Railway transport services

Tender description

Contract for provision of commuter, regional and long distance rail services on the UK conventional mainline rail system. It is envisaged the services would run between: (a) London to Norwich via Ipswich; (b) London to Stansted Airport / Cambridge via Tottenham Hale; (c) London to Hertford East via Hackney Downs and Tottenham Hale; (d) Hackney Downs to Cheshunt; (e) Ely to King’s Lynn; (f) London to Southend/Southminster via Shenfield; (g) London to Braintree via Chelmsford; (h) London to Clacton-on-Sea/Walton-on-the-Naze/Colchester Town via Colchester; (i) London to Harwich Town; (j) London to Felixstowe/Lowestoft via Ipswich; (k) Peterborough to Ipswich via Bury St Edmunds; (l) Sudbury to Marks Tey; (m) Norwich to Stansted Airport via Ely; (n) Norwich to Sheringham; (o) Norwich to Great Yarmouth/Lowestoft. There is a mixture of leisure, business and commuter travel. These services would be similar to those currently operated on the East Anglia Franchise.