Fleet of at least 15 but up to 30 Bi-Mode Locomotives for TransPennine Express (TPE) with an option for up to a further 5 additional Locomotives for use on the Great Western Railway (GWR) Sleeper Service
What the buyer wrote
TPE specific requirements The locomotives must be compatible with the existing, TPE-operated, CAF MKVa trains. For clarity, the locomotive must have the interface modifications installed to enable control of systems to support passenger service operation, e.g door control, passenger information system, automatic selective door operation (ASDO system). A detailed description of these systems will be provided during the tendering stage. The MKVa rakes are nominally 5-car configuration (including a driver trailer to enable push-pull operation with 1 x Locomotive coupled at the non-DT end of the rake), giving a Total tare mass of 5 x vehicles = 161.11 Tonnes (172.04 Tonnes for VTAC calculation p…
Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Fleet of at least 15 but up to 30 Bi-Mode Locomotives for TransPennine Express (TPE) with an option for up to a further 5 additional Locomotives for use on the Great Western Railway (GWR) Sleeper Service
- How they are buying
- Advertised, then negotiatedThe buyer talked terms with bidders rather than taking fixed offers.
- Type
- goods
- Where
- in the North East, in Yorkshire and The Humber, in London, in the South West
- Kind of work
- Transport and fleet
Who the buyer named
Stephen Stewart was the named contact on this notice.