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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See which ones
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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.
- 1London Underground Limited17 contracts£28.3m
- 2SE TRAINS LIMITED17 contracts£16.0m
- 3Transport for London16 contracts£29.3m
- 4ScotRail9 contracts£1.1m
- 5First Greater Western Limited8 contracts£20.6m
- 6East Midlands Railway7 contracts£37.0m
- 7TransPennine Express5 contracts£154m
- 8Transport for Wales5 contracts£11.3m
- 9Northern Trains Limited4 contracts£162m
- 10West Midlands Combined Authority4 contracts£26.9m
Top train maintenance contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Alstom Transport UK Limited9 contracts£951m
- 2Wabtec8 contracts£14.4m
- 3Faiveley Transport4 contracts£8.4m
- 4PSV Glass & Glazing Limited4 contracts£1.5m
- 5Siemens Mobility Ltd3 contracts£162m
- 6CAF RAIL UK LIMITED2 contracts£66.1m
- 7CRMi LTD2 contracts£6.5m
- 8ELECTROMECH RS LTD2 contracts£5.8m
- 9Filtration Control Limited2 contracts£2.8m
- 10Tidyco Limited2 contracts£1.6m
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
Transport for Wales to Pullman Rail Ltd and Wabtec · Awarded 5 October 2026
Transport for London to ICON AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY LTD · Awarded 5 October 2026
East Midlands Railway to supplier not published · Awarded 1 October 2026
Transport for London to B. HEPWORTH AND COMPANY LIMITED · Awarded 1 October 2026
London Underground Limited to Faiveley Transport · Awarded 30 September 2026
London Underground Limited to AB CONNECTORS LIMITED · Awarded 30 September 2026
First Greater Western Limited to UNIPART RAIL LIMITED · Awarded 21 September 2026
First Greater Western Limited to Tidyco Limited · Awarded 21 September 2026
First Greater Western Limited to Filtration Control Limited · Awarded 21 September 2026
First Greater Western Limited to RAIL INSTALLATION & TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD · Awarded 21 September 2026
Largest
GA TRAINS LIMITED to Alstom Transport UK Limited · Awarded 26 February 2026
Northern Trains Limited to Siemens Mobility Ltd · Awarded 13 July 2026
GA TRAINS LIMITED to Stadler Rail Service UK Limited · Awarded 18 August 2026
South Western Railway Limited to Alstom Transport UK Limited · Awarded 31 October 2025
VEAT Notice - Class 397 Technical Support and Spares Supply (official notice, opens in a new tab)
£39.4m
TransPennine Express to supplier not published · Awarded 10 June 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 94 · Scotland 10 · Wales 5
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)