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# Contract for Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern rail services. Currently operated by Govia Thameslink Railway Limited

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-thameslink-southern-and-great-northern-rail-services-currently-operated-by-go-ocds-h6vhtk-02bcf8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Transport: "Contract for Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern rail services. Currently operated by Govia Thameslink Railway Limited". Published status: tenderUpdate. Published Value: Value not published. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** RECORDED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Transport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-transport-gov-d9)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Railway transport services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32007R1370
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02bcf8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-thameslink-southern-and-great-northern-rail-services-currently-operated-by-go-ocds-h6vhtk-02bcf8#tl-md)

## Description
Contract for provision of commuter and regional rail services on the UK conventional mainline rail system. It is envisaged the services would run between: 
(a) Moorgate to Stevenage via Hertford 
(b) Moorgate to Welwyn Garden City
(c) Kings Lynn / Cambridge to London Kings Cross
(d) Peterborough to London Kings Cross
(e) Cambridge / Peterborough / Bedford to St Pancras and the Thameslink Core
(f) Rainham / Sevenoaks / Orpington / East Grinstead / Brighton / Littlehampton / Horsham / Sutton to London Blackfriars and the Thameslink Core
(g) London Victoria to Brighton including Gatwick Express branded services
(h) London Victoria to Littlehampton
(i) London Victoria to Eastbourne and Ore
(j) London Victoria to Southampton / Portsmouth / Bognor Regis
(k) Brighton to Lewes / Seaford / Eastbourne
(l) Eastbourne to Ore / Ashford International
(m) Brighton to Southampton / Portsmouth / Bognor Regis / Littlehampton
(n) Littlehampton to Bognor Regis / Portsmouth
(o) London Victoria to East Grinstead
(p) London Bridge to Uckfield
(q) London Victoria to Reigate
(r) Redhill to Tonbridge
(s) East Croydon to Milton Keynes via Kensington Olympia
(t) London Bridge to Caterham and Tattenham Corner
(u) London Bridge to Epsom
(v) London Bridge to Beckenham Junction via Peckham Rye
(w) London Bridge to Victoria via Gipsy Hill
(x) London Victoria to Epsom, Dorking and Horsham
(y) London Victoria to Epsom Downs via Carshalton Beeches
(z) London Victoria to West Croydon via Gipsy Hill
There is a mixture of leisure, business and commuter travel. These services would be similar to those currently operated on the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern Franchise.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013701-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-17T08:08:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T22:59:12.543Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02bcf8