Tender: Electrical and MEP Works for 25kV East-Facing Turnback Siding – Salford Central to Oldfield Road, Manchester

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This DfT-funded scheme is seeking a contractor to deliver MEP works for a new fully electrified (25kV) east-facing turnback on the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Line, adjacent to the Salford Hope Street (Cemex) sidings between Salford Central Station and the Oldfield Road Bridge. The turnback will consist of two roads accommodating trains up to 8 cars x 24m and 6 cars x 24m, with access to and from platforms 3–6 at Manchester Victoria via existing connections, supporting capacity and resilience improvements identified by the Cross Manchester Capacity and Reliability Improvement Study and enabling service recovery and an additional stop at Salford Central. Scope includes installation of a mains distribution/lighting control cubicle, submains, final circuits, lighting bollards, earthing and bonding, fuse upgrades within DNO, testing and commissioning, an Inspection and Test Plan, Ellipse updates, an O&M manual, and red line drawings.