Railway transport services

Tender description

Contract for provision of commuter and regional rail services on the UK conventional mainline rail system. These serve the key cities of London, Portsmouth, Southampton and Reading, and extend as far as Bristol, Exeter and Weymouth. Services also operate between Ryde and Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. It is envisaged the services would run between: (a) Ascot to Guildford; (b) Brockenhurst to Lymington Pier; (c) Portsmouth Harbour to Southampton Central; (d) Salisbury to Southampton Central; (e) Yeovil Junction to Yeovil Pen Mill; (f) Westbury to Castle Cary; (g) Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads; (h) Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin; (i) London Waterloo to Weymouth; (j) London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour; (k) London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids; (l) London Waterloo to Guildford; (m) London Waterloo to Alton; (n) London Waterloo to Basingstoke; (o) London Waterloo to Hampton Court; (p) London Waterloo to Shepperton; (q) London Waterloo to Strawberry Hill; (r) London Waterloo to Guildford (via Bookham); (s) London Waterloo to Dorking (via Bookham); (t) London Waterloo to Epsom; (u) London Waterloo to Guildford via Cobham and Stoke D'Abernon; (v) London Waterloo to Chessington South; (w) London Waterloo to Reading; (x) London Waterloo to Windsor and Eton Riverside; (y) London Waterloo to London Waterloo via Hounslow; and (z) London Waterloo to London Waterloo via Richmond. There is a mixture of leisure, business and commuter travel. These services would be similar to those currently operated on the South Western Franchise.