United Kingdom: Avanti West Coast has awarded Bombardier Transportation a three-year, $117 million contract for the “recall” and sustainability of its 20 Class 221 Super Voyager Diesel electric railcars until December 11, 2022. As part of the rail contract, maintenance continues to be carried out at Bombardier`s central depot, … “Passengers will welcome the coordination of services on the West Coast as the new line will open up more capacity. With a franchise of this size, it is even more important that passengers are at the centre of concerns and that their satisfaction is integrated into delivery destinations. Reducing competition could lead too easily to high prices, so passenger protection must be a priority. We will now work with all bidders to share our detailed work on what current West Coast passengers and future HS2 passengers want. In March 2011, DfT selected Abellio, FirstGroup, Keolis/SNCF and Virgin Rail Group to offer the franchise that would last up to 15 years. [12] In May 2011, a draft tender was submitted to the shortlisted candidates, indicating that the launch date of the franchise had been extended to December 9, 2012. [13] In October 2011, the DfT announced that an extension of the franchise had been granted to Virgin until December 8, 2012[14] and that in January 2012, the last tender had been issued to the shortlisted. [15] On August 15, 2012, DfT FirstGroup announced that it was a successful bidder for the franchise,[16] promised 11 new electric trains with six cars, direct connections to Blackpool in 2013 and to Telford, Shrewsbury and Bolton in 2016. [17] We had already researched and analyzed the available NRPS data to prove what passengers wanted from the franchise we had injected into the subsequent cancelled competition. In November 2016, the government announced that a new franchise would combine InterCity West Coast services` existing services with the development and launch of high-speed 2 services. The franchise will be known as the West Coast Partnership and will be responsible from 2019 for services on the West Coast Main Line as well as for the planning and operation of the first high-speed services from 2026.
A short-term contract was awarded until the launch of the new franchise.
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