Railway transport services

Tender description

Contract for provision of commuter, regional and long distance rail services on the UK conventional mainline rail system (including High Speed 1). It is envisaged the services would run between: (a) London to Dartford via Greenwich; (b) London to Dartford via New Cross and Woolwich Arsenal; (c) London to Dartford via Bexleyheath; (d) London to Dartford via Sidcup; (e) Slade Green to Barnehurst; (f) Barnehurst to Crayford; (g) London to Dartford via Nunhead and Lewisham; (h) London to Hayes (Kent); (i) Catford Loop – London to Bromley South via Denmark Hill and Catford; (j) Dartford to Strood and Chatham; (k) London to Ramsgate via Sydenham Hill, Bromley South and Chatham; (l) London to Sydenham Hill via Loughborough Junction; (m) Chatham to Sheerness-on-Sea; (n) Sheerness-on-Sea to Sittingbourne; (o) Faversham to Dover Priory via Canterbury East; (p) Strood to Paddock Wood via Maidstone West; (q) London to Paddock Wood via Grove Park; (r) Grove Park to Bromley North; (s) Grove Park to Swanley; (t) Swanley to Sevenoaks via Bat and Ball; (u) Paddock Wood to Ashford International; (v) Bromley South to Orpington; (w) Tonbridge to Hastings and Ore; (x) Swanley to Ashford International via Maidstone East; (y) Ashford International to Ramsgate via Canterbury West; (z) Canterbury West to Deal; (aa) Ashford International to Ramsgate via Dover Priory; (bb) London St.Pancras International to Ashford International via High Speed 1; and (cc)Ebbsfleet International to Strood; There is a mixture of leisure, business and commuter travel. These services would be similar to those currently operated on the South Eastern Franchise.