National Express pulls out of Berlin S-Bahn competition

[Thom91]

National Express pulls out of Berlin S-Bahn competition

GERMANY: National Express has confirmed that it has withdrawn from the competition for a contract to operate the Berlin S-Bahn’s ‘Ring & Branches’ service group. This leaves incumbent Deutsche Bahn as the only remaining candidate.

While transport authority VBB had declined to name the prequalified bidders for the contract, DB and National Express had confirmed they were included. RATP and MTR Corp were reported to have withdrawn previously. Potential bidders are understood to have been concerned about the complexity of the protracted process and the detailed requirements.

The Berlin senate decided to call competitive tenders for the operation of S-Bahn services following a series of high-profile technical failures in 2009 which led to severe disruption. However the process has been slow, with disputes over the division of services and whether to bundle rolling stock procurement with the operating contracts. In July the Länder of Berlin and Brandenburg directly awarded DB an ‘interim’ contract running from the end of its current contract in December 2017 until August 2023, with the aim of awarding long-term operating contracts and procuring a new fleet of trains valued at around €800m in this period.

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National Rail trekt zich terug uit de aanbesteding van de S-Bahn Berlijn, met betrekking tot de ringbahn en uitlopers daarvan. Hiermee blijft DB de enige partij die nog mee gaat in de aanbesteding.

[Ardan]

Lees ik dat goed? De RATP wilde ook meedoen in de aanbesteding? Beetje raar, een Parijse stadsvervoerder die de Berlijnse S-Bahn rijdt

[Thom91]

De RATP rijdt ook in Hong Kong en volgens mij ook Seoul ;)

[Frans F]

En bussen in Londen.

[Suus]

En trams in Manchester en ook in eigen land heeft men ervaring met treindiensten (RER A en B).

MTR is de metro-exploitant van Hongkong en inmiddels ook al op vele andere plekken in de wereld, zoals Stockholm. Ook die hebben spoorervaring met o.a. London Overground en het toekomstige Crossrail en in Australië (en binnenkort ook in Zweden).

[Meltrain]

Tja, die aanbesteding werd ook steeds uitgesteld.
Dat betekent dat DB uiteindelijk toch haar zin krijgt en de vervoerder blijft.