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Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
This week: Network Rail tenders its rail haulage requirement, valued at £949.9m. (2026-09-28)
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- Type
- Infrastructure manager — arm's-length public body; owner-operator of Great Britain's mainline infrastructure
- Market · Region
- United Kingdom · England
- Open tenders
- 2
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Electrification, Signalling & train control, Predictive maintenance, AI inspection, Digital operations, Cybersecurity
Owns and operates Great Britain's mainline infrastructure; £43.1bn CP7 settlement Apr 2024–Mar 2029.
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Owns, operates, maintains and renews Great Britain's mainline railway infrastructure — 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts — under the £43.1bn CP7 settlement (Apr 2024–Mar 2029).
- Type
- Infrastructure manager — arm's-length public body; owner-operator of Great Britain's mainline infrastructure
- Where
- England
- Programmes
- CP7, TRU, ETCS / ECDP
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Electrification, Signalling & train control, Predictive maintenance, AI inspection, Digital operations, Cybersecurity
Structure
Who holds what here
- awarded Land Recovery Rail — Non Rail Plant Framework — Anglia, East Midlands (plus East Coast main line South) and North & East (plus East Coast main line North) lots (active · since 2026-09-25)
- awarded Pod-Trak — Non Rail Plant Framework — East Midlands (plus East Coast main line South) lot (active · since 2026-09-25)
- awarded Wrights of Crockey Hill — Non Rail Plant Framework — North & East (plus East Coast main line North) lot (active · since 2026-09-25)
- supplied by British Steel — About 95% of Network Rail's rail; multi-year supply contract signed June 2025 (active · since 2025-06)
- awarded AtkinsRéalis — Train Control Systems Framework — two of eight contracts (conventional; digital with CAF) (active · since 2024-09)
- awarded BAM Nuttall — Wales & Western CP7 construction framework (active · since 2024-04)
- awarded Morgan Sindall — Wales & Western CP7 construction framework — West of England (active · since 2024-04)
- awarded Kier — North West & Central CP7 framework, lot A1 (– schemes) (active · since 2024-04)
- awarded Siemens Mobility — Train Control Systems Framework (10 years) — first place (active · since 2024)
- awarded Balfour Beatty — CP7 delivery frameworks (Balfour Beatty's own CP7 supply-chain framework, 2026) (active · since 2024)
- awarded Arup — Design Services Framework — multi-discipline national lot (CP6 with CP7 extension) (active · since 2020-01)
- awarded Jacobs — Design Services Framework — multi-discipline national lot (CP6 with CP7 extension) (active · since 2020-01)
- awarded WSP — Design Services Framework — multi-discipline national lot (CP6 with CP7 extension) (active · since 2020-01)
- awarded Mott MacDonald — Design Services Framework — multi-discipline national lot (CP6 with CP7 extension) (active · since 2020-01)
- awarded Alstom — Primary signalling supplier in three of eight regions — Central East, Great Western Inner, Great Western Outer (active)
- awarded Babcock — Signalling and telecoms contracts (programme; with Siemens, VolkerRail, Atkins, Linbrooke, Colas Rail) (active)
- awarded Linbrooke — Signalling, power and telecoms — tier-one principal contractor (active)
- awarded Unipart — SSI design workstation — Park Signalling (active)
- Contract detail and values (9)over $1bn · $500m–1bn · $100–500mIn the United Kingdom edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (15)
- ● Alstom · Alstom in the UK and Ireland (Derby Litchurch Lane, Widnes, Crewe, Ilford, Plymouth; 30 depots) (checked 2026-09-06)
- ● AtkinsRéalis · Appointed to upgrade and digitise UK rail signalling over 10 years (Train Control Systems Framework) (published 2024-09-16 · checked 2026-09-06)
- ● Royal BAM Group · Network Rail Wales & Western CP7 suppliers announced (published 2023-01 · checked 2026-09-06)
- ○ Construction Enquirer · Network Rail names winners of £640m design services deal (published 2020-01-08 · checked 2026-09-06)
- ○ City A.M. · Siemens and Babcock among winners of £750m Network Rail signalling contracts (also VolkerRail, Atkins, Linbrooke, Colas Rail) (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)
- ● Kier Group · Kier appointed to Network Rail North West & Central CP7 framework (checked 2026-09-06)
- ● Linbrooke · Rail — Network Rail tier-one principal contractor for signalling, power and telecoms (checked 2026-09-06)
- ○ New Civil Engineer · BAM, Taylor Woodrow and Morgan Sindall among suppliers on £2bn Network Rail framework (published 2023-01-17 · checked 2026-09-06)
- ● Office of Rail and Road · Our functions (checked 2026-09-06)
- ○ Rail magazine · Network Rail signs huge rail supply contract with British Steel (Scunthorpe supplies 95% of Network Rail's rail) (published 2025-06-16 · checked 2026-09-06)
- ○ Rail Professional · Mainmark secures place on Balfour Beatty CP7 framework (published 2026-03 · checked 2026-09-06)
- ● Siemens Mobility UK · Siemens Mobility secures first place on Network Rail's Train Control Systems Framework (checked 2026-09-06)
- ● UK Find a Tender · Network Rail — Non Rail Plant Framework award (OCDS ocds-h6vhtk, release 091116-2026) (published 2026-09-25 · checked 2026-10-03)
- ● Unipart · Rail signalling (Park Signalling; SSI design workstation £3m for Network Rail) (checked 2026-09-06)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggregate supply and track-waste framework | Open | over $1bn | Published September 2026 |
| Rail haulage and possession-hours operation framework | Open | over $1bn | Published September 2026 |
| TRU Stalybridge Scout tunnels track lowering electrification | Bids closed | $25–100m | Bids closed July 2026 · award expected March 2027 |
What changed
From This Week in Rail, newest first.
- 2026-09-28 — Network Rail tenders its rail haulage requirement, valued at £949.9m.
- 2026-09-28 — Network Rail awards a £70.0m overhead line steelworks contract to a group including Adey Steel and European Active Projects.
- 2026-09-28 — Network Rail awards its Non Rail Plant Framework to Land Recovery Rail, Pod Trak and Wrights of Crockey Hill.
- 2026-09-28 — The Office of Rail and Road reports Network Rail finances under pressure as inflation outpaces efficiency savings.
- 2026-09-14 — Network Rail awards a contract to Machines With Vision Ltd.
Withheld in the free surface
- Procurement structure
- Award history (1)
- Entry path
- Portals (2)
Full detail withheld: 4 fields. In the United Kingdom edition · See a fully open example
2 sources · all primary
- ● Network Rail · About us (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Office of Rail and Road · Periodic review 2023 of Network Rail: final determination (published 2023-10-31 · checked 2026-09-05)
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