Airport Route Upgrades
Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A NexusEstimated Value
Up to £16,000,000
Deadline
4 September 2026
Published
27 August 2026
Type
Not specified
Overview
Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive t/a Nexus are seeking to appoint a Principal Contractor to carry out and complete the Airport Route Upgrade works between Newcastle International Airport station and Longbenton (Tyne and Wear). The upgrade works consists of the replacement and renewal of permanent way assets and overhead line equipment.
This will include renewal of specified areas of track, which have reached the end of their serviceable life, tamping to achieve a new through alignment, offloading ballast and stressing along with replacing an existing fixed tension overhead line system with a new automatically tensioned system. Certain civil engineering and signalling activities may also form part of the overall scope.
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Likely incumbents
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- 1
CENTRAL TAXIS GATESHEAD LTD
£4m
total awarded
- 2
Go North East Limited
£2m
total awarded
- 3
BUSWAYS TRAVEL SERVICES LIMITED
£1m
total awarded
- 4
NORTHSTAR CONSTELLATION LIMITED
£1m
total awarded
- 5
STANLEY TRAVEL (NORTH EAST) LIMITED
£591,391
total awarded
CENTRAL TAXIS GATESHEAD LTD is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A NexusKey Dates
Published
27 August 2026
Submission deadline
4 September 2026
Notice type
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