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Mitie has been awarded a three-year engineering and maintenance contract with South Western Railway (SWR), with the option to extend for two additional years.
The contract covers a range of maintenance services including preventative maintenance, reactive and emergency repairs and project works at over 200 stations – including SWR’s hub which is located at London Waterloo and 10 train depots across the SWR network. As part of the agreement, 24 colleagues will join Mitie.
Mitie’s ‘Plan Zero’ consultancy team will also identify opportunities for energy and carbon reduction helping SWR to achieve its goal of being a net zero railway by 2040.
Andy Thompson, Managing Director, Technical FM, Mitie said: “As the operator of some of the most popular rail routes in the UK, we’re proud to be extending our partnership with South Western Railway. As well as ensuring that repairs are pre-empted and responded to quickly, we’re also looking forward to bringing our emissions reduction expertise to help South Western Railway achieve it 2040 net zero target.”
These engineering services are in addition to an existing contract with SWR providing intelligence-led security services across the network. As part of the existing contract, Mitie has already fully digitised SWR’s security incident reporting process, as well as using open-source data gathering to provide updates on potential threats and identify crime hotspots.
Alistair Wright, Head of Infrastructure & Property for South Western Railway, said: “We are pleased to expand our partnership with Mitie and look forward to working with them to help maintain our stations and depots and deliver our pledge to become net zero by 2040.”
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