Service market

Train maintenance contracts

UK public sector · 109 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
109
Last 12 months
Median contract
£886k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£1.5bn
97 of 107 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
21
Suppliers
77

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most train maintenance contracts took 26% of them (28 of 109).
  • The median contract, £886k, is 8.8 times the median across transport & logistics contracts (£101k).
  • London had the most contracts: 58, or 53% of the total.

Who buys train maintenance

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1London Underground Limited17 contracts
  2. 2SE TRAINS LIMITED17 contracts
  3. 3Transport for London16 contracts
  4. 4ScotRail9 contracts
  5. 5First Greater Western Limited8 contracts
  6. 6East Midlands Railway7 contracts
  7. 7TransPennine Express5 contracts
  8. 8Transport for Wales5 contracts
  9. 9Northern Trains Limited4 contracts
  10. 10West Midlands Combined Authority4 contracts

Top train maintenance contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Alstom Transport UK Limited9 contracts
  2. 2Wabtec8 contracts
  3. 3Faiveley Transport4 contracts
  4. 4PSV Glass & Glazing Limited4 contracts
  5. 5Siemens Mobility Ltd3 contracts
  6. 6CAF RAIL UK LIMITED2 contracts
  7. 7CRMi LTD2 contracts
  8. 8ELECTROMECH RS LTD2 contracts
  9. 9Filtration Control Limited2 contracts
  10. 10Tidyco Limited2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

21Q4 2025*28Q1 202631Q2 202625Q3 20264Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 94 · Scotland 10 · Wales 5

London58Scotland9North East7Wales5Yorkshire and The Humber4West Midlands4North West3South West2East Midlands1East of England1UK-wide or not stated15

What is included

Keeping train and tram fleets available: fleet maintenance, heavy overhaul and refurbishment, manufacturer technical support, and supply, repair and overhaul of components and sub-systems such as doors, HVAC, shoe gear, cooling and glazing.

  • Train fleet maintenance for an operator
  • Technical support and spares supply agreements for a whole fleet
  • Heavy overhaul and refurbishment programmes
  • Door control units and door systems
  • HVAC and cab air-conditioning overhaul
  • Shoe gear and other safety-critical spares
  • Mechanical materials for a fleet
  • Engine radiators and cooling components
  • Spares for time-based overhaul programmes
  • Rolling stock glass replacement at depots

What is not included

  • New trains (trn.rail.rolling-stock-supply)
  • On-track plant and engineering trains (trn.rail.on-track-plant-and-engineering-trains)
  • Depot plant such as wheel lathes, lifting jacks and train wash (trn.rail.depot-plant-and-equipment)
  • Train cleaning (cln.trans.train-and-rolling-stock-cleaning)
  • Depot building works (another industry: construction-trades)
  • Track and signalling components (con.civils.rail-track-civils)

Often bought by the same buyers