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Airport Route Upgrades

Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus · Public undertaking

In brief

Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus was looking for suppliers for construction work. Bidding has closed and no award has been published yet.

The estimated value is £16,000,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 11 months, starting 30 November 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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What the notice says

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.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 010347-2026
  2. Tender notice · UK4, notice 016381-2026
  3. Tender notice · UK4, notice 042412-2026
  4. Tender notice · UK4, notice 048059-2026
  5. Tender notice · UK4, notice 081947-2026

About the buyer

Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A NexusLast 12 months

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From notice 010347-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 5 February 2026, last updated 27 August 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.