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Department for Transport
This week: The Department for Transport commits to level boarding on new trains. (2026-09-28)
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- Type
- National rail HQ — sponsoring department; Great British Railways to follow under the Railways Bill
- Market · Region
- United Kingdom · England
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Digital operations, Signalling & train control, Cybersecurity
Sets rail policy and funding; sponsors Network Rail and HS2 Ltd.
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Sets rail policy and funding, sponsors Network Rail and HS2 Ltd, and buys specialist advisory capacity for the network through frameworks such as STARFour; the Railways Bill transfers the directing role to Great British Railways.
- Type
- National rail HQ — sponsoring department; Great British Railways to follow under the Railways Bill
- Where
- England · London
- Programmes
- Great British Railways, HS2
- Technology areas
- Digital operations, Signalling & train control, Cybersecurity
Structure
- controls Network Rail — Arm's-length public body of the Department for Transport since 1 September 2014 (active · since 2014-09-01)
- owns DfTO — Wholly owned holding company for the publicly owned train operators (active)
- owns HS2 Ltd — Wholly owned by the Department for Transport (executive non-departmental public body) (active)
Sources for these relationships (3)
- ● UK Government · High Speed Two (HS2) Limited — organisation page (checked 2026-09-06)
- ● House of Commons Library · When will my local train operator be nationalised? (checked 2026-09-06)
- ● House of Commons Library · Network Rail — briefing (arm's-length body of the DfT since 1 September 2014) (checked 2026-09-06)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARFour Specialist Technical Commercial Advisory Rail | Bids closed | £350m |
What changed
From This Week in Rail, newest first.
- 2026-09-28 — The Department for Transport commits to level boarding on new trains.
- 2026-09-28 — The Department for Transport publishes its light rail and tram statistics for England for the year ending March 2026.
- 2026-09-28 — The Department for Transport publishes its Journey to Great British Railways policy publication timetable.
- 2026-09-21 — The Department for Transport publishes its Railways Bill, part of the transition to Great British Railways.
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- Procurement structure
- Award history (1)
- Entry path
- Portals (1)
Full detail withheld: 4 fields. In the United Kingdom edition · See a fully open example
3 sources · all primary
- ● Department for Transport · GOV.UK organisation page (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Find a Tender Service · Department for Transport — STARFour Framework — tender notice 082843-2026 (ocds-h6vhtk-05fd57) (published 2026-09-01 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Department for Transport (GOV.UK) · Railways Bill (published 2025-11-05 · checked 2026-09-05)
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