customer experience as that of London Paddington (PAD). For any possession that is greater than 12 hrs., GWR will implement one of its three diversionary routes, to ensure a London terminus is retained for GWR customers. With limited to no access to London North Pole (LNP) GWRs principal engineering depot via the Great Western Main Line (GWML) during OOC possessions poses a significant risk to GWR. GWR has created a Depot Strategy that allows a limited number of services on/off LNP via the West London Line (WLL) entrance/exit. Additionally, and a series of mitigations across the GWR network. During Chris…

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