Railway transport services

Tender description

The contract is a new fixed-term agreement to provide passenger rail services on the London Overground railway. The Operator will be required to deliver the contractual requirements detailed in the Concession Agreement and to work collaboratively with RfL to improve services throughout the concession term. The Operator will be required to provide rail services operated over the current London Overground network as well as services over routes transferring from the Greater Anglia franchise in May 2015. Train services will be operated initially using a mixture of existing electric and diesel rolling stock that will be partially replaced by new electric rolling stock supplied by RfL and deployed by the Operator. The contract term is expected to be 7 years and 5 months with an option to extend by up to 2 years, exercised at RfL's discretion. Further details will be provided in the Invitation to Tender.