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Prior information notice (PIN) for including East West Rail Connection Stage 1 services under the current Chiltern national rail contract.
Sets out how the Department for Transport will enforce measures in rail franchise agreements.
Membership of the panel advising the government operator on improving Northern Rail.
Prior information notice (PIN) for a new contract for Northern Trains Ltd from March 2022.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of the South Western rail services contract.
Invitation to tender documentation issued in 2016 for the West Midlands rail passenger franchise competition.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of TransPennine Express rail services contract.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of the Essex Thameside rail services contract.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of Great Western National Rail contract.
Notice of a penalty on LSER for contraventions of franchise agreements entered into with the Secretary of State for Transport.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of West Coast Partnership National Rail contract (rectification).
Guidelines about the rail franchise competition process used by Department for Transport staff and advisers.
Further information about the franchise competition high level process map.
A pre-route study report on the Brighton Main Line, its capacity challenges and options for improvements.
An Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) notice for the rail franchising pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) passport.
Invitation to tender for suppliers interested in a 2015 specialist technical advice for rail (STAR) framework contract opportunity.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern National Rail contract
Aims of the UK rail franchising programme and what we expect from our franchise operators.
Invitation to tender documentation issued in 2015 for the TransPennine Express (TPE) rail passenger franchise.
Prior information notice (PIN) for direct award of the East Midlands Railway contract (corrigendum).
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