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Awarded United Kingdom Services

Train Services Agreement relating to the maintenance of Class 385 Train Units

Buyer: ScotRail Trains Limited .

Published
18 February 2026
Place of performance
UKM
Procedure
Direct award
Lots
1
Notice number
014635-2026
Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-0656c8
Official source
Official source

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Description

This notice concerns the award of a Train Services Agreement (TSA) by Abellio ScotRail Limited (Abellio) to Hitachi Rail (Hitachi) for both light and heavy maintenance services for 234 Class 385 Vehicles (Trains) operated by Abellio. Abellio was not required to (and did not) undertake a regulated procurement in relation to the award of the TSA. The TSA commenced on 3 March 2015, and was transferred to ScotRail Trains Limited (ScotRail) pursuant to a transfer scheme made by the Scottish Ministers under the Railways Act 1995 on 7 February 2022. The Trains are part of the train fleet used by ScotRail to discharge its obligations in relation to the provision of services for the carriage of passengers by railway under the grant agreement entered into by the Scottish Ministers, Scottish Rail Holdings Limited and ScotRail in June 2022 (the Grant Agreement). The TSA will terminate on 31 March 2025 and SRT intends to extend the TSA to 31 March 2032 (as detailed in this notice) in order to procure the continued light and heavy maintenance of the Trains, Spares and Special Tools (the Services) required to allow it to continue to use the Trains as part of the train fleet required to allow Scot…

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