HS2 Ltd confirmed the shortlist of bidders in the running to build the high speed rail project’s network control centre and rolling stock maintenance depot. The contract – worth an estimated EUR320.84 million (GBP275 million) – will see the winning bidder work with HS2 Ltd to transform the 30 hectare brown field site into the nerve centre of the HS2 network.  

The following bidders will be invited to tender: 

• GULERMAK AGIR SAN. İNSAAT VE TAAH. A.S & Gulermak Sp z o.o. 
• VINCI Construction UK Limited (t/a Taylor Woodrow) & Keltbray Limited 
• VolkerFitzpatrick Ltd & VolkerRail Ltd  

The depot will include a Rolling Stock Maintenance Building, Carriage Wash, Automatic Vehicle Inspection Building and 14 sidings where trains can be stored overnight.  

Also on the same site will be the Network Integrated Control Centre, the centre of the network’s state-of-the-art signalling and control systems as well as office buildings for cleaners and drivers. For further more detailed information on the project please click here and uk/65 for the tunnelbuilder archive. Visit https://www.hs2.org.uk/. 36/21.