Rail Replacement Service - Bus and Coach Operators
Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer)Estimated Value
£12,151,292 – £40,504,308
Deadline
10 June 2026
Published
10 August 2026
Type
Not specified
Overview
Transport for Wales Rail (TfWRL) are in-housing the co-ordination and management of Rail Replacement Service (RRS) across Wales and Border routes operated by TfWRL within Wales and between Wales and England. Or any such route operated by TfW as may arise in future.
This means that all pre-planned and emergency rail replacement services currently provided by coach and bus operators through an aggregator agreement, will be contracted for as services, directly by TfWRL. This procurement also includes the requirement for adhoc travel services to be commissioned via this framework as they arise.
Based upon 24/25 Financial year data, approximately 6,000 emergency duties and 21,000 planned duties were delivered by circa 135 different operators. It is currently intended the Open Framework will run for the maximum 8 year term.
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Award Details
AA minibus travels T/A Brit Coaches
£28,353,016
BAM Travel LTD
£28,353,016
Buchanans Coaches
£28,353,016
Bysiau Cwm Taf Valley Coaches
£28,353,016
Caelloi Motors
£28,353,016
Carmel Driving School and Travel Ltd
£28,353,016
Coastal Liner Ltd
£28,353,016
Cresta Coaches
£28,353,016
Cymru Coaches LTD
£28,353,016
Davies Coaches LTD
£28,353,016
Easy Bus
£28,353,016
EDWARDS COACHES LIMITED
£28,353,016
Eifions Coaches
£28,353,016
FIRST CALL TRAVEL LTD
£28,353,016
Forge Travel Ltd
£28,353,016
FRANCIS MINI TRAVEL LTD
£28,353,016
G&S Travel
£28,353,016
GMbuses S&D
£28,353,016
Go Goodwins Clwyd Ltd
£28,353,016
Gower Mini Travel
£28,353,016
Hidden Anglesey
£28,353,016
J Davies Travel Ltd
£28,353,016
JENSON TRAVEL
£28,353,016
Keane's Coaches
£28,353,016
Keepings International Ltd
£28,353,016
Lakeside Coaches Ltd
£28,353,016
Llew Jones Ltd
£28,353,016
Lloyds Coaches
£28,353,016
Longmynd Travel
£28,353,016
M Hayward & Daughter (South Wales) Ltd
£28,353,016
Mid Wales Motorways (1963) Ltd
£28,353,016
New Adventure Travel Limited
£28,353,016
N N Cresswell Coach Hire
£28,353,016
Newport Transport
£28,353,016
P&O Lloyd
£28,353,016
Pats Coaches
£28,353,016
PEYTON TRAVEL LIMITED
£28,353,016
Ramel Hamilton ta Replacement Bus Hire
£28,353,016
Regional Transport Ltd
£28,353,016
Rhiew Valley Motors Ltd
£28,353,016
Ridgways Coaches Limited
£28,353,016
SLINE TRAVEL LIMITED
£28,353,016
South Wales Transport Ltd
£28,353,016
Stagecoach Services Limited
£28,353,016
Star Coach Travel Ltd
£28,353,016
Teulu Travel Limited
£28,353,016
Thomas of Rhondda
£28,353,016
Varteg Motors Ltd T/A Phil Anslow Coaches
£28,353,016
Voel Coaches Ltd
£28,353,016
Watts Coaches Ltd
£28,353,016
WILKINS BROTHERS (CYMMER) LTD
£28,353,016
Williams Coaches
£28,353,016
A C Jenkins LTD
£28,353,016
Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
One Big Circle
6 contracts wonlatest 10 Apr 2026ends 23 Feb 2028£2m
total awarded
- 2
Wabtec UK Ltd
2 contracts wonlatest 5 Oct 2026ends 18 Apr 2028£4m
total awarded
- 3
Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH
2 contracts wonlatest 6 Aug 2026ends 24 May 2028£13m
total awarded
- 4
Cenex
2 contracts wonlatest 31 Mar 2026ends 2 Apr 2027£170,000
total awarded
- 5
Involve Rail Ltd
2 contracts wonlatest 13 Mar 2026ends 21 Nov 2025£379,895
total awarded
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Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer)Key Dates
Published
10 August 2026
Submission deadline
10 June 2026
Notice type
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