Railway transport services

Tender description

Contract for provision of commuter and regional rail services on the UK conventional mainline rail system. It is envisaged the services would run between: (a) Moorgate to Stevenage via Hertford; (b) Moorgate to Welwyn Garden City; (c) Kings Lynn/Cambridge to London Kings Cross; (d) Peterborough to London Kings Cross; (e) Cambridge/Peterborough/Bedford to St Pancras and the Thameslink Core; (f) Rainham/Sevenoaks/Orpington/East Grinstead/Brighton/Littlehampton/Horsham/Sutton to London Blackfriars and the Thameslink Core; (g) London Victoria to Brighton including Gatwick Express branded services; (h) London Victoria to Littlehampton; (i) London Victoria to Eastbourne and Ore; (j) London Victoria to Southampton/Portsmouth/Bognor Regis; (k) Brighton to Lewes/Seaford/Eastbourne; (l) Eastbourne to Ore/Ashford International; (m) Brighton to Southampton/Portsmouth/Bognor Regis/Littlehampton; (n) Littlehampton to Bognor Regis/Portsmouth; (o) London Victoria to East Grinstead; (p) London Bridge to Uckfield; (q) London Victoria to Reigate; (r) Redhill to Tonbridge; (s) East Croydon to Milton Keynes via Kensington Olympia; (t) London Bridge to Caterham and Tattenham Corner; (u) London Bridge to Epsom; (v) London Bridge to Beckenham Junction via Peckham Rye; (w) London Bridge to Victoria via Gipsy Hill; (x) London Victoria to Epsom, Dorking and Horsham; (y) London Victoria to Epsom Downs via Carshalton Beeches; (z) London Victoria to West Croydon via Gipsy Hill. There is a mixture of leisure, business and commuter travel. These services would be similar to those currently operated on the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern Franchise.