Supply and Delivery of Fuel to EN590 across the North West

Northern Trains & Transpennine Trains are both subsidiaries of the DOHL and are therefore going to merge fuel requirements and go out to market collaboratively for the supply and delivery of rebated fuel (marked and dyed in accordance with HMRC regulations) that complies with or betters the requirements set out in standard EN590.

The output from the tender which will follow this PIN is to have contracts in place to supply fuel to both train operating companies from the 01/07/2025.

Forecasted annual volumes for each location are as below;

Northern Trains

Allerton Depot - 2,300,000

Barrow (Outstation) - 3,700,000

Blackburn (Outstation) - 2,300,000

Blackpool (Outstation) - 2,800,000

Newton Heath Depot - 8,800,000

Sheffield (Outstation) - 4,300,000

Wigan Springs Branch (Outstation) - 1,600,000

Transpennine Trains

Ardwick Depot - 10,000,000

The above volumes are to be delivered to each location via road tankers with the following tanker sizes accepted during the following times;

Northern Trains

Allerton Depot - 18,000 litre tanker, Delivery times: 24/7

Barrow (Outstation) - 18,000 litre tanker, Delivery times: Mon- Fri 0800 -1500

Blackburn (Outstation) - 36,000 litre tanker, Delivery times: Mon-Sun 1900 - 0700

Blackpool (Outstation) - 18,000 litre tanker, Delivery times: Mon-Sun 0700 -1900

Newton Heath Depot - 36,000 litre tanker, Delivery times: Mon-Fri 0700-1400

Sheffield (Outstation) - 36,000 litre tanker, Delivery times: Mon-Fri 07:00-20:30

Wigan Springs Branch (Outstation) - 36,000 litre tanker, Delivery times: 24/7

Transpennine Trains

Ardwick Depot - 36,000 litre tanker, Delivery times: 24/7