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Network Rail reveals top suppliers spend

Network Rail’s top suppliers were paid nearly £4.1bn last year – 42% of the infrastructure provider’s total spend with suppliers.

The rail infrastructure body raised spending among its leading suppliers by 7%, with major power supplier EDF continuing to rank as the biggest supplier followed by signalling and train control specialist Siemens Mobility in second place.

Network Rail’s top suppliers by spend
RankSupplier24/2323/22
1EDF Energy Customer£681m£527m
2Siemens Mobility£455m£509m
3BAM Nuttall£360m£321m
4Murphy£336m£292m
5Colas£326m£312m
6Balfour Beatty£300m£269m
7Amalgamated Construction£278m£254m
8Story Contracting£171m£148m
9Octavius Infrastructure£162m£148m
10SPL Powerlines UK£160m£156m
11Alstom Transport UK£151m£170m
12Amey Rail – TRU£144m£143m
13AtkinsRéalis UK£134m£146m
14QTS Group£113m£118m
15Alexander Mann Solutions£102m£108m
16VolkerRail£98mn/a

Among the civils contractors, BAM Nuttal ranked top again with a total spend, including Transpennine route upgrade work, rising to £360m.

Among those civils firms enjoying increased spend, J Murphy & Sons ranked fourth with £336m.

Combined revenue from Colas Rail and its Rail Systems Alliance operations, totted up to £326m placing it in the top five.