Caledonian Sleeper draft ITT published

摘要

Transport Scotland has published the draft ITT for the new Caledonian Sleeper franchise, covering overnight services between London and Scotland currently operated by ScotRail (RB1441 p1). According to the ITT, the first franchise objective is to deliver 'compelling product improvement to provide a transformed passenger experience'. In addition to the £50m announced by the Scottish Ministers for investment in the sleeper fleet, the ITT says that 'up to' a further £10m may be made available for rolling stock upgrades 'where this can be clearly shown to offer incremental value for money in its own right by improving the Net Present Value of a bid'. No mention is made of the £50m provided towards sleeper modernisation by the UK Treasury but allocated for other purposes by the Scottish Ministers.