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Welcome to the second edition of RailCONNECT, a quarterly publication available on-line at www.railconnect.co.uk and in print format. We hope all of our readers are finding this publication a useful industry communication tool, to bridge the gap between buyers and suppliers in the Rail industry.

In this edition, we have our regular features from Christian Wolmar; a writer and broadcaster specialising in transport. He has covered the railways since privatisation in the mid 1990s and writes regularly for national newspapers and magazines. In this quarter, he gets an inside look at the £850 million Reading Station refurbishment project and speaks to Bill Hendry, the programme manager in charge of the scheme being undertaken by Network Rail, on how he managed to cut a year off the schedule and introduce a new platform numbering system with no complaints. Christian also delves into the Government Command Paper published earlier this year and looks at the targets ahead of the industry on pages 22-23. Following the closure of Bombardier’s factory, we put the spotlight on Derby, as Christian meets the unsung success story that is RVEL, on pages 24-25. And finally, we all know the Olympics are drawing closer and the question on everyone’s mind is, ‘how will public transport cope?’ Christian is invited into the control centre where he learns what is going on behind the scenes to prepare for the crowds that London is expecting this summer on pages 26-27.

We also have our regular articles covering Training, Law, Health & Safety, Finance and Q&A’s, which in this edition are answered by Chief Executive of Network Rail, David Higgins, to keep you abreast of issues within the industry.

In addition to our regular features, RailCONNECT went to visit some of the chosen few who have been selected to take part in Track and Train, a work placement scheme spearheaded

by Network Rail, to find out how they managed to stand out against the 2514 other applicants and how the scheme works on pages 18-20. Matt Lovering, Director at Credo, also takes a look on pages 28-29 at how ticketing sales are changing and how they could be tailored to the consumers needs in the future.

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CONTENTS Industry News

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Passengers set to benefit as ten more stations secure share of £100M improvement fund ORR demands better performance for long distance rail passengers Crime down on Britain’s railways

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Crossrail appoints property framework to maximise future development opportunities

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Industry News

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Shortcuts cut short lives - champion athlete Dai Greene heads new campaign to prevent rail trespass deaths

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Dai appears in an online video, www.facebook.com/TrackTests

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Network rail agrees multibillion pound contract for crossrail’s surface works Passengers views sought on new rail franchise for London and the south

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Franchise continuation for Northern Rail

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Refurbishing Reading, Gateway To The World It is a major, hugely expensive project but everything has gone smoothly; there has been not one customer complaint and it will be completed a year early. How has this been achieved?

On the Right Track for a Positive Future RailCONNECT speaks to some of the chosen few who have been selected to take part in the Track and Train work placement scheme to find out how they managed to stand out against the 2514 other applicants.

Cuts On Command The Government’s paper on the future of the rail industry is a tall order and one that many rail managers doubt can be achieved.

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RailCONNECT speaks to Chief Executive of Network Rail, David Higgins

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Safe By Choice: A Mindset, Not An Initiative Atkins talks about their behavioural based programme, SbC, which challenges staff’s actions to reduce the chance of accidents occuring.

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CHRISTIAN WOLMAR

It is a major, hugely expensive project but everything has gone smoothly; there has been not one customer complaint and it will be completed a year early. How has this been achieved?

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Christian Wolmar Is a writer and broadcaster specialising in transport. He has covered the railways since privatisation in the mid-1990s, writing regularly for newspapers and magazines including a fortnightly column in Rail magazine.

He is also the author of several books on railway history, including Fire and Steam, a History of the Railways in Britain, and The Subterranean Railway: How the Underground Changed London. His latest book is Engines of War, an examination of the role played by the railways in military conflict.

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eading might seem a strange place for one of the most costly station refurbishments ever undertaken in the UK. After all, it is not even a city, merely a town of less than a quarter of a million, and the cost of the scheme, at £850 million, is on a par with major London refurbishments, such as St Pancras and Blackfriars, and the Birmingham New Street remodelling, which is also under way. However, the scheme is far more than just a station refurbishment as Reading is a key point in the UK rail network.

Bill Henry, the programme manager in charge of the scheme being undertaken by Network Rail, is in no doubt of its importance and reckons it is long overdue: “The layout of the tracks has not been changed since 1899.

That causes all kinds of problems. It is not uncommon for people to sit for five or more minutes waiting for a freight train, which can be up to a kilometre long, to pass,” he said. Henry used to work for Bechtel when it was in charge of the massive £9 billion refurbishment of the West Coast Main Line, so he is no stranger to big schemes.

And remember, at one point that megaproject’s costs were soaring upwards of £13 billion, so he also knows the importance of keeping a rein on expenditure.

While the West Coast involved a whole line, the Reading project is also spread out, stretching five miles if all the various associated works are included. And there are lots of them, ranging from various bridge replacements to providing five new platforms, as well as building a new train depot, creating a superb new entrance on the north side of the station, replacing the passenger walkway over

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The complicated procedure to get permmissions and to acquire the land took just 18 months, reportedly the quickest ever on record. the platforms with a much larger one with escalators, and lots of other minor works.

Unlike many such big schemes, like HS2, the Reading redevelopment has attracted virtually no opposition. This meant that the complicated procedure to get permissions and to acquire the land, undertaken through a Transport & Works Act, took just 18 months, reportedly the quickest ever on record.

That does not mean the process was simple: it required the acquisition of no fewer than 106 small plots of land but nevertheless attracted only two objections. One key factor has been the support of the local Reading council: “We’ve worked very closely with the local authority and that has made things much smoother,” says Henry. It is a vast project designed to cater for the expected doubling of passenger numbers by 2030 for a station that is at the heart of Britain’s Silicon Valley and the Thames Valley region. It must also provide extra capacity on the tracks as Reading has long been a bottleneck, being the point at which trains from Southampton heading north on the Oxford line conflict with all the trains on the east–west axis.

By building a viaduct over the main lines, the freight services will be separated and capacity generally greatly increased. The extra platforms will help considerably, too. Traditionally, the old platform 4, now number 7, was where all the fast trains leaving London stopped, which meant it was very difficult to reduce the impact of any

delay. When the scheme is completed, two platforms will be available for trains coming out of the capital, making arrangements far more flexible. Originally, the scheme was not expected to be finished until April 2016 but now this has been brought forward by a year. This is a direct result of recommendations in the McNulty report on railway costs published last year. The report prompted the managers of the Reading scheme to re-examine all components of the project to see where it could be speeded up and costs reduced.

The resulting changes are impressive: after a series of meetings with his project team, Henry managed to cut a year off the schedule, bringing forward delivery dates for all the main components except the increase in station capacity, the first key stage of the project. The project has been simplified, too, with key outputs reduced from more than 60 to just 19. Interestingly, it was the Indian conglomerate Tata which designed the project, while the main contractor for the work is a home-grown company, Costain.

One key decision that was expected to generate large numbers of complaints passed off smoothly. When the new platform 4 was commissioned just after Christmas last year, the whole numbering system was changed. At King’s Cross, the fear of making this change, together with the expected cost, meant that there is now a platform 0, which has led to widespread confusion. In Reading, therefore, the Network Rail team bit the bullet and decided to get rid of the

old 4A and 4B numbering and provide an entirely new system. Thanks to an extensive publicity campaign, the change has been instigated with barely a murmur from the public.

Remarkably, too, the various closures and timetable changes over Christmas resulted in no complaints. Henry puts that down to communication with the public, such as printing nearly 100,000 copies of a newsletter: “We’ve been very keen to make sure people know what’s happening. We are very proud of having had no complaints at all. It is a tremendous achievement,” he said. When it comes down to precise costs, however, the plain-speaking Henry stays surprisingly quiet. Asked if the speeding up of the project will lead to cost reductions, the reply is carefully framed: “Yes, there is contingency built into the project’s costs,” is all he will say.

One suspects that ultimately the cost may indeed go down, but Henry wants to make sure that none of the available money is taken away while he might need it. There are still a lot of things that can go wrong when you are tampering with a railway first built in the 1830s. But its original designer, Brunel, would be pretty pleased to see how well the Great Western and the once tiny village station of Reading is doing today.

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PASSENGERS SET TO BENEFIT AS TEN MORE STATIONS SECURE SHARE OF £100M IMPROVEMENT FUND

CRIME DOWN ON BRITAIN’S RAILWAYS

Robin Gisby, managing director, network operations at Network Rail, said: “This is a fantastic example of the rail industry, local authorities and other organisations working together to improve the passenger experience without increasing the burden on the taxpayer.

The long term downward trend in crime on Britain’s rail systems has continued with a 9.1% fall in notifiable crime in 2011/12, the eighth successive year crime has gone down.

“This third and final wave of successful bids means we have now allocated almost £100m towards projects which will improve passengers’ experience of travelling by rail and help us deliver a better value for money railway.”

Figures for 12 crime groups published by British Transport Police show that violent crime fell by 2.9%, whilst robberies were down 9.6% and vandalism (criminal damage) by 21.6%. Theft also fell, with theft of passengers’ property down 10.4% and theft of railway property down 12.8%.

Passengers are set to benefit from a further £15m of improvements to stations across England after the latest round of successful bids for rail industry funding has been announced.

The 10 successful projects include new and extended car parks, station redevelopments and new retail space and will be delivered by Network Rail, train operating companies and other bidders in and around stations.

The schemes form the third and final wave of successful bids for a £100m station improvement fund, launched in 2011 by Network Rail, the Department for Transport and the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC). To be eligible, proposals must have a benefit to passengers and also reduce the overall public subsidy for rail by generating a financial return to the Department for Transport.

In addition to the 10 projects announced in May, four further bids have had funding ring-fenced, pending clarification on certain aspects of the projects. Once funding for these bids has been finalised a decision will be taken by the panel on how to proceed with the fund’s remaining monies.

ORR DEMANDS BETTER PERFORMANCE FOR LONG DISTANCE RAIL PASSENGERS The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has told Network Rail to deliver better levels of punctuality for passengers on long distance train services, or face a substantial penalty.

Following an extensive investigation, the rail regulator has instructed Network Rail to deliver plans agreed with train operators for better levels of punctuality on long distance services in 201213, and speed-up further improvements towards meeting its committed punctuality target of 92% in 2013-14. If the company fails to deliver the 2013-14 target it will face a substantial financial penalty. The size of any financial penalty will reflect the extent of Network Rail’s failure to meet the commitment, increasing by £1.5 million per 0.1 percentage point it drops below the 92% punctuality target.

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customers have paid the company to deliver.

ORR’s investigation showed that the company struggled to cope with the challenges of reaching its long distance punctuality target. The rail regulator, while recognising the impact of issues such as cable theft, concluded that many of the difficulties Network Rail has encountered, including problems with timetable planning and predicting and spotting equipment failures, are of the company’s own making. More trains are running on the network but the company could have done more to deal with the risks to performance.

When ORR sets Network Rail’s funding for the next five year period (2014-2019), it will take into account failure to deliver the outputs for which the company was paid in the current

“This has been a very successful year for BTP and the rail industry,” said Chief Constable Andy Trotter.

“This sustained downward trend in crime is a tribute to the excellent partnerships we have with rail operators, who continue to invest in the security of their customers and staff. It also reflects the hard work of BTP staff across Britain at a time when we are demanding more and more from them as budgets decline.”

The crime figures were published on the day that Secretary of State Justine Greening opened a new London CCTV Hub bringing together access to 33,000 cameras from 16 rail operators.

In 2011/12, BTP also achieved all 11 of its national policing plan targets and 43 out of 47 local targets. National targets include reducing crime, disruption and anti-social behaviour whilst improving value for money.

Crime on the railways over the past five years has fallen by over 30%.

period. Additionally, ORR will consider, in its annual assessment of Network Rail’s financial performance, whether it should adjust its assessment of efficiency for a failure to deliver the commitments.

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Nearly 50 people have been killed after taking shortcuts and trespassing across the railway tracks in the last year, according to Network Rail. To highlight this, it has teamed up with British and World 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene to warn young men about the dangers of taking a short cut across the tracks. Shockingly, 88% of accidental trespass fatalities in the last ten years were male with over a third aged 16-25.

Dai appears in an online video, part of a new campaign launched called “Track Tests”. Dai is given a realistic but unusual running test – across the tracks – but it’s not as easy as it seems, even for a top athlete at the peak of his condition. It’s dark, there’s grease on the line, unexpected trip hazards and it’s raining. It aims to illustrate that if a fit, agile athlete used

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to leaping high hurdles at speed, is unable to get out of the way of a train travelling at 80mph, then you won’t either. The video is part of a new Facebook page http://www. facebook.com/TrackTests and online/ mobile advertising campaign.

Dai Greene explained why he was keen to get involved with this new campaign: “Day in day out, I train hard to make sure I am as quick as I can be. On the running track it’s important that my reactions are lightning fast but on the train track - during filming - that didn’t count for much. The experience has brought to life just how many dangers there are on the rail tracks – most of which I knew nothing about.

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NETWORK RAIL AGREES MULTI-BILLION POUND CONTRACT FOR CROSSRAIL’S SURFACE WORKS Network Rail has agreed an anticipated final cost with Crossrail Limited, to deliver significant infrastructure enhancements on the rail network, to enable Crossrail services to operate to Maidenhead, Heathrow, Abbey Wood and Shenfield.

Simon Kirby, managing director, Network Rail Infrastructure Projects, said: “Network Rail’s combined roles of operating and upgrading the existing railway mean that we are uniquely placed to deliver the above ground elements of this world-class project.

We’ve spent two years working with our customer, Crossrail Limited, to develop the exact scope of the work and are confident that we have the right plan, expertise and resources. We and our supply partners are now completely focused on efficient delivery for passengers and delighting our customer.”

Matthew White, Crossrail’s surface director, said: “To enable Crossrail services to operate, Network Rail will be undertaking a multi-billion upgrade of the rail network with major improvements planned for the Great Eastern and Great Western main lines including better stations, electrification, new and improved signalling and the integration of the new Crossrail tunnels with the existing railway.”

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PASSENGERS VIEWS SOUGHT ON NEW RAIL FRANCHISE FOR LONDON AND THE SOUTH Passengers across London, the South East, Sussex and the South Coast are being asked for their views to help shape a major new franchise for train services across their area, Rail Minister Theresa Villiers has announced.

The consultation launched gives local communities across the areas covered by the new franchise a chance to say what train services they would like to see run by the winning operator. It also asks the views of potential bidders on how they will improve the experience of passengers.

“This new franchise will be a key part of public transport in London and the South of England.

Before we set the terms of the franchise and choose who will operate it, we want to hear a wide range of views on the services passengers want.

September 2013 and run for a minimum of seven years. The consultation commenced on 31 May 2012 and closes on 23 August 2012.

“We are also seeking views on how to maximise the benefits of the Thameslink upgrade and how they should be shared between different communities along the line.

“This consultation outlines a number of standards we expect any new operator to deliver as a matter of course, including improvements to stations, better ticket-buying facilities and passenger information and good levels of punctuality. But we also want passengers, and anyone else with an interest in improving the railways, to tell us about other ways in which they think services could be better.”

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The franchise is expected to cover most of the existing First Capital Connect franchise, including the Thameslink line which is undergoing a £6 billion upgrade. Services currently run by Southern will be added to the new combined franchise from 2015. This would see a single train operator to take responsibility for all rail services from Brighton to King’s Lynn and Southampton to Ashford with London at the heart, creating the largest franchise in the UK rail market.

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APG manufactures many different types of pinions and gearwheel sets across the rail industry. Using our extensive experience and knowledge we provide our customers with total confidence and peace of mind.

APG works to the highest industry standards to promote quality products to meet the critical market requirements.

A true one stop shop providing solutions from re-engineering of existing components to complete new design and manufacture.

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ANDERSON PRECISION GEARING DELIVERS WORLD CLASS ENGINEERING QUALITY FOR RAIL Heavy engineering company Anderson Precision Gearing is setting its sights on the European rail market following its success in the UK. With world-class engineering expertise and design capability, the Scottish heavy engineering firm has built on its long experience and expanded into the rail sector together with its traditional mining and heavy automotive markets.

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underground rail cars. The contract will run throughout 2012 and into 2013, keeping the fleet running up to 2022.

In the rail sector APG can offer a complete design and manufacture service for a variety of applications, from machining only through to complete packages, such as escalator drive assemblies, including gearwheels, pinions, gearwheel sets and suspension sleeves.

In the past six months, APG has received orders of more than £1.3 million from a range of customers, recently landing a substantial rail contract which is the largest ever in the company’s history.

Accredited to ISO 9001:2008, APG works to the highest international standards of quality and reliability and is an accredited supplier to many other sectors including aerospace, mining, oil and gas, power generation and renewable energy.

Cementing APG’s position as a major supplier to the rail traction industry, the contract is to manufacture suspension tubes to help extend the life of the Piccadilly Line fleet of motorised

Specialising in heavy gearing, APG’s extensive equipment can perform CNC gear grinding for parts up to 1,600mm diameter and 1,000mm face width, gear shaping up to

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1,000mm diameter and 200mm length, and bevel generation up to 1,016mm diameter and 200mm length, as well as CNC horizontal turning up to 900mm diameter and 3,000 length, CNC vertical turning/boring up to 1,600mm diameter and 1,000 mm length and prismatic machining up to 1,250mm by 1,000mm by 1,000mm. Its Wenzel coordinate measuring machine can cope with components up to 1,500mm by 1,500mm by 2,500mm.

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PLC SITE SERVICES

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PLC Site Services, who are based at Wolverton Works, can provide a turnkey shot-blasting and coating service, in support of many different aspects of rolling stock overhaul and rail infrastructure maintenance. PLC Site Services have the facilities and staff at Wolverton for the shot blasting and spray painting of components, rail doors, skirts and painting interior and exterior of vehicles; as well as full overhaul of pressure vessels. A wide variety of component shape and sizes can be catered for – nothing is too small or large to be considered. They are also able to offer onsite repairs and maintenance. PLC can guarantee a quick turnaround and all work is carried out to the highest standard by skilled technicians.

FRANCHISE CONTINUATION FOR NORTHERN RAIL Northern Rail has welcomed news that the Department for Transport (DfT) has granted a continuation of its Northern Franchise. This means Northern will continue to operate local and regional rail services across the north of England until 1 April 2014.

Since its franchise began Northern has: • Delivered a more punctual and reliable railway; increasing the number of trains arriving on time from 83.7% to 91.9%, • Attracted 40% growth in passenger demand and worked with industry partners to introduce more carriages to ease overcrowding, • Against a specification of a ‘no growth, no investment’ franchise, Northern’s stakeholders and shareholders, Serco and Abellio, have invested over £130million to make things better.

This includes additional carriages, new stations, improvements to existing station facilities and employee accommodation.

Ian Bevan Managing Director, Northern Rail said: “We’ll be improving the ticket office, waiting rooms and toilet facilities at a number of stations. We’re also working with partners to install more customer information screens (CIS) at stations, making sure passengers get accurate information about how their train is running.”

Northern’s franchise was originally due to end on 15 September 2013, after it had already secured a twoyear extension in 2010 for improving the punctuality and reliability of its services. The Franchise Agreement contained a clause for the DfT to grant a franchise continuation of up to seven reporting periods, which it has chosen to do.

MSP’S PRAISE SCOTRAIL APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME MSPs have praised ScotRail’s unique modern

people’s skills. The MSPs’ comments followed

apprenticeship scheme, which helps young

a tour of the train operator’s Training Academy

people gain experience and employment

where they met a number of the apprentices.

opportunities.

ScotRail’s 18-month programme covers three key

Maureen Watt MSP, Convener of the Scottish

customer service roles - ticket examiner, station

Parliament’s Infrastructure and Capital Investment

staff and hospitality.

Committee, and Neil Bibby MSP described

The 11 young people involved are all on course to complete their apprenticeships and Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards this summer.

ScotRail’s Modern Apprenticeships in Customer Service as a pioneering project to boost young

RAIL FUTURE IN YORK ASSURED Important plans which cement York’s future as a railway city have been given the go ahead by the city council.

Network Rail will develop a new rail operating centre and workforce development centre on land close to York station.

Phil Verster, Route Managing Director for Network Rail’s London North Eastern (LNE) route, said: “This decision is great news for York and the railway. These operating and training facilities will allow us to deliver a modern, efficient railway while at the same time maintaining York’s position as a proud rail city.

The centres will retain jobs in the city and, over time, see all of our rail operations for the LNE route consolidated on this site.”

“The operating centre is the largest of just 14 proposed centres across Britain and will bring the expertise and technology we need to operate the route into a single location.

Meanwhile the investment in modern training facilities will make sure our rail employees remain among the best in the world.

“As well as bringing future employment benefits which are vital for economic growth and prosperity in York, we hope that the location of these new facilities, on the edge of the York Central development site, could act as a catalyst for further investment in the area.”

The intention is that the rail operating centre (ROC) will eventually control all rail operations on the east coast. The workforce development centre will consolidate training services already provided to rail employees at a number of locations around the route into a single, purpose-built facility. Around 500 jobs will be spread over the two facilities when fully operational.

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Diary of Events

DIARY OF EVENTS JUNE

MAINTAINING THE UK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE SEMINAR - 13TH JUNE Institution of Mechanical Engineers,1 Birdcage Walk, London, SW1H 9JJ

Contact: Maureen Carter Tel: 0207 973 1297 Email: events@imeche.org Web: http://events.imeche.org/EventView.aspx?EventID=1559 TRAIN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 2012 13TH - 14TH JUNE

NATIONAL UNION OF RAIL, MARITIME AND TRANSPORT WORKERS NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2012 Web: http://www.rmt.org.uk RAIL POWER EUROPE - 26TH - 27TH JUNE Maritim proArte Hotel - Berlin

Contact: Issa Mauthoor Tel: 0207 092 1257 Email: issa.mauthoor@terrapinn.com Web: http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/railpower/

Kensington Close Hotel, London

Contact: Eileen Fisher Email: Eileen.Fisher@BWCS.com Web: www.TrainComms2012.com LONDON RAIL CONFERENCE 2012 - 20TH JUNE CBI Conference Centre, London

Tel: 0845 056 8339 Email: conferences@emap.com Web: http://www.londonrailconference.co.uk/home RAILWAY STRATEGIES LIVE - 21ST JUNE National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, UK

Web: www.railwaystrategies.co.uk THE RAILWAY INDUSTRY INNOVATION AWARDS 2012 - 22ND JUNE Grand Connaught Rooms, Covent Garden, London

Contact: Chris Shilling Tel: 01778 421550 Email: chris@shillingmedia.co.uk Web: http://www.modern-railways.com/view_event.asp?ID=930

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JULY SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL HYDRAIL CONFERENCE 3RD - 4TH JULY Birmingham Centre for Railway Research & Education, Birmingham

Contact: Jason Hoyle Email: hoylejw@appstate.edu Web: http://hydrail.org/conferences/49 UIC HIGHSPEED 2012 - 10TH - 13TH JULY Philadelphia, PA - USA

Tel: +31 30 698 1800 Email: info@uic-highspeed2012.com Web: www.uic-highspeed2012.com

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A look ahead to...

SEPTEMBER ASPECT 2012 - 10TH - 12TH SEPTEMBER Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London, UK

Email: aspect@irse.org Web: http://www.irse.org/aspect/default.aspx COMPRAIL 2012 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DESIGN & OPERATION IN RAILWAY ENGINEERING - 11TH - 13TH SEPTEMBER New Forest, UK

Tel: 0238 029 3223 Email: wit@wessex.ac.uk Web: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/12-conferences/ comprail-2012.html

MAINTAINING THE UK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE 12TH SEPTEMBER Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1 Birdcage Walk, London, SW1H 9JJ

Email: railway@imeche.org Web: www.imeche.org/events/S1696 INNOTRANS 2012 - 18TH - 21ST SEPTEMBER Berlin, Germany

Contact: Railway Industry Association Tel: 0207 201 0777 Email: ria@riagb.org.uk Web: www.innotrans.de

NOTICE:

All dates were correct at time of going to print, however, these may be subject to change.

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TRACK & TRAIN

ON THE RIGHT TRACK FOR A POSITIVE FUTURE RailCONNECT speaks to some of the chosen few who have been selected to take part in the Track and Train work placement scheme, to find out how they managed to stand out against the 2514 other applicants and how the whole scheme works.

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ast year, Sir Roy McNulty highlighted the lack of industry leadership in his ‘Rail Value for Money’ study. This resulted with the Chief Executives of the owning groups, who operate the passenger franchises within the rail industry, to form the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) with the intention of providing a platform for delivering change.

They saw that developing skills for railway staff as crucial and supported the creation of a cross industry graduate programme.

And so it was that Track & Train work experience programme came into being, spearheaded by Network Rail. The programme allows for up to 100 unemployed or underemployed graduates to be offered a place who, two years since graduation, haven’t had the opportunity to secure themselves a graduate level position. Jon Turton, one of the selected candidates currently taking part in the Track & Train scheme, describes the difficulty that so many graduates face after leaving university, ‘I went into my chosen degree area and worked in finance for 6 months, but I realised it wasn’t for me. So I quit that and sought something that I’d not only enjoy but I’d do well at. So I spent the following 8 months working as a waiter, applying for graduate schemes, until I found Track and Train.’

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TRACK & TRAIN What is Track & Train?

Track & Train is an 18 month work experience programme, giving individuals the opportunity to have three separate six month placements in different parts of the industry, to build cross industry knowledge and a whole industry view.

The scheme was put together relatively quickly, from a standing start in October 2011, to the scheme’s launch on 1st April 2012. There was nothing existing that could be replicated so everything had to be created from new, including inventing an identity, which didn’t interfere with any other rail company’s recruitment brand, building a website and creating the infrastructure to support the programme.

Partners In order for this to work, it was essential to get the buy in from other rail industry partners to provide meaningful placements for the candidates.

For the first round of placements, Track & Train had the support of 28 partners and more are likely to come on stream for the second round.

As a new programme, its ambition has surprised some, although it is generally acknowledged that the industry needed to do something like this. Having a series of placements gives a broader opportunity to try things out, which would be more difficult in a permanent role. As Jon explains, ‘Track & Train is a very unique scheme; it certainly ticked a lot of the boxes I was looking for. For example, you can move anywhere within the company, so you are not confined to just one job.’ It also allows individuals to see what they like doing and what they might want to do in the future, which helps create a more targeted approach to career development if they decide to stay within the industry. Another candidate on the scheme, Jonathan Brown, intends to take what he has learnt during the scheme to continue within the industry, ‘I’d like to enhance my teamwork skills and build an in-depth knowledge of Network Rail, so that after the 18 months, I can look at the sectors I’d like to go into and be able to bring my knowledge from the various areas I’ve already experienced, in order to make me a stronger candidate.’

“...I can look at the sectors I’d like to go into and be able to bring my knowledge from the various areas I’ve already experienced, in order to make me a stronger candidate.”

Jonathan Brown

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TRACK & TRAIN Response There was a huge response to the attraction campaign and 2514 applications were received over 17 days in January. The partnership with Job Centre Plus netted 25% of all applications, with an excellent translation into getting places on the programme. 283 people were invited to eight assessment centres and seeing a maximum of 40 people per day, in a space of two weeks, was a master class in planning and organisation. ‘The first application stage was an online assessment form, which was fairly long and thorough,’ describes Jonathan. ‘This was followed by psychometric testing which I found particularly difficult and finally an assessment day in Birmingham; in which we had to give a five minute presentation and go on to be observed in a group task.’ Following the application process, a total of 94 offers were made and 85 people accepted, starting the programme on 1st April.

Induction As a marker of the importance to the industry this programme has, the Secretary of State for Transport, Justine Greening, visited the programme on the second day, spending time with individuals and the group as a whole.

At the event Ms Greening said, ‘This scheme is really great news for the next generation of men and, I’m pleased to say, women who will be leading and transforming the industry for years to come.’ Traditionally, the rail industry has struggled to attract great numbers of talented women, with perceptions that it is an old fashioned, heavy sector, but 30 per cent of Track and Train’s new recruits are female.

“...it’s putting graduates in a unique position within the industry.”

Jon Turton

Ms Greening went on to say, ‘More and more graduates are realising that the railways can provide dynamic, fulfilling jobs at a time of not only unprecedented investment in our existing networks, but as we also embark on the creation of a truly national high speed railway network.’

From the individuals perspective it allows them to get crucial work experience to add to their CV and build their employability skills for the future. Jonathan agrees, ‘Being put into a real team environment has given me invaluable experience which I will be able to take away with me. I’m also learning a lot of technical things which I wasn’t expecting to be doing, but it has given me scope and knowledge that I can definitely use in the future.’

Standing out So what does it take for a graduate to get onto such a popular scheme? As a successful candidate, Jonathan believes ‘the group task is probably the best time to stand out. I tried to put my personality across and combine that with what they had told us they were looking for in a candidate. So it was about balance; not keeping quiet but also not dominating conversation. It was all about teamwork rather than actual leadership and getting on with the team.’

Alongside the placements, additional coaching and mentoring classes are provided at Network Rail’s development centre where those on the scheme will receive advice on how to present a great CV, improve interview techniques and work on presentation skills. So when we asked both candidates if they would recommend the scheme to other graduates, they gave a glowing response, ‘It’s a great scheme and they should definitely apply,’ says Jon, ‘it’s putting graduates in a unique position within the industry.’ And as Jonathan explains, there are difficulties but overall the scheme is certainly a worthwhile challenge, ‘Learning the technical side of things is probably the most difficult part, but I’m taking baby steps at the moment and learning a bit more each day, but I know that when I get to the end, I will look back on what I have learnt and I will be proud.’

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Words: Jade Byrne

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BADGEMASTER New ‘InstaBadge’ is the Re-usable Name Badge Innovation from Badgemaster

Badgemaster, the UK’s leading manufacturer of engraved, ready-to-wear employee name badges has launched a new product range to fulfil the needs of the re-usable name badge market. ‘InstaBadge’, as its name suggests, enables employers themselves to create instant name badges for new starters.

“InstaBadge offers the good looks and performance of a permanent badge with all the flexibility of a reusable one”, explains John Bancroft, Badgemaster’s Managing Director. “It’s ideal for workplaces with frequent staff changes, as new employees can be smartly badged from the word go.” The wearer’s name is held within the badge rather than engraved onto it, so employers can control costs by re-using the badge frames when staff leave. The design of the badge frames, together with Badgemaster’s long-established expertise in corporate personalisation, means that customers who prefer the re-usable option needn’t sacrifice either choice or visual appeal for economy.

The new range includes 9 different styles, all available in any base colour and with plenty of space for company logos and corporate designs to be accurately reproduced.

In terms of aesthetics and durability, “InstaBadge neatly overcomes the drawbacks often associated with re-usable name badges”, explains Royal Warrant holders Badgemaster. “The wearer’s name is printed on card or paper and is held perfectly secure and level behind a protective front, so there will never be any lop-sided printing or peeling corners to contend with.

Badgemaster will also provide free label production software to help customers print names professionally.”

Of special interest to catering, food and beverage serving and food preparation staff, the InstaBadge has a unique advantage for all environments where health and safety are paramount. Its unique patent protected design combines the fastener as an integral part of the badge and so prevents the pin ever becoming detached from the badge.

For more information about InstaBadge and other Badgemaster products contact the customer services team on 01623 723112. Email customerservices@badgemaster. co.uk or log on to www.badgemaster.co.uk RailCONNECT

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CHRISTIAN WOLMAR

CUTS ON COMMAND The Government’s paper on the future of the rail industry is a tall order and one that many rail managers doubt can be achieved.

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t’s a tough target. The rail industry collectively has to cut its costs by £3.5bn, about 30 per cent of its total expenditure, by the end of the decade, according to the Command Paper issued by the Government in March. It is based on the notion that the British rail industry is less efficient than its counterparts in Europe, but there are widespread doubts among rail managers that this is necessarily the case and that the targets are therefore achievable.

The target divides neatly into two, with half supposed to come from Network Rail, and the rest from other parts of the industry. Let’s look at Network Rail first where the pressure is really on. Sir David Higgins, its chief executive, who has just passed the one-year mark in the job, is under no illusions, suggesting, with a hint of irony, that the target is clear: “I’m starting to understand what the themes are.

The most obvious is that every year demand goes up by 5 per cent, yet at the same time we have to take our costs down by 5 per cent.”

Put like that, it does seem almost impossible.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR), which determines the efficiency of Network Rail, will have its job cut out to ensure that Network Rail is meeting its targets. It is difficult not to have some sympathy for Sir David, given the increase in the number of trains. Moreover, much of Network Rail’s spending is fixed and cannot be reduced. For example, the latest accounts show that £1.5 billion of Network Rail’s total spending of £5.8 billion came from ‘financing costs’, in other words servicing its £22 billion debt which cannot be reduced. Another £1.6 billion is amortisation of its capital expenditure, again impossible to reduce.

Therefore the savings in the next Control Period, from 2014 to 2019, will have to come out of the rest of the budget, for maintenance and operational expenditure, and that will indeed be a tall order. The age of the asset base makes it very challenging to save on maintenance, given the need to keep a permanent eye on major parts of the network, such as bridges and embankments.

Another problem is that it is difficult to sort out cutbacks in spending from efficiency savings.

This conundrum has dogged attempts to regulate the industry and indeed the latest monitoring assessment of Network Rail’s

efficiency, published last autumn, shows a reduction in spending on both maintenance and enhancements.

The ORR issued a warning at the time, saying that Network Rail had to make sure that reductions in spending represented efficiencies and not cuts: “If Network Rail cannot robustly show that the efficiency it is claiming is genuine … then we cannot accept that an underspend is efficient. Therefore, it is very important that Network Rail has robust systems and processes in place to identify efficiencies.” Discussions between the ORR and Network Rail over what can count as genuine savings are likely, therefore, to be fairly heated.

The rest of the savings have to come out of the running of the railway, divided between the rolling stock companies and the train operators’ operations. There are no obvious easy gains. Currently, the rolling stock

Much of Network Rail’s spending is fixed and cannot be reduced. companies are paid about £1.4 billion annually and most of this expenditure is on long-term leases that cannot be made cheaper in the short term. The Command Paper suggests the Government is ‘not yet persuaded’ that rolling stock companies are doing enough to make savings, but does not highlight a way that these savings can be achieved.

The rest of the savings will have to come from operators. However, here again, it is difficult to see a way forward for the level of savings expected to be made. Indeed, a surprising aspect of the Command Paper was that the long-expected franchise reform strategy did not appear. In fact, there are now no plans to publish any further changes to government policy on franchising. In effect, the commitment to longer-term franchises has already been made, though there is an element of horses for courses, which means that deals may depend on external factors, such as the impact of HS2.

The cap and collar system of risk sharing that has been used since the days when Alistair Darling was Transport Secretary, however,

is to be replaced with a measure that tries to balance out unexpected changes in the economy so that franchisees neither gain nor lose.

The franchising system, though, is complex and while the Department for Transport hopes savings will be made through the process, the private operators may not play ball and could be wary of trying to undercut each other if they are then locked into such long franchises. The Command Paper is full of vague statements such as ‘the areas for savings will vary by franchise and train operators are better placed than Government to determine how detailed savings should be made’, but again, it is short on specifics.

Overall, therefore, the rail industry, which is enjoying a boom both in usage and in investment, may find it will face a much harder climate in the second half of the current decade than it has enjoyed in the first.

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DERBY STILL AT THE RACES

Bomabardier might have bombed but there’s still RVEL - a shining example of the industry at its best.

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he recent fears that Bombardier, the last UK-based train manufacturer, would have to close its doors put the spotlight on Derby as the centre of the UK rail industry. Indeed, while the closure of Bombardier’s factory would be a setback for British manufacturing, there is more to the rail industry in Derby than Bombardier.

Right: Sleet brush de-icer bogie.

Right below: Scraper shoe bogie.

Derby used to house British Rail’s research unit and since its break-up and privatisation many rail-based companies have sprung up on the site which it used to occupy. According to the Derby & Derbyshire Rail Forum, a local pressure group for the industry, about 25,000 people are employed in rail-dependent businesses across the East Midlands, contributing some £2.6 billion to the local economy.

One such example is Railway Vehicle Engineering Limited, created five years ago to focus on the maintenance of a wide variety of rolling stock and locomotives and with an expanding set of maintenance facilities on the old research unit site right next to the main line. It is the sort of company that the public will never hear about, but which is absolutely vital to the continued safe and efficient running of the rail network. Since being formed, it has expanded from 22 to more than 80 employees and the firm is always on the outlook for further expansion possibilities.

In the beginning, RVEL’s biggest contract, forming the major part of its work, was the maintenance of the fleet of vehicles used by Network Rail to monitor the state of the infrastructure. This is a remarkably mixed bag of locomotives, old multiple units – several are more than 50 years old and one coach was built in 1955 – and specially built vehicles that travel around the whole network checking for track and rail defects. To ensure that they are always operational, RVEL has a mobile team of technicians ready to travel anywhere on the network to effect emergency repairs.

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This 50-strong fleet of vehicles, painted in Network Rail’s colour of bright yellow, are remarkably diverse. They tend to be stacked full of computer equipment inside, all flashing LEDs and clicking noises, but also have beds and catering facilities as many of the engineers who work on them spend days or even weeks at a time as they patrol remote parts of the network.

Keeping such a strange and diverse collection of vehicles maintained is no easy task. Visiting RVEL’s depot is both a trip down memory lane – an old trainspotters’ nirvana as various old diesel locomotives and even a stripped-down shunter are being worked on – and also a testimony to the sophistication of today’s railway given the

About 25,000 people are employed in raildependent businesses across the East Midlands, contributing some £2.6 billion to the local economy.

huge amount of the most modern measuring equipment kept in these ageing vehicles.

This fleet has been greatly extended since the 2000 Hatfield train disaster, which was caused by a track defect known as Gauge Corner Cracking. There are now three Ultrasonic Test Trains, rather than just the one there was at the time of the disaster, and they are able to detect any defect that would cause the a rail break and the consequent accident.

The widespread anger from passengers and politicians generated by the near paralysis of the railway system in the old third rail Southern Region network, after the heavy snowfalls of the bitter winter of 2010/11, afforded RVEL its biggest opportunity for expansion. Network Rail immediately let a contract for the construction of half a dozen snow and ice treatment trains, three of which include snow ploughs – and RVEL was able to beat off competition from much bigger rivals for the provision of this new fleet.

These trains are rather like wartime armoured trains, with a flat wagon at the front with a snowplough, followed by a diesel locomotive and then another flat wagon carrying equipment to enable the conductor rail to be sprayed with a special chemical to prevent a layer of ice forming. Again, old rolling stock, in the form of flat freight wagons are being

used, but in the workshop you cannot tell as they are thoroughly cleaned and coated in shiny new black paint.

Andy Lynch, RVEL’s managing director, says: “These have been extensively refurbished, but it still comes out cheaper than buying new stock to convert for what is a very specialised use.” He asks me how much I think the steel used to reinforce the flat wagon with the snow plough weighs. I guess six tonnes but he tells me, “It’s 22 to ensure that it can get through even very heavy drifts”. Indeed, it looks powerful enough to work in Alaska or Siberia, let alone Kent and Surrey.

Lynch is delighted with the company’s progress: “We started off in a small way and people have been surprised that we have been able to expand and win contracts against the big boys.” He sees the company’s location in Derby as important: “Having lots of firms in the industry around us is important. Derby has a tradition of having a very skilled workforce.” With firms like RVEL flourishing, the future of the area as a rail centre is assured even if Bombardier fails to gain any further long term contracts.

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ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET… TICKETS PLEASE London 2012 will be the first ever all-public-transport Games and keeping everyone moving is a massive undertaking, as a visit to the control centre shows.

“Rail will be the principal method of getting to the Olympic sites”, according to Mark Evers, the man at Transport for London (TfL) responsible for transport for the Olympic Games. The question on everyone’s mind is, of course, will London and, in particular, its various train services cope?

There are, in fact, two challenges facing TfL during the Olympics. First, the obvious one of taking all the spectators efficiently to and from the venues, and secondly, ensuring that London keeps moving and functioning during the Games.

While it is not possible to rule out the prospect of major problems, especially caused by unforeseen events – person under train, burst water mains, security alerts and the like – no one will be able to accuse TfL of not making sufficient preparations for the event.

Evers shows me around the control centre that will co-ordinate response to any unexpected incident or delay, and there are more than 50 desks, representing a dozen or more organisations ranging from police to the Highways Agency. “Each of the people representing the various organisations will have rapid access to their own control centre, ensuring that there can be an integrated response to any unexpected event,” he says.

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The example showing on the whiteboard is a burst water main in Marble Arch, something that would create instant chaos.

A mere rapid run-through of TfL’s presentation on its preparations took nearly two hours

by Evers, and that included rushing through whole sections of the work. The scale of the event is such that Evers says there is no doubt that: “It is Britain’s largest peacetime logistical exercise”, with nine million spectators during the 17 days, starting with the opening ceremony on July 27, as well as a further two million during the Paralympics in September.

It is of course the Underground that will bear the brunt of the load, though the role of the National Rail network should not be overlooked since Stratford, the station for the Olympics site, is blessed with numerous rail services as well as two Dockland Light Railway (DLR) lines and two Tube lines. It has been extended and redesigned for the Games and has been connected to Stratford International, which will be the station for the Javelin services from St Pancras, by an extension of the DLR. This will operate on the high speed line out of St Pancras as a shuttle service running to Ebbsfleet in Kent, with a capacity of about 14,000 people an hour. However, TfL does not

want everyone to head to St Pancras to get on a Javelin, as this will cause overloading, and the travel finder on the Games website does not necessarily suggest this as the best way, routing people onto the Jubilee line or other alternatives instead.

This demonstrates just how careful TfL has to be not to create unnecessary bottlenecks when dealing with crowds of people new to the system.

Of course, Stratford is not the only venue.

Others in London include Wembley, Wimbledon and, most troublesome, the centre, where, for example, there will be the strange sight of beach volleyball on Horse Guards Parade. There will, too, be huge screens in Hyde Park showing events and other entertainment. Outside London, sites such as Weymouth, Lee Valley and various football grounds will also feature, but here the crowds will be of manageable proportion.

London, though, is the key. The Olympic Delivery Authority has provided £300 million towards the improvements in transport but in truth, one of the reasons why London – and Stratford in particular – was chosen for the Games is that it was already so well connected by rail. There was, in fact, massive investment scheduled or already delivered

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CHRISTIAN WOLMAR

Right: Olympic Rings suspended in St Pancras Station. for the London Overground, the DLR and of course, the high speed line to the Channel Tunnel. Consequently, these are, according to Evers, the first “all public transport Games since there will be no parking at the event sites except for blue badge [disabled] drivers”.

Ebbsfleet, however, served by the Javelin shuttle, has massive parking facilities and will therefore be particularly handy for park and ride. All spectators get free travel – though strangely with a paper Travelcard rather than the easier-to-use Oyster card – sent when they receive their tickets.

The question is, however, will it all work.

“Every day is different,” stresses Evers,

One of the reasons why London – and Stratford in particular – was chosen for the Games is that it was already so well connected by rail.

and consequently TfL has produced tables showing the likely times with excess demand for every affected station on each day of the Games. They are rather frightening, as they show in red the times when it is expected that it will take “longer than 30 minutes to board a service”. And there is no shortage of red on many of these maps.

Bank, for example, shows red between 16.00 and 20.00 hours for virtually every week day during the whole period of the Games. The worst, though, is London Bridge, where there is red both in the mornings and evenings, and plenty of yellow, indicating up to a 30-minute delay.

Here the crucial “demand management” factor comes into play. TfL is launching a massive publicity campaign, targeted at both businesses and the general public, to “reduce, reroute, retime and remode” in order to avoid the blackspots. This, it is hoped, will cut the number of such logjams to a minimum, and the maps produced taking into account these reductions have very few red blocks.

The worst station, the one to avoid, remains London Bridge, but most Jubilee line stations

still have some red on them even after the reductions. Evers is confident that the reduction will take place: “It is consistent with what has happened at other major events,” he says.

As for the non-Games traffic on the railways, most will keep moving as normal. TfL reckons that two-thirds of Tube stations will be unaffected, but that leaves a third that will.

Moreover, as most journeys start, end or go through central London, it is expected that two-thirds of trips will be affected.

This publicity campaign must work to ensure that London keeps moving and that the train network is not brought to a halt by overcrowding. There is just a hint of suspicion, however, that there is some element of “crying wolf” so that if the Games pass off well, TfL will get lots of credit, whereas if there are wellpublicised transport disasters, the organisation will be able to claim that its warnings were not heeded. Either way, it is clear that Evers and his team will get precious little rest during the Games.

Words: Christian Wolmar

Sub-Editor: Deborah Maby

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CREDO

PLACING AFFORDABILITY AND CHOICE AT THE HEART OF FUTURE TICKETING IN THE RAIL INDUSTRY I

n March, the Department for Transport launched a consultation on fares policy. Buried within the wide ranging document is a consolidated view of current rail ticket sales by channel.

Demonstrating that over 50% of tickets by volume are sold through person to person transactions, it provides a clear illustration on the rail industry’s reliance on ‘old technology’ for retail and distribution.

The rail industry is clearly underperforming the rest of the transport sector in moving to online sales channels. Across the airline industry, for example, SITA report that 81% of tickets were fulfilled as e-tickets in 2008, and the dependence of low cost carriers on the internet is well documented – over 99% of Ryanair tickets are now sold online.

There are three major reasons why the rail industry must embrace change and accelerate the take up of new ticketing technology: Cost, Product Range and Customer Requirements.

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Cost As identified in the McNulty Report, the current ticketing and retail system is one that the rail industry can ill afford and which does it no service. The arguments for staffing stations are well rehearsed, but perhaps the key conclusion from McNulty in this area was that ‘passenger security is not necessarily enhanced by the presence of a person in a ticket office’. If on station sales are more expensive, can be better accommodated by technology and the customer experience can be improved by redeploying these staff, then the case for moving ticket sales away from the ticket office is compelling.

Products The core rail product set requires innovation if the railway is to be affordable. Most notably, there is a requirement to spread demand across the morning peak, and address crowding by shifting the demand

to fully exploit existing capacity rather than depending on costly expansion. Whilst there have been experiments with ‘early-bird’ tickets with existing technology, the dynamic pricing required for effective, demand management based pricing, requires a shift to new technology.

Consumer Choice Rail passengers may not be using technology to buy their tickets (Figure 1) but they are using it to access information.

As shown in Figure 2, the Internet has become the dominant method of accessing information about rail travel, accounting for 82% of inquiries in the first three quarters of 2011. The plethora of smartphone apps and PDAs currently available on the market account for another 14%. If over 95% of enquiries are made online, then it is reasonable to expect that there are opportunities to sell a similar percentage of tickets in this way, if an appropriate fulfilment mechanism can be found.

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CREDO Identifying potential solutions

Figure 1: Sale of Rail Tickets by channel (split by volume)

At present, the rail industry is not short of potential candidates to provide the next generation of ticketing technologies.

One could make a coherent case for smartcards (ITSO, EMV or neither), barcodes (print at home or mobile) or NFC mobiles as the ticket media of the future, with pre or post payment or capped maximum fares as the future ticketing structure. The arguments for and against all are well rehearsed.

The range of potential options presents a risk of paralysis in finding a solution in which: • Operators, concerned by the ongoing ‘Betamax’ risk of investing in the wrong technology, do nothing.

• Consumer groups, worried about passengers being bombarded with too much choice or an array of competing solutions, lobby against change.

Figure 2: Rail Enquiries by Channel

• The government, concerned to protect the interoperability in rail ticketing, promote rail-bus integration and protect consumers, is forced into an uncomfortable role as technology specifier.

• Private sector partners, frustrated by the delay, move into other sectors, taking their investment and innovation with them.

Maximising consumer choice So there is a risk that, in trying to find the perfect solution that fits all passengers on all journeys at all times, the industry gets none.

Perhaps, then, the best solution does not fit the whole rail industry. Potentially, a number of different technologies offer the best solution for different journeys and user groups.

Consider as an example the relative penetration of smartphones across different age groups and rail users (See Figure 3). In the 18-19 age group, over 60% of people own smartphones. However, in 60-64 year old demographic, that falls to c.15%. Conversely, credit card penetration in the older of those demographics is more than double the 18-19 year old age group. Why should both user groups be required to use the same solution on the railway when there are clear differences in their revealed preference and existing technology?

Figure 3: Comparison of rail journeys, smartphone and credit card penetration

Similarly, why should one buy a £10,000 season ticket, a £300 standard open return or a £3 local ticket in the same way? They are used by different people, at different times and often on different services. Both consumers and operators should be trusted to understand the need for multiple technologies and to choose that which serves them best as individuals.

There is a risk that embracing different solutions for different customer segments and different journey types may create some fissure in the industry. Maybe one will not be able to make the elusive journey between Lands End and John O’Groats on a single ticket anymore. But how many people actually make such long multi-operator journeys? And should the requirement of these small number of journeys act as a barrier to local innovation or justify the complexity and expense of the current ticketing system?

Words: Matt Lovering Director at Credo, a strategy consulting firm specialising in the business services, infrastructure and transportation industries.

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TUBE LINES

W RKING TOGETHER T DELIVER AN UTSTANDING TUBE FOR LOND N SAFELY

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afety has always been our top priority at Tube Lines. We work hard to ensure that we maintain our safety record and continually look to improve. An important part of the way we achieve this is through training.

The school covers approximately 250m2 and provides a controlled environment where we can train people in hazard recognition and management.

In 2007, we opened our state-of-the-art competence centre at Stratford. The aim of the centre is to deliver all of the necessary courses for anyone wanting to work anywhere on the London Underground network. We have 18 high-tech classrooms and a skills area that replicates all of the assets across the network, as well as track circuit layouts. We replicate both tunnel and open line sections of the network so that trainees can develop a thorough understanding of all of the environments we work in.

Following the successful implementation of the training centre, we reviewed the incidents that were occurring and looked for trends.

It quickly became clear that we needed to focus on hazards found either on the permanent way (track) or on construction sites. To address these incidents we built a construction site ‘hazard school’, which displayed over 50 different hazards that could be found in a construction environment.

Training Services and Competence Manager Steve Norris is very proud of the centre and its achievements: ‘The quality of the training we provide to our internal employees – and the wider supply chain – is second to none.

Everyone has a responsibility to ensure we work safely and the centre provides a ‘one stop shop’ for all training needs, making it easier for all of our employees and supply chain to ensure they’re safe to work on the Underground.’

“...Everyone has a responsibility to ensure we work safely and the centre provides a ‘one stop shop’ for all training needs...”

Steve Norris

We then replicated this format for the permanent way hazard school. The school covers approximately 250m2 and provides a controlled environment where we can train people in hazard recognition and management. A section of track replicates multiple dangers ranging from simple trip hazards and untidy housekeeping, through to environmental infringements and security breaches. The school replicates realistic situations based on experience and data that is made available by the Health, Safety and Environment team.

The permanent way hazard school is mandatory for any operator wanting to work in the track environment, so we can guarantee that everyone working on the Underground track is trained to the same high standard in safety.

Most recently we’ve introduced LUCAS, a flexible, online, training booking and management system. It’s now easier for our clients to book whatever training they need from us online, at their convenience.

Customers pay online and can also make changes to their bookings without needing to pick up the phone. All course availability is updated 24/7 so our clients know they can book the latest training with confidence.

We’re also using the LUCAS card – a smartcard for all engineering and construction workers. Not only does the smartcard replace numerous entry permits and access cards, it also holds valuable extra information about any qualifications the individual may have that are relevant.

‘LUCAS helps us to streamline our processes,’ explains Steve. ‘The LUCAS card is an ID card, an access card and an entry permit – all in one. Over time we want to move to a system which will only require our workforce to bring their LUCAS card with them when they report for work.’

‘It is much more practical for employees as they’ll no longer have to bring numerous cards and forms of identification with them.

It will also make it easier for us to ensure our work sites stay as safe as possible, by making sure that only the workers with the right skills and competence to perform the job required, are allowed on site.’

At Tube Lines we are constantly looking for new ways to ensure we deliver the very best in training on the rail network. It’s an exciting time to be working on the Underground in particular and we will continue to innovate and ensure we deliver first class training to everyone who works on our network.

Words: Simon Monger Images: Ben Gale

If you would like to see how Stratford Training Centre could help your organisation, please contact Steve Norris via email at steve.norris@tubelines.com or by phone on 0207 088 5199.

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DAVID REWCASTLE

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DAVID REWCASTLE

THE NEW DEAL FOR STATIONS W

e are now beginning to get a clearer picture of the new deal for stations.

As part of the ongoing competition for the Intercity West Coast Franchise, the Department for Transport (DfT) has indicated that Network Rail will let the stations to the new West Coast operator on 99 year full repairing leases. The following is based on the publicly available documentation for this franchise competition.

It is likely that the West Coast structure will be the template for future franchise competitions.

The Station Lease Under 99 year leases the West Coast train operator will assume full maintenance and repair responsibilities. However, the changes are not confined to the lease and station access conditions.

The Station Licence The station licence granted by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) requires the operator to operate, maintain and improve any station operated by it. The Station Asset Management Policy and Plan (The SAMP) will be the mechanism for monitoring and enforcing this duty.

The SAMP is prepared by the operator and sets out how the operator will comply with its duty under the station licence. It is assessed by the DfT and the ORR as part of the franchise competition and is ultimately annexed to the station licence.

on a scale of 1 to 5 (from longest to shortest

The SAMP sets out the operator’s proposals (including timetable and milestones) for compliance with the station licence duty as well as its strategic objectives including safety and serviceability of assets, ambiance of the station environment, customer satisfaction, revenue increase and cost efficiency. It should also contain a renewals programme, under which the operator would normally commit to Network Rail’s renewals plan for the first year and its own thereafter.

the franchise, which is likely to be at least the

Compliance with the SAMP is monitored using the Station Stewardship Measure (the SSM).

risk, save that it must bear the first £10 million.

The Station Stewardship Measure

life remaining). These are then aggregated and weighted by a national standard.

The baseline score is calculated during the first year. The operator is then under a duty to maintain a minimum SSM score throughout baseline SSM score.

If, at the end of the franchise, the SSM score has fallen below the minimum standard, the ORR will determine and charge the operator the amount required to bring it up to standard.

Exceptional Renewals Where ‘exceptional renewals’ are required, due to latent defects or uninsured risks, the intention is that the operator should not be at

Other Issues There will be increased scope for operator’s

This is a measure of the average remaining

to exploit commercial opportunities at stations

life of a category of stations (there being six

but long-term development rights remain with

categories). It is used to assess whether

Network Rail.

stations in that category are being maintained

The treatment of National Rail’s equipment and

and renewed properly.

To calculate a SSM, individual elements at

employees engaged in station maintenance will need to be considered.

each station in a category are given a score

There will be increased scope for operator’s to exploit commercial opportunities at stations but long-term development rights remain with Network Rail.

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DAVID HIGGINS

What brought you into the industry/your position?

With the job of building the Olympic Park and venues all but done, I was thinking about what my next challenge might be, when I was approach by the Network Rail chairman about taking on the role of running the company. I was already a non-exec director at the company and thus have a very good insight into the complexity and issues it was dealing with. After talking it through carefully with a number of well placed people - it’s not a job you take on lightly - I jumped in.

David Higgins Chief Executive, Network Rail

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“The people here, and their belief and commitment to the railway, is immense.”

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DAVID HIGGINS What developments do you expect to see in the next 5 years at Network Rail?

We have seen, and continue to see, a massive increase in growth and demand for rail over the past decade - 40% on average - and over the last year that demand has been even greater, running at between 6-7%. Growing the railway - adding capacity, while delivering a better performing and better value for money railway, are our focus and will continue to be. But we are approaching a point where our railways, on certain routes, at certain times of the day, are completely full. We have to consider the tough choices and trade-offs that will need to be made between capacity, performance and growth - it is no longer possible to have all three, the railway is just too busy.

On the ground, people will start to see the benefits of the big investment that’s gone into our railway in recent years. The new King’s Cross station has been opened to universal acclaim. Not far behind will be a re-built London Farringdon and Blackfriars stations and by 2018 we’ll see London Bridge station re-built, the £6bn Thameslink project completed, Crossrail done and hopefully work on HS2 underway. It’s busy and exciting times on Britain’s railways.

“After talking it through carefully with a number of well placed people - it’s not a job you take on lightly - I jumped in.” alliances with the train operators to enable us to work more collaboratively and closer together. The Government, and our regulator, also have a role to play in helping the industry break-down these barriers by looking at the make-up of the new franchising agreements.

What advice would you give to someone starting out in the industry?

Build strong and lasting relationships. The industry has many, many interfaces and stakeholders and people are at the core of that. Identify the people that matter to your success and form strong, trusting, open and lasting relationships with them.

What is your greatest career achievement to date?

What inspires you?

Building the Olympic Park and its venues early and below our construction budget.

with, or have worked with. The ability to overcome the

People inspire me. Those I read about and those I work odds and do or deliver something never ceases to amaze me.

What do you enjoy most about your job?

It’s variety. No day is ever the same and despite being very organised and planning well, the nature of a live operational railway covering 20,000 miles and moving over four million people a day, means unforeseen things happen. It’s extremely challenging but also very rewarding.

The people here, and their belief and commitment to the railway, is immense.

What law/legislation would you like to see introduced?

New and much tighter legislation around scrap metal dealing. Cable theft (copper cable) cost us almost £20m last year as well as untold misery for millions of rail passengers. We are working hard with the police and other key infrastructure providers (BT, Eon) to make it more difficult to steal our cable, such as forensic spraying and

If you could change anything about the rail industry, what would it be and why?

burying cable, but this crime continues at and alarming

Its complexity. Back in 1995/6, when BR was privatised, it was split up into hundreds of different companies whose relationships were controlled by onerous and complex contracts. Part of the reforms we’re bringing into Network Rail are about breaking down the complexities by forming

system for these businesses and to give the police more

“The cost of motoring is only going to increase. Road congestion is awful. The need for capacity at our airports will squeeze out domestic flights and the railway will need to be in a position to respond.”

rate. We need legislation to outlaw cash transactions at scrap metal dealers, to form a compulsory licensing powers to shut-down dodgy ones. We, and other vital infrastructure providers, as well as society as a whole, need the Government’s help to make the dealing in scrap metal more open, transparent and responsible.

Where do you see the UK rail industry in 10 years?

Continuing to grow. The cost of motoring is only going to increase. Road congestion is awful. The need for capacity at our airports will squeeze out domestic flights and the railway will need to be in a position to respond. Hopefully HS2 will be well underway with plans in place for a larger high speed network - HS3 & 4 maybe?

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STEVE WISKIN

SAFE BY CHOICE: A MINDSET, NOT AN INITIATIVE Steve Wiskin

Safety Specialist, and Safe by Choice Manager Atkins

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enerally speaking, initiatives are designed to solve a problem in the short term and then they disappear. Considering how important safety is, when Atkins developed the Safe by Choice programme (SbC), it was conceived, not as a short-term solution, but as a way to change people’s behaviour so that safety would be at the forefront of people’s minds. While it has been a challenge, four years on SbC has proven to be successful, not just in Atkins, but the wider industry as well.

So how did we make safety a mindset?

While it has been a challenge, four years on SbC has proven to be successful, not just in Atkins, but the wider industry as well.

What is SbC? SbC is a behavioural based programme which challenges staff’s actions to reduce the chance of accidents occurring. The aim for Atkins was to create a safer working environment, the ultimate goal to embed a ‘do something’ attitude or, as we like to call it, being Safe by Choice. The programme works by giving staff a ‘tool kit’ to challenge unsafe acts effectively, so that they take ownership and responsibility for not only their own safety, but the safety of those around them.

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STEVE WISKIN Making SbC a sustainable idea.

We initially delivered the SbC programme to Atkins’ UK rail business. To ensure buy-in from all levels, a series of workshops were developed and rolled out to everyone from site operatives to our leadership team, so that everyone could play their part. It was important that everyone was on board so that a real cultural change could happen.

While each workshop differs, the core

Any financial reward stemming from its delivery is reinvested in the development and improvement of the programme itself.

emphasis of all four are the same; bringing about a ‘safety first’ philosophy. During these workshops, we actively challenge the reasons why unsafe choices are made, by exploring why people take short cuts or risks at work. We have found that this is much more effective than just telling staff to be safe.

The workshops cover Safety Leadership, Key Influencers, Developing Influence and SbC Overview.

Of course workshops were just one part of our strategy. To reinforce the SbC message and to maintain awareness of the programme, we undertook an internal communications campaign, which included comic strip style posters and emails highlighting everyday choices about safety, such as wearing high visibility clothing. Our safety programme has also been further reinforced by the introduction of job descriptions which give ownership and responsibility to our key influencers across the business. This enables them to consistently raise awareness of any potential dangers in the workplace and report accordingly.

Safety is a choice.

The SbC programme has proven to be very successful, with a major increase in the number of close calls being reported in the business since the programme began in 2007/2008. A close call is an unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness or damage – but had potential to do so. This increase in close call reporting indicates that the 2000 staff and contractors who we have delivered this programme to so far, are much more aware of safety and are actively taking steps to prevent accidents.

SbC Safety Award.

Having successfully communicated the SbC message to all rail staff, Atkins has also introduced the annual SbC Safety Award.

Now in its third year, the award recognises staff who put safety first by reporting close calls. Previous winners of the award have included a member of staff who helped two children to safety after they tried to take a shortcut to a playground through open train tracks. While another Atkins employee asked a member of the public to move to a safe place on a train platform after he noticed her sitting on the platform edge, oblivious to the fact that a train was approaching. Winners of the award receive £250, plus £250 for their chosen charity. By recognising staff who report close calls, this award is just another way in which we have been able to embed the SbC campaign throughout the business.

Collaborating to keep the momentum going...

To keep SbC at the forefront of people’s minds, during the second and third year of the programme we continued with the workshops, SbC Safety Awards and the internal marketing campaign. But we also felt that it was time to challenge our supply chain on their approach to safety.

To do this, we invited a number of our key suppliers to a safety forum, where we introduced the SbC programme to them and asked them about what they were doing to ensure their staff work safely. We then sent our suppliers a formal letter, encouraging them to take the next steps in embedding

safety in their own businesses. Both the forum and letter were well received with some of our suppliers, such as BCM, VGC and Kelly, deciding to roll out their own versions of SbC. Likewise, the success of SbC has also been acknowledged by our industry partners including Network Rail and LUL. While the industry at large has taken to Atkins’ SbC programme, the delivery of the programme is not designed for profit, just safety. Any financial reward stemming from its delivery is reinvested in the development and improvement of the programme itself.

The future looks safe.

Workplace safety is not just limited to our staff who work on railway tracks; it involves everyone from administration staff, to designers and our management team. While safety has always been a part of Atkins’ design and management processes, in 2012 we are establishing two other distinct approaches: Safe by Leadership (SbL) and Safe by Design (SbD). ‘Safe by Design’ will ensure safety is embedded within the thought process of designers and that risk is actively identified and managed. ‘Safe by Leadership’ will continue to ensure our senior managers and directors lead by example and engage with staff and contractors, as well as to actively seek to influence the industry to improve standards.

As you can see, SbC is not an initiative. During the past four years it has remained sustainable due to constant reinforcement and is very much a part of our staff’s mindset. Behavioural change takes time, but is well worth the effort. When thinking about your own work practices, ask yourself, ‘Do I work safely?’

Usually, when I ask people this question, the answer is always ‘yes’. So ask yourself, ‘Am I working safely?’ By this I mean; does safety have equal priority to production? It’s certainly something worth considering, after all, safety is everyone’s responsibility.

Words: Steve Wiskin Images: Atkins

Previous winners of the award have included a member of staff who helped two children to safety after they tried to take a shortcut to a playground through open train tracks.

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NEIL CHADWICK

In the financial year 1990/91 there were 810 million journeys by rail.

By 2007/08 this had increased to 1.2 billion, a 50% increase in less than twenty years.

Neil Chadwick ...is a widely respected expert in transport strategy and policy having led a large number of national and regional studies and acted extensively as an advisor to senior leaders and politicians across the UK. He is a recognised thoughtleader, has published widely and has led high-profile commissions for central and local government.

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t was in his 1958 book, The Affluent Society, that the late, great, Canadian economist John Kenneth Galbraith, coined the phrase ‘conventional wisdom’. We all know what is meant by this – it is those ideas that are familiar and that are acceptable. Conventional wisdom provides an explanation of why things are the way that they are in a way that everyone – well, most people at least – find comfortable.

Throughout the Nineties and most of the Noughties, the British economy experienced strong and sustained growth. And so did the number of people travelling by train. In the financial year 1990/91 there were 810 million journeys by rail. By 2007/08 this had increased to 1.2 billion, a 50% increase in less than twenty years. Conventional wisdom told us it was economic growth and what came with that – more jobs and greater disposable income – was driving the growth in rail demand. As long as the economy was growing, so would rail demand.

Then came the financial crisis and the recession. In Spring 2012, the British economy is more or less the same size as it was at the end of 2008. Conventional wisdom tells us that a sustained period of no economic growth, along with unemployment at levels not seen for two decades or so, would mean that growth in rail demand would slow and potentially even fall. Well, there was a

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NEIL CHADWICK

...travel by car has flat lined and travel by train is at the highest levels seen since the end of the Second World War. fall in 2009, but by the end of that year rail demand was growing once again and, as you can see from the graph, it then grew at faster rates than before the recession.

In 2010/11, 1.35bn journeys were made on the national rail network. Data from the Office of Rail Regulation for the first three quarters of 2011/12 suggests that in the last financial year, rail trip making has increased still further.

Contrast this with what’s been happening to car traffic. As we came out of recession in the early Nineties, car traffic was a leading indicator of recovery. It started to grow before economic recovery was seen in GDP statistics and as the economy grew through the Nineties, so did car traffic. It became conventional wisdom that as the economy grew, so would car traffic. But this is not what has happened in the Noughties. Even before the recession, the strong correlation between GDP growth and increasing car traffic appeared to have been broken. Add to this to the economic downturn and now, nationally, car traffic is virtually unchanged from a decade ago.

Purists may well complain that comparing what has been happening to car traffic with the growth in rail trips is an apples and pears comparison, but the point is clear: in the last decade, travel by car has flat lined and travel by train is at the highest levels seen since the end of the Second World War.

service-focussed economy, with its focus on city centre employment, could have grown to the extent that it did without rail catering for the associated growth in commuting. And city-centre focussed growth was good for inter-city rail travel too.

So what next? The Government has identified a need to rebalance the economy and support growth in manufacturing. This doesn’t mean that the service sector won’t grow though, it simply means that for there to be a re-balancing, the manufacturing sector simply has to grow faster. The forests of ‘to let’ signs that can be found in the centres of Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and our other great cities shows that there is massive capacity for growth in city centre employment without building another square metre of office or retail space. And there will be growth in floor space as sites are redeveloped. Growth in city centres is the sustainable option as it is where there is the capacity in terms of buildings, utilities and telecommunications.

In 2010/11, 1.35bn journeys were made on the national rail network.

While commuters in and out of London may raise an eyebrow at this, one of the reasons that rail travel grew so much in the last decade is that the rail network had the capacity to accommodate growth. This is why morning peak rail travel into Leeds and Manchester has grown, while congested

roads and limited availability of affordable car parking has meant car traffic has barely changed. But not anymore. There is now a

...with this there is pressure to push up the price of rail travel further. real possibility that the lack of rail capacity will become a significant constraint on growth in rail demand and so the growth of city centre employment.

Rail operators have been very good at using pricing to encourage the use of off-peak capacity, especially for longer distance travel.

Perhaps innovative pricing and new ticket products can help shift commuting patterns too by making travel in the peak shoulders a cheaper option. But at the same time, there is the Government’s desire for rail to cover a greater proportion of its costs from the fares that passengers pay and with this there is pressure to push up the price of rail travel further.

Perhaps in 2022, when we look back at how rail demand has changed in the preceding decade, the conventional wisdom will be that, rather than the rate of economic growth, it is actually rail’s capacity and its price that have been the key drivers of demand.

Words: Neil Chadwick Visit: www.steerdaviesgleave.com

‘The enemy of conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events’, wrote Galbraith. The growth we’ve seen in rail trips in recent years is a challenge to conventional wisdom. If rail demand can grow through an economic downturn, what might happen when the economy actually starts to grow?

The answer to this can only be ‘it depends’.

It depends on what happens in the wider economy and it depends on what investment there is in our rail network.

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General Civils, Plant & Equipment ............p42 Architects & Surveyancy ..................................

Brickwork / Concrete ......................................

Bridges & Tunnels ............................................

Buildings Refurbishment & Property Services..........................................

Cable ................................................................

Chemicals & Lubricants ..................................

Civil Engineering; Earthworks / General / Clothing & Boots ..............................................

Demolition ..................................................p43 Drainage & Culverts ........................................

Drilling ..............................................................

Equipment Maintenance / Repair / Calibration ..........................................

Land Clearance / Reclamation / Landscaping ............................

Lifting & Jacking ..............................................

Marine & River..................................................

Mechanical Engineering ..................................

Minor Civil ........................................................

Miscellaneous & Specialist ..............................

Plant ................................................................

Projected Developments..................................

Structural & Construction ................................

Surveying..........................................................

Test Equipment ..........................................p44 Tools ................................................................

Utility supplies ..................................................

Welding Miscellaneous & Specialist ................

Brake Systems ..........................................p46 Buildings & Property Construction / Refurbishment / Materials ................................

Cable Products / Management..................p47 Car Parking ......................................................

Catenary & Overhead ......................................

Catering............................................................

Cleaning ..........................................................

Components ....................................................

Control Systems ..............................................

Corrosion Protection ........................................

Design ..............................................................

Door Systems ............................................p48 Electrical Engineering ......................................

Electrification / Power Supply..........................

Electromagnetic ..............................................

Freight Terminals & Services............................

Graffiti Removal................................................

Infrastructure Installation & Maintenance ........

Lighting ............................................................

Miscellaneous & Specialist ..............................

Office Equipment & Services ..........................

Permanent Way..........................................p49 Pest Control ....................................................

Platforms ..........................................................

Power Supply ..................................................

Switches & Crossings ......................................

Switchgear ......................................................

Test Facilities....................................................

Track Components & Installation ....................

Track Products & Maintenance ........................

Weighing & Lifting ............................................

Workshop Equipment ......................................

General Safety & Security ..........................p51 Alarms ..............................................................

Batteries & Power Supplies ............................

CCTV ................................................................

Clothing ............................................................

Fencing ............................................................

Fire Detection / Protection / Prevention ..........

First Aid & Medical Equipment ........................

Health & Safety ................................................

Lighting ......................................................p52 Medical Services ..............................................

Miscellaneous & Specialist ..............................

Personal Protective Equipment........................

Quality & Safety Consultants ..........................

Safety & Security Equipment ..........................

Security Personnel ..........................................

CONSULTING, RECRUITMENT & PROFESSIONAL General Consulting, Recruitment & Professional........................p44 Accounting & Financial ....................................

Accreditation & Compliance ............................

Advertising, Design & Marketing......................

Architectural & Surveyancy ..............................

Assessment ......................................................

Business Management ....................................

Condition Monitoring........................................

Education, Training & Assesment ....................

Employment Services ......................................

Engineering ......................................................

Environmental ............................................p45 Geotechnical ....................................................

Industry Bodies ................................................

Industry Reporting............................................

Insurance..........................................................

Labour Supply..................................................

Legal Services ..................................................

Medical, Drug & Alcohol Screening ................

Miscellaneous & Specialist ..............................

Occupational Health ........................................

Operation / Planning ........................................

Photography & Film production ......................

Planning & research ........................................

Presentation & Communication Skills..............

Print & Publishing ............................................

Procurement ..............................................p46 Project Management ........................................

Quantity Surveying ..........................................

Recruitment Services / Consultancy................

Risk Management & Assessment ....................

Solutions & Turnkey Providers ........................

Test & Development ........................................

Verification & Validation....................................

ROLLING STOCK Batteries ....................................................p49 Carriage Washing ............................................

Chartering ........................................................

Cleaning & Disposal ........................................

Component Supply ..........................................

Decals & Transfers ....................................p50 De-Icing ............................................................

Disc Springs ....................................................

Equipment & Protection ..................................

Heavy Haulage ................................................

Leasing Companies..........................................

Lighting & Cabling............................................

Maintenance & Repair......................................

Manufacturing ..................................................

Miscellaneous & Specialist ........................p51 Refurbishment ..................................................

Sanding ............................................................

Textiles & Carpeting ........................................

Train Protection ................................................

Train / Carriage, Supply / Design / Manufacture ......................................

Upholstery ........................................................

Vehicle Hire / Maintenance ..............................

Weighing Systems............................................

SIGNAL, TELE-COMMUNICATION & IT General Signal, Tele-Communication & IT ............................................................p52 Cable Supply / Jointing / Installation ..............

Customer Information ......................................

Data Management............................................

Datacoms ........................................................

In-Train Entertainment ......................................

Internet Services ..............................................

IT Consultancy / Equipment / Maintenance ....

IT Systems / Software / Hardware ..................

Journey Planning ......................................p53 Mass Transit Ticketing ....................................

Miscellaneous & Specialist ..............................

Radio Communications....................................

Signal Post Telephone Supply / Installation ....

Signalling Installation / Equipment / Testing....

Switching Systems & Equipment ....................

Telecoms Cabling / Engineering ......................

Ticketing / Validation Systems ........................

Transmission ....................................................

Wireless Technology ........................................

TUNNELLING & BRIDGES Bridge Beams ............................................p53 Bridge Construction & Repair ..........................

Concrete / Foam Injection................................

Grouting............................................................

Manual Tunnelling ............................................

MechanicalTtunnelling ..............................p54 Miscellaneous & Specialist ..............................

Open-face Tunnelling ......................................

Pipejacking / Segmented tunnelling ................

Shaft Sinking ....................................................

Sheet Piling ......................................................

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CIVILS, PLANT & EQUIPMENT

3D Laser Mapping ........................................................................................0870 442 9400

Lee Brothers ......................................................................................................0870 850 7773

01904 623034

QHI Rail Ltd ..........................................................................................................01582 461123

T P Bennett ........................................................................................................020 7208 2000

RS Clare + Co Ltd ........................................................................................0151 702 5262

PPIY Chartered Architects Ltd

............................................................

TAM International UK Limited................................................................0333 2409966

Brickwork/Concrete Aggregate Industries UK Ltd

01530 510066

................................................................

Civil Engineering; Earthworks/General/Contractors

Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd ........................................................................01257 478524

Aggregate Industries UK Ltd

Ancon Building Products Ltd ..............................................................0114 275 5224

Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd ........................................................................01257 478524

Anderton Concrete Products Limited ................................................01606 79436

Amalgamated Construction Co Ltd ................................................01226 243413

01530 510066

................................................................

Bluebay Building Products Ltd ............................................................02920 495555

Ancon Building Products Ltd ..............................................................0114 275 5224

HY-Ten Ltd ..........................................................................................................0800 037 1507

APB Group Ltd..................................................................................................01538 755377

IDAC Ltd

0844 212 5900

Aqua Geocomposites ....................................................................................01695 51933

01435 867755

BAM Nuttall Ltd ................................................................................................01606 350350

Oxford Hydrotechnics Ltd ........................................................................01869 346001

Bardon Contracting ............................................01530 510066 / 07740 934341

..............................................................................................................

Metropex Group Ltd

....................................................................................

Barhale ....................................................................................................................01922 726731

Bridges & Tunnels Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd ........................................................................01257 478524 Ancon Building Products Ltd ..............................................................0114 275 5224 Barhale ....................................................................................................................01922 726731

CIVILS, PLANT & EQUIPMENT ARCHITECTS & SURVEYANCY

Crown Oil UK Ltd ..........................................................................................0845 130 9777

PortecRail ............................................................................................................0114 256 2225

Architects & Surveyancy

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Chemsearch ........................................................................................................01902 510202

Bluebay Building Products Ltd ............................................................02920 495555 Construction Marine Ltd ..........................................................................0113 262 4444 F.P. McCann Ltd ..............................................................................................02879 642558 Metropex Group Ltd

01435 867755

....................................................................................

Oxford Hydrotechnics Ltd ........................................................................01869 346001 Strainstall UK Ltd ............................................................................................01983 203600 Tayban Concrete Products Ltd ............................................................01204 691313

Bluebay Building Products Ltd ............................................................02920 495555 Bridgeway Consulting Ltd ......................................................................0115 919 1111 C Spencer Ltd

01469 532266

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Cairn Cross Civil Engineering Ltd ....................................................0113 284 2415 Construction Marine Ltd ..........................................................................0113 262 4444 Danny Sullivan & Sons Ltd ....................................................................0208 961 1900 DCT Civil Engineering ................................................................................0161 344 8555 Dew Construction Oldham Ltd ..........................................................0161 624 5631 Hy-Ram Engineering Ltd ..........................................................................01623 422982 HY-Ten Ltd ..........................................................................................................0800 037 1507 J Murphy & Sons Ltd ................................................................................0207 267 4366

Buildings Refurbishment & Property Services

Keytech Systems ..........................................................................................0115 900 5600

Ancon Building Products Ltd ..............................................................0114 275 5224

Kier Construction Ltd ................................................................................0207 922 6905

Anixter Ltd ............................................................................................................01925 848019

Mass Contracts Ltd ......................................................................................07956 246843

..................................................................................................

02392 466416

Oxford Hydrotechnics Ltd ........................................................................01869 346001

Lindapter International ................................................................................01274 521444

Sangwin ..................................................................................................................01482 329921

01435 867755

The Clancy Group ..........................................................................................01895 823711

Robinson Kenning & Gallagher ..........................................................020 8684 8125

Turmin Ltd..............................................................................................................01782 272823

Steelway ..................................................................................................................01902 834911

Walker Construction ......................................................................................01303 851111

TAM International UK Limited................................................................0333 2409966

Welfare Cabins UK ........................................................................................01206 233720

WYG ........................................................................................................................0113 278 7111

WYG ........................................................................................................................0113 278 7111

Gable (UK) Ltd

Metropex Group Ltd

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YJL Infrastructure ..........................................................................................020 7522 3220

Cable BATT CABLES Plc..........................................................................................01322 441165

Clothing & Boots

BEW Ltd..................................................................................................................01245 496064

All Clothing & Protection Ltd ..................................................................02380 428003

Cablecraft Ltd ....................................................................................................01582 606033

Arco ............................................................................................................................01482 222522

Celtic Recycling Ltd ......................................................................................01633 274700

Badgemaster Ltd ..................................................01623 723112 / 07976 277067

CMC Birmingham Ltd ................................................................................0121 544 0077

Buck & Hickman ..............................................................................................01293 561651

Elmeridge Cables Services ......................................................................01273 391810 FB Taylor (Cable Contractors) Ltd ....................................................01765 600261 The Clancy Group ..........................................................................................01895 823711

Chemicals & Lubricants Autodrain ..............................................................................................................0113 288 0022

COSALT Union House, Hempshaw Lane, Stockport, Cheshire, SK1 4LG E: T: F: W:

maggie.shaw@cosalt.com 07801 597802 0844 493 2805 www.cosalt.com

Buck & Hickman ..............................................................................................01293 561651 RailCONNECT

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Category Listings Lee Brothers ......................................................................................................0870 850 7773

Mechanical Engineering

United Hygiene Services ..............................0845 450 2024 / 01403 799809

Brixwoth Engineering Co Ltd ................................................................01604 880338 Conair (UK) Ltd ..................................................................................................01702 544344

Demolition Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd ........................................................................01257 478524 Celtic Recycling Ltd ......................................................................................01633 274700 Drilling and Sawing Association ........................................................0844 879 3452 0844 212 5900

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Hayley Group Plc ..........................................................................................0870 850 3526

Minor Civil Aggregate Industries UK Ltd

01530 510066

................................................................

Bardon Contracting ..............................................01530 510066/ 07740 934341

Drainage & Culverts ACO Technologies Plc ......................................................01462 816666 (EXT 263) Chemsearch ........................................................................................................01902 510202 Complete Drain Clearance ......................................................................01785 665909 Construction Marine Ltd ..........................................................................0113 262 4444

Construction Marine Ltd ..........................................................................0113 262 4444 Oxford Hydrotechnics Ltd ........................................................................01869 346001 The Clancy Group ..........................................................................................01895 823711

Miscellaneous & Specialist

F.P. McCann Ltd ..............................................................................................02879 642558

Augean plc ............................................................................................................01780 444900

................

0113 385 8400 / 01708528770

Badgemaster Ltd ..................................................01623 723112 / 07976 277067

The Clancy Group ..........................................................................................01895 823711

Exel Composites ..............................................................................................01928 701515

01753 810999

Flora-Tec ................................................................................................................01223 235711

Lanes Group PLC Rail Division Waterflow

..............................................................................................................

Kobelco Cranes Europe Ltd ........................01342 301122 / 07887 856191

Drilling Barcol ........................................................................................................................01268 764642 Celtic Recycling Ltd ......................................................................................01633 274700 Drilling and Sawing Association ........................................................0844 879 3452 Perco Engineering Services Ltd ..........................................................01604 590200 Screwfast Ltd......................................................................................................01727 827375

Equipment Maintenance/ Repair/Calibration Conair (UK) Ltd ..................................................................................................01702 544344 Edmiston Brown & Co ltd ......................................................................0141 554 2891

Lindapter International ................................................................................01274 521444 Mechan Ltd......................................................................................................0114 257 0563 Speedy Rail ................................................................01942 277000 / 07843 645243 Steelway ..................................................................................................................01902 834911 Thetford International ........................................01842 890500 / 07860 644684

Plant ArcGen Hilta ........................................................................................................01902 790824 G F Gordon (Plant Hire) Ltd ....................................................................01245 471917 Garic ..........................................................................................................................01206 233720

MECHAN LTD Sir John Brown Building, Davy Industrial Park, Prince of Wales Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire, S9 4EX Contact: E: T: W:

KONE Plc ..............................................................................................................01535 662841

Lee Pitts info@mechan.co.uk 0114 257 0563 www.mechan.co.uk

L&W Contractors ..................................................01403 784286 / 07715 813240 Maxim Power Tools Ltd ............................................................................0141 552 5591 Quattro Group ..................................................................................................0845 900 2999 Thetford International ........................................01842 890500 / 07860 644684 TRAC

01698 831111

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Welfare Cabins UK ........................................................................................01206 233720 Torrent Trackside Limited ..........................................................................01543 421900 WORLifts - Rail ................................................................................................0121 460 1113

Projected Developments Thetford International ........................................01842 890500 / 07860 644684

Land Clearance/ Reclamation/ Landscaping Flora-Tec ................................................................................................................01223 235711 Thomson Ecology ..........................................................................................01483 466000 WYG ........................................................................................................................0113 278 7111

Structural & Construction Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd ........................................................................01257 478524 Ancon Building Products Ltd ..............................................................0114 275 5224 Barhale ....................................................................................................................01922 726731

Lifting & Jacking

BCM Construction ........................................................................................0208 640 7887

Camlok Lifting Clamps ................................................................................01244 375375

Bluebay Building Products Ltd ............................................................02920 495555

Commend UK Ltd ..........................................................................................01279 872020

HY-Ten Ltd ..........................................................................................................0800 037 1507

Mechan Ltd......................................................................................................0114 257 0563

KONE Plc ..............................................................................................................01535 662841

UNIC Cranes ......................................................................................................01844 202071

Lindapter International ................................................................................01274 521444

WORLifts - Rail ................................................................................................0121 460 1113

Oxford Hydrotechnics Ltd ........................................................................01869 346001 Screwfast Ltd......................................................................................................01727 827375

Marine & River Construction Marine Ltd ..........................................................................0113 262 4444

Surveying

Deepdale Engineering Company Ltd ..............................................01384 480022

3D Laser Mapping ........................................................................................0870 442 9400

PPG protective and marine coatings ltd ......................................01773 837300

ABA Surveying ..................................................................................................01483 797111

Thomson Ecology ..........................................................................................01483 466000

Adien Ltd ................................................................................................................01302 802200

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Deepdale Engineering Company Ltd ..............................................01384 480022

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Category Listings Blom ..........................................................................................................................01934 745820

Badgemaster Ltd ..................................................01623 723112 / 07976 277067

01707 333677

CBS Outdoor Ltd. ......................................................................020 7482 3000 / 3637

Speedy Rail ................................................................01942 277000 / 07843 645243

Market Force Business Media ............................................................0207 760 8699

01206 799111

Optimedia ............................................................................................................020 7961 1000

Mike Worby Survey Consultancy TES 2000 Ltd

......................................................

....................................................................................................

Thomson Ecology ..........................................................................................01483 466000

Test Equipment

Traction & Rolling Stock Advertiser ..................................................01379 651683

Architectural & Surveyancy

Wolseley UK ........................................................................................................01926 705000

Frankham Consultancy ............................................................................0208 309 7777

Tools

Jones Lang LaSalle Ltd ............................................................................0207 399 5864

Ballast Tools (UK) Ltd ..................................................................................01793 697800

Robinson Kenning & Gallagher ..........................................................020 8684 8125

Buck & Hickman ..............................................................................................01293 561651

The Trevor Patrick Partnership ................0207 940 6500 / 07989 587161

Cembre ....................................................................................................................01675 470440 Cromwell Tools Ltd ......................................................................................0116 288 8000 Gedore......................................................................................................................01756 798625

SGS CORREL Rail Ltd ..............................................................................0121 326 3672

Maxim Power Tools Ltd ............................................................................0141 552 5591

Steer Davies Gleave ....................................................................................020 7910 5000

Speedy Rail ................................................................01942 277000 / 07843 645243

Business Management

WORLifts - Rail ................................................................................................0121 460 1113

CIVILS, PLANT & EQUIPMENT TEST EQUIPMENT

Achilles Information Ltd ..............................................................................01235 861118

Lee Brothers ......................................................................................................0870 850 7773

VI Distribution Ltd ............................................................................................01270 750520

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ACAS ........................................................................................................................01892 273555 BMT Reliability Consultants ..........................01489 553100 / 07831 312534 0118 907 1341

Utility supplies

Byroc Railway Support

The Clancy Group ..........................................................................................01895 823711

Futurelink ..............................................................................................................0845 620 9255

Welding Miscellaneous & Specialist

NuAspect Ltd ....................................................................................................0207 101 0800

ArcGen Hilta ........................................................................................................01902 790824

Condition Monitoring

Deepdale Engineering Company Ltd ..............................................01384 480022

BMT Reliability Consultants ..........................01489 553100 / 07831 312534

CONSULTING, RECRUITMENT & PROFESSIONAL Consulting, Recruitment & Professional

Strainstall UK Ltd ............................................................................................01983 203600

Passengerfocus ..............................................................................................0300 123 2140

Education, Training & Assessment

............................................................................

Abbeydale Training Ltd ..............................................................................01226 321250

RAIL RESOURCES, INC. UK & US LOCOMOTIVE & RAILCAR MARKETING

ACAS ........................................................................................................................01892 273555

82 Vista Lane, Barrington, IL 60010 U.S.

Amtrain (Midlands) Ltd ................................................................................01283 792633

Contact: Michael A. Teruggi E: mike.teruggi@gmail.com T: 001 847 347 2695

Anzio Ltd ................................................................................................................01752 840251 Aspire Rail Consultants ..............................................................................01270 254176 Bywater Training ..............................................................................................01784 480936

SGS CORREL Rail Ltd ..............................................................................0121 326 3672

Accounting & Financial Futurelink ..............................................................................................................0845 620 9255 Intelenet UK Ltd ..............................................................................................0207 872 5541

Drilling and Sawing Association ........................................................0844 879 3452 Intertrain ..................................................................................................................01302 815530 LRQA - Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Ltd ............0800 783 2179 Speedy Hire Ltd. ..............................................................................................01942 720000 Stokes Associates Ltd ................................................................................07846 561370

Accreditation & Compliance Direct Enquires Ltd ........................................................................................01344 360101

LRQA - LLOYD’S REGISTER QUALITY ASSURANCE LTD Hiramford, Middlemarch Office Village, Siskin Drive, Coventry, CV3 4FJ E: T: F: W:

enquiries@lrqa.co.uk 0800 783 2179 02476 302662 www.lrqa.co.uk

TES 2000 Ltd

01206 799111

....................................................................................................

The Institution of Engineering and Technology..................................................................01438 767224 / 01438 765654 Trackline Training Limited ........................................................................0161 872 2400 Trackwork Ltd ....................................................................................................01302 888666 West Coast Training ....................................................................................0208 834 9151

Employment Services ACAS ........................................................................................................................01892 273555 Personal Group of Companies ............................................................01908 605000

SGS CORREL Rail Ltd ..............................................................................0121 326 3672

Engineering

Advertising, Design & Marketing

AMOT ........................................................................................................................01284 762222

Allen Design Group ........................................................................................01226 292921

Bakerail Services Ltd ....................................................................................01480 471349

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Category Listings BMT Reliability Consultants ..........................01489 553100 / 07831 312534

Legal Services

Brixwoth Engineering Co Ltd ................................................................01604 880338

ACAS ........................................................................................................................01892 273555

Burns Carlton plc ..........................................................................................0113 367 2850

Ashurst

Collis Engineering Ltd ..................................................................................01773 833255

Bircham Dyson Bell LLP ..........................................................................020 7227 7000

D.R.B Power Transmission Ltd ............................................................01244 280280

Watmores Solicitors ....................................................................................0207 430 1512

020 7638 1111

..................................................................................................................

Derby Engineering Unit Ltd ....................................................................01332 660364

Frankham Consultancy ............................................................................0208 309 7777 Houghton International..............................................................................0191 234 3000 IDAC Ltd

0844 212 5900

..............................................................................................................

Medical, Drug & Alcohol Screening Concateno South ..........................................................................................020 7712 8000 ScreenSafe UK Ltd ........................................................................................08450 505590

Miscellaneous & Specialist

Interfleet Technology Ltd ..........................................................................01332 223000

Associated Train Crew Union ................................................................01226 716417

0161 476 2996

Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACORP) ..........01484 847790

NuAspect Ltd ....................................................................................................0207 101 0800

Bemrose Booth Paragon ....................................................................01482 826343

St. Leonards Railway Engineering Ltd ..........................................01233 617001

Campaign for Better Transport ..........................................................0207 566 6480

Stand7 UK Ltd ..................................................................................................01480 211011

Inntel ........................................................................................................................0844 847 5533

Steer Davies Gleave ....................................................................................020 7910 5000

Personal Group of Companies ............................................................01908 605000

TEW Engineering Ltd ..................................................................................0115 935 4354

Prestige Couriers............................................................................................0207 384 2300

The Institution of Engineering and Technology..................................................................01438 767224 / 01438 765654

Stand7 UK Ltd ..................................................................................................01480 211011

Lundy Projects Ltd

......................................................................................

Wago Ltd ................................................................................................................01788 568008

Techno Rail

01938 555511

..........................................................................................................

The Russell Group ........................................................................................0141 810 8200

Environmental Frankham Consultancy ............................................................................0208 309 7777 LRQA - Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Ltd ............0800 783 2179 Safeguard Pest Control ..............................................................................01959 565777 Scientifics Ltd

08456 032112

....................................................................................................

Occupational Health Express Medicals ..........................................................................................0207 500 6900 Scientifics Ltd

08456 032112

....................................................................................................

Operation / Planning

Stuart Slatter Training ..................................................................................01565 750557

Arriva Trains Wales

Thetford International ........................................01842 890500 / 07860 644684

Steer Davies Gleave ....................................................................................020 7910 5000

Thomson Ecology ..........................................................................................01483 466000

Photography & Film production

Geotechnical

Alvey & Towers ..................................................................................................01949 861894

Scientifics Ltd

08456 032112

....................................................................................................

Strainstall UK Ltd ............................................................................................01983 203600

02920 720516

........................................................................................

Rail Images ..........................................................................................................01702 525059

Planning & research

WYG ........................................................................................................................0113 278 7111

Jones Lang LaSalle Ltd ............................................................................0207 399 5864

Industry Bodies

Steer Davies Gleave ....................................................................................020 7910 5000

The Institution of Railway Operators

01444 248931

..............................................

Presentation & Communication Skills

Industry Reporting

Bell Amethyst ......................................................................................................01844 238844

Esmerk Ltd ..........................................................................................................0118 956 5820

Print & Publishing

Insurance

Amc Screen Print ..........................................................................................0141 557 0080 01732 744700

Badgemaster Ltd ..................................................01623 723112 / 07976 277067

Personal Group of Companies ............................................................01908 605000

Esmerk Ltd ..........................................................................................................0118 956 5820

Travelers Insurance Company Ltd ....................................................01737 787787

Konica Minolta ..................................................................................................01268 644416

Belmont International Ltd

........................................................................

Local Transport Today

Labour Supply AzteQ Solutions Ltd ......................................................................................01442 244444 Mainline Resourcing Ltd ..........................................................................0845 083 0245 STM Security UK Ltd

0208 518 9682

................................................................................

Suretrack Rail Services Limited TRAC

0208 519 9142

........................................................

01698 831111

........................................................................................................................

Wetton Cleaning Services Ltd ............................................................0207 237 2007

0845 270 7861

..............................................................................

Magnadata International Ltd ..................................................................01205 312600 Novacroft ..............................................................................................................0845 330 0601 OCÉ (UK) Ltd ......................................................................................................01277 846120 Railstaff ....................................................................................................................01530 560026 Stamps Direct ....................................................................................................01603 624407 The Institution of Engineering and Technology ......................................................01438 767224 / 01438 765654

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Fowler & Holden Ltd ....................................................................................01472 355316

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Category Listings Witherby’s ............................................................................................................020 7253 5413

TNE Ltd

Procurement Byroc Railway Support

0118 907 1341

............................................................................

Risk Management & Assessment Abbott Risk Consulting Ltd ..................................................................0131 220 0164

Hambleton Risk Management Ltd ....................................................01904 728995

Achilles Information Ltd ..............................................................................01235 861118 Appleyards Consulting ................................................................................01732 471520

Appleyards Consulting ................................................................................01732 471520 AzteQ Solutions Ltd ......................................................................................01442 244444 BMT Reliability Consultants ..........................01489 553100 / 07831 312534 CPC Project Services ................................................................................0207 539 4750 FPA Consulting ..................................................................................................01332 604300

BMT Reliability Consultants ..........................01489 553100 / 07831 312534 Inntel ........................................................................................................................0844 847 5533 LRQA - Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Ltd ............0800 783 2179 Scientifics Ltd

08456 032112

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Turner & Townsend ......................................................................................0207 544 4000

Frankham Consultancy ............................................................................0208 309 7777

Solutions & Turnkey Providers

Hambleton Risk Management Ltd ....................................................01904 728995

Bemrose Booth Paragon ....................................................................01482 826343

Jones Lang LaSalle Ltd ............................................................................0207 399 5864 Steer Davies Gleave ....................................................................................020 7910 5000 TNE Ltd

CONSULTING, RECRUITMENT & PROFESSIONAL PROCUREMENT

01388 451111

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FPA Consulting ..................................................................................................01332 604300

Project Management

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Technology Resourcing ..............................................................................01483 302211

Rex Bousfield Ltd..................................................01883 717033 / 07787 558878 Steatite Ltd

01527 512400

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01388 451111

Test & Development

Turner & Townsend ......................................................................................0207 544 4000

Calmet Laboratory Services

..................................................................................................................

0208 977 8455

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Faiveley Transport Ltd ................................................................................0151 649 5000

Quantity Surveying Frankham Consultancy ............................................................................0208 309 7777 Turner & Townsend ......................................................................................0207 544 4000

Hawkgrove Technologies Limited ......................................................01373 837900 Tüv Süd ..................................................................................................................01489 558100 Zircon Software ................................................................................................01225 764444

Recruitment Services/Consultancy Anders Elite Ltd

020 7680 3100

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Antal International Network ..................................................................0870 428 1745 ARM Engineering ............................................................................................02392 228266 ATA Rail Recruitment ....................................................................................01332 752792 Burns Carlton plc ..........................................................................................0113 367 2850

Verification & Validation Hambleton Risk Management Ltd ....................................................01904 728995 Hawkgrove Technologies Limited ......................................................01373 837900 SGS CORREL Rail Ltd ..............................................................................0121 326 3672 Stand7 UK Ltd ..................................................................................................01480 211011 Zircon Software ................................................................................................01225 764444

Clements Technical Recruitment Ltd ............................................0870 757 2855 Evolution Recruitment ................................................................................0207 978 4924

Infrastructure & Electrical & ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Hambleton Risk Management Ltd ....................................................01904 728995

Metropex Group Ltd

Intec (UK) Ltd ......................................................................................................01524 865555

Brake Systems

McGinley Support Services Limited ................................................01923 725618

Faiveley Transport Ltd ................................................................................0151 649 5000

0207 419 8968

Stromag Ltd ........................................................................................................01933 350407

Morgan Hunt

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Ptarmigan Transport Solutions ............................................................01738 493962

RNA RECRUITMENT LTD Mere House, Brook Street, Knutsford, WA16 8GP Contact: E: T: F: W:

Paul Walpole paul@rnarecruitment.com 01565 752419 01565 752122 www.rnarecruitment.com

RNA

Recruitment

01435 867755

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Buildings & Property Construction/Refurbishment/Materials Aggregate Industries UK Ltd

01530 510066

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Alfred Bagnall & Son ..........................................01274 714800 / 01302 853259 Axis Automatic Entrance Systems Ltd ........................................0844 504 6545 Balfour Beatty Plc..........................................................................................0207 216 6883 BAM Nuttall Ltd ................................................................................................01606 350350 Bardon Contracting ............................................01530 510066 / 07740 934341

SkyBlue Rail Recruitment........................................................................0121 654 6985

Berry Systems ....................................................................................................01902 491100 Buildbase................................................................................................................01865 871700

SW GLOBAL RESOURCING LTD 270 Petershill Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G21 4AY Contact: E: T: W:

Maciej Siembiga admin@sw-gr.com 0141 557 6133 www.sw-gr.com

Conair (UK) Ltd ..................................................................................................01702 544344 J Murphy & Sons Ltd ................................................................................0207 267 4366 Keyline Nationals ............................................................................................0141 420 3333 Kier Construction Ltd ................................................................................0207 922 6905 KONE Plc ..............................................................................................................01535 662841

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Category Listings Lend Lease ........................................................................................................0208 271 8000

Arrow Cleaning & Hygiene Solutions ..............................................01283 221044

Lindapter International ................................................................................01274 521444

Autoglym PSV ....................................................................................................01462 687416

Mansell Construction Services ..........................................................0207 490 1220

B&C Supplies ....................................................................................................020 8776 5757

Mass Contracts Ltd ......................................................................................07956 246843

LIGHTbridge Support Services Ltd ..................................................02920 706111

Metropex Group Ltd Morgan Sindall Plc

01435 867755

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01788 534500

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Sisk Group ............................................................................................................01727 875551 Steelway ..................................................................................................................01902 834911 Taylor Maxwell ........................................................07774 900170 / 0131 448 2020 Timbmet Ltd ........................................................................................................01865 862223 TopDeck Parking..............................................................................................01902 499400 Turmin Ltd..............................................................................................................01782 272823 Universal Sealants (UK) Ltd ..................................................................0191 416 1530 Walker Construction ......................................................................................01303 851111 WYG ........................................................................................................................0113 278 7111

SASSE LTD Wyvern House, Railway Terrace, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 2RU Contact: E: T: F: W:

Benny Wunderlich benny.wunderlich@sasse.de 01332 362425 01332 208456 www.sasse.de

STM Security UK Ltd

0208 518 9682

................................................................................

Thetford International ........................................01842 890500 / 07860 644684 United Eco Services ....................................................................................0845 450 2024 Voucher Systems Ltd ................................................................................0845 601 6020 Wetton Cleaning Services Ltd ............................................................0207 237 2007

YJL Infrastructure ..........................................................................................020 7522 3220

Components Cable Products / Management

Aerco Ltd................................................................................................................01403 260206

Anixter Ltd ............................................................................................................01925 848019

Earth Moving Components Ltd

BEW Ltd..................................................................................................................01245 496064

Express Electrical & Engineering Supplies Ltd ......................0141 941 3689

Cable Management Products Ltd – Thomas & Betts Ltd ....................................................................................01675 468 200

Express Electrical & Engineering Supplies Ltd ............................................................0141 941 3689 / 07884 312207

01977 514912

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01827 308430

Elmeridge Cables Services ......................................................................01273 391810

Faiveley Transport Ltd

Express Electrical & Engineering Supplies Ltd ......................0141 941 3689

Faiveley Transport Ltd ................................................................................0151 649 5000

Express Electrical & Engineering Supplies Ltd ............................................................0141 941 3689 / 07884 312207

Harting Ltd ............................................................................................................01604 827500 ITT Interconnect Solutions - Cannon & Veam ........................01256 311200

F.P. McCann Ltd ..............................................................................................02879 642558

Kraus Elektrotechnik ....................................................................................01749 840889

Habia Cable

01454 412522

LML Products Ltd ..........................................................................................01249 814271

Harting Ltd ............................................................................................................01604 827500

PortecRail ............................................................................................................0114 256 2225

LML Products Ltd ..........................................................................................01249 814271

VI Distribution Ltd ............................................................................................01270 750520

Mainframe Communications Ltd ........................................................01702 443800

Weidmuller Ltd ......................................................01732 877000 / 0116 282 1261

PMA UK Ltd - Thomas & Betts Ltd ................................................01264 333527

Wolseley UK ........................................................................................................01926 705000

Wolseley UK ........................................................................................................01926 705000

Control Systems

Car Parking

Airquick (Newark) Ltd ..................................................................................01636 640480

Axis Automatic Entrance Systems Ltd ........................................0844 504 6545

Application Solutions (Safety and Security) Ltd

Bardon Contracting ............................................01530 510066 / 07740 934341 Bemrose Booth Paragon ....................................................................01482 826343 Berry Systems ....................................................................................................01902 491100 Magnadata International Ltd ..................................................................01205 312600

01273 405435

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Baldwin Boxall Communications ........................................................01892 664422 Captec TLd ..........................................................................................................01489 866066 Weidmuller Ltd ......................................................01732 877000 / 0116 282 1261 Zircon Software ................................................................................................01225 764444

TopDeck Parking..............................................................................................01902 499442

Corrosion Protection

TopDeck Parking..............................................................................................01902 499400

3M CPPD ..............................................................................................................01609 780170 3M Rail Solutions ............................................................................................01344 858704

Catenary & Overhead TES 2000 Ltd TNE Ltd

01206 799111

Arrow Cleaning & Hygiene Solutions ..............................................01283 221044

....................................................................................................

01388 451111

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Design Application Solutions (Safety and Security) Ltd

Catering Momentum Services Ltd ........................................................................020 7843 5619

01273 405435

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Atlantic Design Transportation Ltd ..................................................020 7435 1777 Best Impressions

020 8740 6443

..........................................................................................

Cleaning

Eurocom Ltd ......................................................................................................020 7820 8344

3M CPPD ..............................................................................................................01609 780170

Harting Ltd ............................................................................................................01604 827500

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Category Listings Jacobs ....................................................................................................................0141 243 8000

Graffiti Removal

Merson Signs Ltd ............................................................................................01355 243021

3M CPPD ..............................................................................................................01609 780170

Rail Connections Ltd ....................................................................................01628 639823

Arrow Cleaning & Hygiene Solutions ..............................................01283 221044

Urban Initiatives ..............................................................................................020 7380 4545

Autoglym PSV ....................................................................................................01462 687416

Door Systems

Sasse Ltd ............................................................................................................01332 362425

Axis Automatic Entrance Systems Ltd ........................................0844 504 6545 Faiveley Transport Ltd

01827 308430

................................................................................

INFRASTRUCTURE & ELECTRICAL DOOR SYSTEMS

Infrastructure Installation & Maintenance

KONE Plc ..............................................................................................................01535 662841

3M CPPD ..............................................................................................................01609 780170

Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Ltd ..........................................0161 655 0300

AB Hoses & Fittings Ltd ............................................................................01246 208831

Rex Bousfield Ltd..................................................01883 717033 / 07787 558878

ABET Ltd ..............................................................................................................020 7473 6910

Techno Rail

01938 555511

Airquick (Newark) Ltd ..................................................................................01636 640480

Westcode (UK) Ltd ........................................................................................01249 822283

Alstom Transport ............................................................................................0207 438 9231

Electrical Engineering

Amey OW Ltd ....................................................................................................01865 713100

Amalgamated Construction Co Ltd ................................................01226 243413

Burns Carlton plc ..........................................................................................0113 367 2850

Antagrade Electrical Ltd ............................................................................01606 833299

Conair (UK) Ltd ..................................................................................................01702 544344

01273 405435

Craig & Derricott Ltd ....................................................................................01543 375541

Arrowvale Electronics ..................................................................................01527 514151

KONE Plc ..............................................................................................................01535 662841

Beejay Rail Ltd ................................................................................................0141 553 1133

Lindapter International ................................................................................01274 521444

Burns Carlton plc ..........................................................................................0113 367 2850

Rittal Ltd ..................................................................................................................01709 704000

EDM Ltd ................................................................................................................0161 203 3150

Timbmet Ltd ........................................................................................................01865 862223

Eurocom Ltd ......................................................................................................020 7820 8344

Visul Systems........................................................0191 416 1530 / 0191 402 1960

Harting Ltd ............................................................................................................01604 827500

Weidmuller Ltd ......................................................01732 877000 / 0116 282 1261

Kraus Elektrotechnik ....................................................................................01749 840889

Lighting

LML Products Ltd ..........................................................................................01249 814271

Adaptaflex ..............................................................................................................01675 468222

PEI Genesis UK Ltd ....................................................................................0844 871 6060

ArcGen Hilta ........................................................................................................01902 790824

01388 451111

BEW Ltd..................................................................................................................01245 496064

Weidmuller Ltd ......................................................01732 877000 / 0116 282 1261

Emergi-Lite – Thomas & Betts Ltd..................................................0113 281 0600

Electrification / Power Supply

Mallatite....................................................................................................................01246 593280

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Application Solutions (Safety and Security) Ltd

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Wetton Cleaning Services Ltd ............................................................0207 237 2007

TNE Ltd

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Babcock Rail ......................................................................................................01698 203005

Miscellaneous & Specialist

01460 64941

Crossrail ....................................................................................................................0207 150 845

01442 219355

Harting Ltd ............................................................................................................01604 827500

Express Electrical & Engineering Supplies Ltd ............................................................0141 941 3689 / 07884 312207

Hollywell Building Services ......................................................................01727 810555

Faiveley Transport Ltd ................................................................................0151 649 5000

J Murphy & Sons Ltd ................................................................................0207 267 4366

Garic ..........................................................................................................................01206 233720

Kraus Elektrotechnik ....................................................................................01749 840889

Hy-Ram Engineering Ltd ..........................................................................01623 422982

LML Products Ltd ..........................................................................................01249 814271

Inntel ........................................................................................................................0844 847 5533

Riker Ltd..................................................................................................................01249 814271

Maxim Power Tools Ltd ............................................................................0141 552 5591

01388 451111

Mechan Ltd......................................................................................................0114 257 0563

Brecknell Willis Co Eltek Valere

TNE Ltd

............................................................................................

..........................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................

Oil Analysis Services ....................................................................................01474 854450

Electromagnetic Enotrac ..................................................................................................................020 8770 3501

RT Training Solutions (part of Rail Tech Group Railway & Signal Engineering Ltd)..........................................................................01473 242344

York EMC Services Ltd ..............................................................................01904 434440

Sasse Ltd ............................................................................................................01332 362425 Steelway ..................................................................................................................01902 834911

Freight Terminals & Services ABP Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal ..............................................01675 461300 Glasgow Freight Park ................................................................................0141 810 8200 Russell Railfreight Terminal - Barking ............................................0208 517 6490 Russell Railfreight Terminal - Inverness

0141 810 8200

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Telford International Railfreight Park ................................................01952 608410 RailCONNECT

The Train Chartering Company Ltd ..................................................01249 890176 Trox (UK) Ltd........................................................................................................01842 754545 Welfare Cabins UK ........................................................................................01206 233720

Office Equipment & Services EFG Office Furniture Ltd ..........................................................................0845 608 4100

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Category Listings Flora-Tec ................................................................................................................01223 235711

Test Facilities

Garic ..........................................................................................................................01206 233720

Calmet Laboratory Services

Inntel ........................................................................................................................0844 847 5533

Faiveley Transport Ltd ................................................................................0151 649 5000

Konica Minolta ..................................................................................................01268 644416 Trox (UK) Ltd........................................................................................................01842 754545

0208 977 8455

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Oil Analysis Services ....................................................................................01474 854450 T端v S端d ..................................................................................................................01489 558100

United Hygiene Services ..............................0845 450 2024 / 01403 799809

Track Components & Installation

Welfare Cabins UK ........................................................................................01206 233720

Babcock Rail ......................................................................................................01698 203005 PortecRail ............................................................................................................0114 256 2225

Permanent Way Aggregate Industries UK Ltd

RS Clare + Co Ltd ........................................................................................0151 702 5262 01530 510066

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TES 2000 Ltd

01206 799111

....................................................................................................

Aspire Rail Consultants ..............................................................................01270 254176 Ballast Tools (UK) Ltd ..................................................................................01793 697800 Maxim Power Tools Ltd ............................................................................0141 552 5591

Track Products & Maintenance PortecRail ............................................................................................................0114 256 2225 Speedy Rail ................................................................01942 277000 / 07843 645243 01206 799111

Pest Control

TES 2000 Ltd

Balcombe Pest Control ..............................................................................01444 811916

Tiflex Ltd

Safeguard Pest Control ..............................................................................01959 565777

Unipart Rail

Platforms

Weighing & Lifting

Amalgamated Construction Co Ltd ................................................01226 243413 Bardon Contracting ............................................01530 510066 / 07740 934341 F.P. McCann Ltd ..............................................................................................02879 642558 Ferrograph Ltd ................................................................................................0191 280 8800 01442 828387

......................................................................................................................

J Murphy & Sons Ltd ................................................................................0207 267 4366 Robinson Kenning & Gallagher ..........................................................020 8684 8125 Semmco Ltd ........................................................................................................01483 757200 Techno Rail

01579 320808 01302 731400

..........................................................................................................

Arbil Ltd ..................................................................................................................01384 424007 Lloyds Somers ..................................................................................................01792 656951 Mechan Ltd......................................................................................................0114 257 0563

Workshop Equipment Autodrain ..............................................................................................................0113 288 0022 Buck & Hickman ..............................................................................................01293 561651 C & S Equipment ............................................................................................01296 688500 Mechan Ltd......................................................................................................0114 257 0563 WORLifts - Rail ................................................................................................0121 460 1113

01938 555511

..........................................................................................................

Universal Sealants (UK) Ltd ..................................................................0191 416 1530

Rolling Stock

ROLLING STOCK

Visul Systems........................................................0191 416 1530 / 0191 402 1960

Batteries

Walker Construction ......................................................................................01303 851111

Exide Technologies ........................................................................................01204 661460

Zoeftig & Company Ltd ..............................................................................01288 354512

Carriage Washing Airquick (Newark) Ltd ..................................................................................01636 640480

Power Supply ArcGen Hilta ........................................................................................................01902 790824 Campbell Collins Ltd ....................................................................................01438 369466 Eltek Valere

01442 219355

..........................................................................................................

Arrow Cleaning & Hygiene Solutions ..............................................01283 221044 Autoglym PSV ....................................................................................................01462 687416 Bingham Rail/Bingham Cotech..........................................................0870 774 2341 Garrandale Ltd ..................................................................................................01332 291100

Emerson Network Power ........................................................................0114 247 8369

Smith Bros & Webb Ltd ............................................................................01789 400096

Peak Oil

STM Security UK Ltd

01246 450242

..................................................................................................................

Townscape Products Limited ................................................................01623 513355 Weidmuller Ltd ......................................................01732 877000 / 0116 282 1261

Switches & Crossings Hall Rail ..................................................................................................................0191 526 2114

0208 518 9682

................................................................................

Chartering The Train Chartering Company Ltd ..................................................01249 890176

Cleaning & Disposal Autoglym PSV ....................................................................................................01462 687416

Trackwork Ltd ....................................................................................................01302 888666

Celtic Recycling Ltd ......................................................................................01633 274700

Switchgear

Smith Bros & Webb Ltd ............................................................................01789 400096

Celtic Recycling Ltd ......................................................................................01633 274700

Wetton Cleaning Services Ltd ............................................................0207 237 2007

Express Electrical & Engineering Supplies Ltd ............................................................0141 941 3689 / 07884 312207

Component Supply

Hawker Siddeley Switchgear ................................................................01495 223001

Atlas Rail Components Ltd

Kraus Elektrotechnik ....................................................................................01749 840889

Bauer Springs Ltd ......................................................................................01527 594900

Aerco Ltd................................................................................................................01403 260206 01228 529522

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Category Listings Cable Management Products Ltd – Thomas & Betts Ltd ....................................................................................01675 468 200 Campbell Collins Ltd ....................................................................................01438 369466 EAO Ltd ..................................................................................................................01444 236000 Faiveley Transport Ltd

Emergi-Lite – Thomas & Betts Ltd..................................................0113 281 0600 Translec Ltd ..........................................................................................................01457 878888

01827 308430

01442 828387

......................................................................................................................

ILME UK Ltd ......................................................................................................0151 336 9321 ITT Interconnect Solutions - Cannon & Veam ........................01256 311200 Kraus Elektrotechnik ....................................................................................01749 840889 Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Ltd ..........................................0161 655 0300 PMA UK Ltd - Thomas & Betts Ltd ................................................01264 333527 PortecRail ............................................................................................................0114 256 2225 Rex Bousfield Ltd..................................................01883 717033 / 07787 558878 Transec (UK) Ltd ..............................................................................................01306 743355 Treadmaster Transport Flooring ..........................................................01579 320808 Unipart Rail

Elmeridge Cables Services ......................................................................01273 391810

................................................................................

Hayley Group Plc ..........................................................................................0870 850 3526 Ilecsys

Lighting & Cabling

01302 731400

..........................................................................................................

Universal Boltforgers Ltd ........................................................................0121 522 5950 Westcode (UK) Ltd ........................................................................................01249 822283

Maintenance & Repair Airquick (Newark) Ltd ..................................................................................01636 640480 Albatros UK ..........................................................................................................01908 305740 Archer Signs & Panels Ltd ....................................................................0115 927 3100 Autodrain ..............................................................................................................0113 288 0022 Axminster Carpets Ltd ................................................................................01297 630686 Bingham Rail/Bingham Cotech..........................................................0870 774 2341 Faiveley Transport Ltd

01827 308430

................................................................................

Garrandale Ltd ..................................................................................................01332 291100 Hollywell Building Services ......................................................................01727 810555 Houghton International..............................................................................0191 234 3000 Ilecsys

01442 828387

......................................................................................................................

Rail Connections Ltd ....................................................................................01628 639823 Sabre Rail Services Ltd ..............................................................................01325 300505 Smith Bros & Webb Ltd ............................................................................01789 400096

Decals & Transfers

Timbmet Ltd ........................................................................................................01865 862223

3M Rail Solutions ............................................................................................01344 858704 Archer Signs & Panels Ltd ....................................................................0115 927 3100

De-Icing

Arrow Cleaning & Hygiene Solutions ..............................................01283 221044 Arrowvale Electronics ..................................................................................01527 514151 Autoglym PSV ....................................................................................................01462 687416 Basic Solutions ................................................................................................0113 385 3855

ROLLING STOCK DECALS & TRANSFERS

01302 731400

..........................................................................................................

ZF Great Britain ..............................................................................................0844 257 0555

Manufacturing

Airquick (Newark) Ltd ..................................................................................01636 640480

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Unipart Rail

Disc Springs

Adaptaflex ..............................................................................................................01675 468222 Alcad ..........................................................................................................................01279 772555 Alstom Transport ............................................................................................0207 438 9231 Arrowvale Electronics ..................................................................................01527 514151 Asset International ..........................................................................................01633 273081 Burns Carlton plc ..........................................................................................0113 367 2850 Cembre ....................................................................................................................01675 470440

BAUER SPRINGS LTD Eagle Road, North Moons Moat Industrial Estate, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 9HF Contact: E: T: F: W:

Paul Carson sales@bauersprings.co.uk 01527 594900 01527 594909 www.bauersprings.co.uk

Chainstream (UK) Ltd ................................................................................0208 686 6500 GMT Rubber-Metal-Technic Ltd

01943 870670

........................................................

Houghton International..............................................................................0191 234 3000 ICEE ............................................................................................................................02392 230604 ILME UK Ltd ......................................................................................................0151 336 9321 Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Ltd ..........................................0161 655 0300 Lucchini UK ........................................................................................................0161 886 0300

Equipment & Protection A Plant Rail..........................................................................................................01925 281 000 Albatros UK ..........................................................................................................01908 305740 Speedy Hire Ltd. ..............................................................................................01942 720000

Heavy Haulage Allelys Heavy Haulage

Measurement Devices Ltd (MDL) ......................................................01904 791139 Morganite Electrical Carbon Ltd ........................................................01792 763000 Plascoat Systems Ltd ..................................................................................01252 733777 PPG protective and marine coatings ltd ......................................01773 837300 Rex Bousfield Ltd..................................................01883 717033 / 07787 558878

01527 857621

................................................................................

Garic ..........................................................................................................................01206 233720 Welfare Cabins UK ........................................................................................01206 233720

RS Clare + Co Ltd ........................................................................................0151 702 5262 Semperit ..................................................................................................................01327 313140 Timbmet Ltd ........................................................................................................01865 862223

Leasing Companies

Transec (UK) Ltd ..............................................................................................01306 743355

Angel Trains Ltd ..............................................................................................0206 592 0500

Tuffa UK Ltd ........................................................................................................01889 567700

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Category Listings Unipart Rail

01302 731400

..........................................................................................................

ZF Great Britain ..............................................................................................0844 257 0555

Optyma Security Systems Ltd ............................................................0208 304 8635

Batteries & Power Supplies

Miscellaneous & Specialist

Alcad ..........................................................................................................................01279 772555

Albatros UK ..........................................................................................................01908 305740 Atlas Copco Compressors Ltd ............................................................01442 261201

DMS Technologies/Rectifier Technologies (UK) T/A Duvine ............................................................................................................01794 525400

Augean plc ............................................................................................................01780 444900

Hoppecke Industrial Batteries Limited ..........................................01782 667305

Furse – Thomas & Betts Ltd ................................................................0115 964 3700

Martek ......................................................................................................................01954 267726

Temperature Control Limited ................................................................0161 872 5722 Treadmaster Transport Flooring ..........................................................01579 320808 Watermark Ltd

0208 606 2000

................................................................................................

ZF Great Britain ..............................................................................................0844 257 0555

CCTV AMG Systems UK Ltd ................................................................................01767 600777 Anixter Ltd ............................................................................................................01925 848019 Axis Communications Ltd ........................................................................01462 427910

Refurbishment Archer Signs & Panels Ltd ....................................................................0115 927 3100 Faiveley Transport Ltd

01827 308430

................................................................................

Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Ltd ..........................................0161 655 0300

Bridgeway Consulting Ltd ......................................................................0115 919 1111 Camwatch Ltd

0114 281 9999

................................................................................................

Concept Security (UK) Ltd ....................................................................0845 061 4613

Railcare Ltd ..........................................................................................................01908 574400

Digital Barriers Plc ........................................................................................0207 940 4740

Rex Bousfield Ltd..................................................01883 717033 / 07787 558878

Eurocom Ltd ......................................................................................................020 7820 8344

Wabtec ............................................................................01302340700 / 01302 790027

Lanes Group PLC Rail Division

ZF Great Britain ..............................................................................................0844 257 0555

Melford Electronics Ltd ..............................................................................01494 638069

0113 385 8400 / 01708528770

................

Optyma Security Systems Ltd ............................................................0208 304 8635

Sanding 3M Rail Solutions ............................................................................................01344 858704

Petards ..................................................................................................................0845 002 0123

Mechan Ltd......................................................................................................0114 257 0563

Taylor Technology Systems ..................................................................0208 331 5888

Wetton Cleaning Services Ltd ............................................................0207 237 2007

Clothing

Textiles & Carpeting

Jermyn Street Design ................................................................................020 8563 5002

Axminster Carpets Ltd ................................................................................01297 630686

United Hygiene Services ..............................0845 450 2024 / 01403 799809

Bonar Floors Ltd ..............................................................................................01773 740615 Replin Fabrics Ltd ..........................................................................................01721 724311 Treadmaster Transport Flooring ..........................................................01579 320808

Fencing Alltype Fencing Specialists Ltd ............................................................01268 545192 Berry Systems ....................................................................................................01902 491100

Train Protection

Lochrin Steel Palisade Fencing............................................................01236 457333 0208 518 9682

................................................................................

Fire Detection/Protection/Prevention Train/Carriage, Supply/Design/Manufacture Axminster Carpets Ltd ................................................................................01297 630686

Asco Extinguishers Ltd ............................................................................0141 427 1144 Baldwin Boxall Communications ........................................................01892 664422

Upholstery

Emergi-Lite – Thomas & Betts Ltd..................................................0113 281 0600

Andrew Muirhead & Son Limited......................................................0141 554 3724

Wolseley UK ........................................................................................................01926 705000

Be-Ge Seating UK Ltd ..............................................................................0115 989 8750 Replin Fabrics Ltd ..........................................................................................01721 724311 Transcal Ltd ..........................................................................................................01506 440111

First Aid & Medical Equipment Crest Medical ..................................................................................................0845 230 2090 Lee Brothers ......................................................................................................0870 850 7773

Vehicle Hire Hire/Maintenance Aquarius Railroad Technologies Ltd ................................................01765 635021

RT Training Solutions (part of Rail Tech Group Railway & Signal Engineering Ltd)..........................................................................01473 242344

European Metal Recycling Ltd, TMA ..........01793 863202 / 07970 082804

SP Services ..........................................................................................................01952 288999

TravelMaster ........................................................................................................01795 660066

Health & Safety

Weighing Systems

Achilles Information Ltd ..............................................................................01235 861118

Weighwell Engineering Ltd ....................................................................0114 269 9955

Archer Signs & Panels Ltd ....................................................................0115 927 3100

SAFETY & SECURITY Safety & Security

Austin Reynolds Ltd ......................................................................................01932 568888 Axis Automatic Entrance Systems Ltd ........................................0844 504 6545

Austin Reynolds Ltd ......................................................................................01932 568888

Berry Systems ....................................................................................................01902 491100

Alarms

Buck & Hickman ..............................................................................................01293 561651

Baldwin Boxall Communications ........................................................01892 664422

Derma Shield ......................................................................................................01633 877569

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Category Listings RT Training Solutions (part of Rail Tech Group Railway & Signal Engineering Ltd)..........................................................................01473 242344 Safeguard Pest Control ..............................................................................01959 565777 Scientifics Ltd

08456 032112

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Speedy Hire Ltd. ..............................................................................................01942 720000

AzteQ Solutions Ltd ......................................................................................01442 244444 B3 Cable Solutions ......................................................................................0161 741 2359 Elmeridge Cables Services ......................................................................01273 391810 Express Electrical & Engineering Supplies Ltd ............................................................0141 941 3689 / 07884 312207 Select Cables Ltd ............................................................................................02392 652552

Lighting ArcGen Hilta ........................................................................................................01902 790824

Customer Information

Emergi-Lite – Thomas & Betts Ltd..................................................0113 281 0600

Achilles Information Ltd ..............................................................................01235 861118

Peli Products (UK) Ltd ................................................................................01457 869999

Baldwin Boxall Communications ........................................................01892 664422

Wolseley UK ........................................................................................................01926 705000

Captec TLd ..........................................................................................................01489 866066 Infotec Ltd

Medical Services ABC Medical Services Ltd.

08452 300999

01530 560600

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Intelenet UK Ltd ..............................................................................................0207 872 5541

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Premier Medical Group ............................................................................0844 561 1681

Nexus Alpha Limited ........................................0207 622 6816 / 07971 025445

Data Management

Miscellaneous & Specialist AB Hoses & Fittings Ltd ............................................................................01246 208831 Badgemaster Ltd ..................................................01623 723112 / 07976 277067 Baldwin Boxall Communications ........................................................01892 664422 Furse – Thomas & Betts Ltd ................................................................0115 964 3700

Achilles Information Ltd ..............................................................................01235 861118 Captec TLd ..........................................................................................................01489 866066 Intelenet UK Ltd ..............................................................................................0207 872 5541 Konica Minolta ..................................................................................................01268 644416 SELEX Elsag ........................................................................................................01268 823510

Personal Protective Equipment 3M Rail Solutions ............................................................................................01344 858704

Datacoms

Alexandra Plc ....................................................................................................0845 155 2288

AMG Systems UK Ltd ................................................................................01767 600777

Arco ............................................................................................................................01482 222522

AzteQ Solutions Ltd ......................................................................................01442 244444

Lee Brothers ......................................................................................................0870 850 7773

Captec TLd ..........................................................................................................01489 866066

VI Distribution Ltd ............................................................................................01270 750520

Hawkgrove Technologies Limited ......................................................01373 837900 SELEX Elsag ........................................................................................................01268 823510

Quality & Safety Consultants LRQA - Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Ltd ............0800 783 2179

Steatite Ltd

Safety & Security Equipment

SAFETY & SECURITY LIGHTING

Alert Safety Technologies..........................................................................01355 272828

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In-Train Entertainment 01527 512400

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Volo TV & Media Limited

0207 193 0997

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Arrowvale Electronics ..................................................................................01527 514151

Internet Services

AT Source QX Ltd ..........................................................................................01507 604322

Nexus Alpha Limited ........................................0207 622 6816 / 07971 025445

Axis Automatic Entrance Systems Ltd ........................................0844 504 6545

Speedy Rail ................................................................01942 277000 / 07843 645243

Berry Systems ....................................................................................................01902 491100

Steatite Ltd

Bosch Security Systems Ltd

01527 512400

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01895 878088

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Capital Safety......................................................................................................01527 548000 Commend UK Ltd ..........................................................................................01279 872020 Firecrest UK Ltd................................................................................................01623 861331

IT Consultancy/Equipment/Maintenance DeltaRail Group Ltd ......................................................................................01332 221000 Detica Ltd ..............................................................................................................01483 816000

Keytech Systems ..........................................................................................0115 900 5600

Hawkgrove Technologies Limited ......................................................01373 837900

01938 555511

iBlocks LTd..........................................................................................................020 7234 9060

Techno Rail

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Konica Minolta ..................................................................................................01268 644416

Security Personnel Assured Facilities ..................................................01903 500999 / 07769 717472

SELEX Elsag ........................................................................................................01268 823510

G4S Cash services Ltd ............................................................................0191 265 3366

IT Systems/Software/Hardware

STM Security UK Ltd

Achilles Information Ltd ..............................................................................01235 861118

0208 518 9682

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Signal, Tele-Communication & IT SIGNAL, TELE-COMMUNICATION & IT NuAspect Ltd ....................................................................................................0207 101 0800 Telent Technology Services Ltd ..............01926 693000 / 0800 783 7761

Advanced New Technology ....................................................................01825 713058 Assured Facilities ..................................................01903 500999 / 07769 717472 BAE Systems ......................................................................................................01935 443000 Captec TLd ..........................................................................................................01489 866066

Cable Supply/Jointing/Installation

DeltaRail Group Ltd ......................................................................................01332 221000

Anixter Ltd ............................................................................................................01925 848019

Funkwerk IT..........................................................................................................01904 639091

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Category Listings Hawkgrove Technologies Limited ......................................................01373 837900 iBlocks LTd..........................................................................................................020 7234 9060 IDAC Ltd

0844 212 5900

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Konica Minolta ..................................................................................................01268 644416 Nexus Alpha Limited ........................................0207 622 6816 / 07971 025445 Steatite Ltd

01527 512400

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Zircon Software ................................................................................................01225 764444

Journey Planning

Signalling Solutions Ltd ............................................................................020 8236 4475

Telecoms Cabling/Engineering AzteQ Solutions Ltd ......................................................................................01442 244444 Elmeridge Cables Services ......................................................................01273 391810 Eltek Valere

01442 219355

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Eurocom Ltd ......................................................................................................020 7820 8344 RT Training Solutions (part of Rail Tech Group Railway & Signal Engineering Ltd)..........................................................................01473 242344

iBlocks LTd..........................................................................................................020 7234 9060

Ticketing/Validation Systems

Intelenet UK Ltd ..............................................................................................0207 872 5541

Bemrose Booth Paragon ....................................................................01482 826343

Nexus Alpha Limited ........................................0207 622 6816 / 07971 025445

Convert Ltd ..........................................................................................................01732 868131

Mass Transit Ticketing

iBlocks LTd..........................................................................................................020 7234 9060 Magnadata International Ltd ..................................................................01205 312600 Masabi Ltd ..........................................................................................................0207 089 8860

BEMROSE BOOTH PARAGON Stockholm Road, Sutton Fields, Hull, York, HU7 OXY Contact: E: T: F: W:

Novacroft ..............................................................................................................0845 330 0601

Tim Wray twray@bemrosebooth.com 01482 826343 01482 839767 www.bemrosebooth.com

Turmin Ltd..............................................................................................................01782 272823

Transmission AMG Systems UK Ltd ................................................................................01767 600777 Zircon Software ................................................................................................01225 764444

AMG Systems UK Ltd ................................................................................01767 600777 Conair (UK) Ltd ..................................................................................................01702 544344

Turnkey IT Solutions Steatite Ltd

01527 512400

..........................................................................................................

Convert Ltd ..........................................................................................................01732 868131

Wireless Technology

iBlocks LTd..........................................................................................................020 7234 9060

AMG Systems UK Ltd ................................................................................01767 600777

Intelenet UK Ltd ..............................................................................................0207 872 5541

Anixter Ltd ............................................................................................................01925 848019

NuAspect Ltd ....................................................................................................0207 101 0800

Axille Wireless ....................................................................................................01494 777000

Richo UK ltd. ....................................................................................................0207 253 4545

SELEX Elsag ........................................................................................................01268 823510

Techno Rail

01938 555511

..........................................................................................................

Tunnelling &TUNNELLING Bridges & BRIDGES

Radio Communications

Bridge Beams

Eurocom Ltd ......................................................................................................020 7820 8344

Sangwin ..................................................................................................................01482 329921

SELEX Elsag ........................................................................................................01268 823510

Tayban Concrete Products Ltd ............................................................01204 691313

Signal Post Telephone Supply/Installation

Bridge Construction & Repair

DAC ............................................................................................................................01282 447000

Bluebay Building Products Ltd ............................................................02920 495555

Melford Electronics Ltd ..............................................................................01494 638069

DCT Civil Engineering ................................................................................0161 344 8555

Signalling Solutions Ltd ............................................................................020 8236 4475

J Murphy & Sons Ltd ................................................................................0207 267 4366

Signalling Installation/Equipment/Testing

TAM International UK Limited................................................................0333 2409966

Eltek Valere

01442 219355

Tayban Concrete Products Ltd ............................................................01204 691313

NuAspect Ltd ....................................................................................................0207 101 0800

Timbmet Ltd ........................................................................................................01865 862223

RT Training Solutions (part of Rail Tech Group Railway & Signal Engineering Ltd)..........................................................................01473 242344

WYG ........................................................................................................................0113 278 7111

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Schroff UK Ltd ..................................................................................................01442 240471 Signalling Solutions Ltd ............................................................................020 8236 4475

Concrete/Foam Injection TAM International UK Limited................................................................0333 2409966

STS Rail Ltd (formerly STS Signals) ................................................01384 567755

Grouting

TEW Engineering Ltd ..................................................................................0115 935 4354

Barcol ........................................................................................................................01268 764642

0191 423 7070

TAM International UK Limited................................................................0333 2409966

Variable Message Signs Ltd

................................................................

Manual Tunnelling

Switching Systems & Equipment Colas Rail

020 7593 5353

............................................................................................................

Tayban Concrete Products Ltd ............................................................01204 691313

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Category Listings Mechanical Tunnelling Barhale ....................................................................................................................01922 726731 DCT Civil Engineering ................................................................................0161 344 8555 Herrenknecht International Ltd ..........................................................0191 548 9191 IDAC Ltd

0844 212 5900

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Miscellaneous & Specialist DCT Civil Engineering ................................................................................0161 344 8555 Deepdale Engineering Company Ltd ..............................................01384 480022 Factair Ltd

01473 746400

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TAM International UK Limited................................................................0333 2409966

Open-face Tunnelling Herrenknecht International Ltd ..........................................................0191 548 9191 Tayban Concrete Products Ltd ............................................................01204 691313

Pipejacking/Segmented Tunnelling Barhale ....................................................................................................................01922 726731 DCT Civil Engineering ................................................................................0161 344 8555 F.P. McCann Ltd ..............................................................................................02879 642558 HB Tunnelling Ltd ..........................................................................................0845 388 3325 Herrenknecht International Ltd ..........................................................0191 548 9191

Shaft Sinking DCT Civil Engineering ................................................................................0161 344 8555

TUNNELLING & BRIDGES MECHANICAL TUNNELLING

HB Tunnelling Ltd ..........................................................................................0845 388 3325

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Herrenknecht International Ltd ..........................................................0191 548 9191 Perco Engineering Services Ltd ..........................................................01604 590200

Sheet Piling Deepdale Engineering Company Ltd ..............................................01384 480022 HB Tunnelling Ltd ..........................................................................................0845 388 3325

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Alphabetical Supplier Listing 3D Laser Mapping ........................................................................................0870 442 9400

Anderton Concrete Products Limited ................................................01606 79436

3M CPPD ..............................................................................................................01609 780170

Andrew Muirhead & Son Limited

3M Rail Solutions ............................................................................................01344 858704

Angel Trains Ltd ..............................................................................................0206 592 0500

A Plant Rail..........................................................................................................01925 281 000

Anixter Ltd ............................................................................................................01925 848019

AB Connectors Ltd ........................................................................................01443 743454

Ansaldo STS UK Ltd ..................................................................................020 7841 6850

AB Hoses & Fittings Ltd ............................................................................01246 208831

Antagrade Electrical Ltd ............................................................................01606 833299

ABA Surveying ..................................................................................................01483 797111

Antal International Network ..................................................................0870 428 1745

Abbey Pynford plc ........................................................................................0870 085 8400

Anzio Ltd ................................................................................................................01752 840251

Abbeydale Training Ltd ..............................................................................01226 321250

APB Group Ltd..................................................................................................01538 755377

Abbott Risk Consulting Ltd ..................................................................0131 220 0164

Apex Wiring Solutions................................................................................0191 378 7900

08452 300999

Appleyards Consulting ................................................................................01732 471520

ABC Medical Services Ltd.

ABET Ltd ..............................................................................................................020 7473 6910

Application Solutions (Safety and Security) Ltd

ABM Precon ........................................................................................................01777 872233

Aqua Geocomposites ....................................................................................01695 51933

ABP Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal ..............................................01675 461300

Aquarius Railroad Technologies Ltd ................................................01765 635021

ACAS ........................................................................................................................01892 273555

Arbil Ltd

Achilles Information Ltd ..............................................................................01235 861118

ArcGen Hilta ........................................................................................................01902 790824

ACO Technologies Plc ......................................................01462 816666 (EXT 263)

Archer Signs & Panels Ltd ....................................................................0115 927 3100

Acumen Design Associates Ltd ........................................................020 7107 2912

Arco ............................................................................................................................01482 222522

Adaptaflex ..............................................................................................................01675 468222

ARM Engineering ............................................................................................02392 228266

Adien Ltd ................................................................................................................01302 802200

Arriva Trains Wales

Advanced New Technology ....................................................................01825 713058

Arrow Cleaning & Hygiene Solutions ..............................................01283 221044

Advante Strategic Site Services ..........................................................01268 280500

Arrowvale Electronics ..................................................................................01527 514151

AEA Technology Rail ....................................................................................01332 221016

Asco Extinguishers Ltd ............................................................................0141 427 1144

Aerco Ltd................................................................................................................01403 260206

Ashby & Croft Ltd

Aggregate Industries UK Ltd

01530 510066

Ashurst

01257 478524

Aslef ..........................................................................................................................020 7324 2400

Airquick (Newark) Ltd ..................................................................................01636 640480

Aspire Rail Consultants ..............................................................................01270 254176

Albatros UK ..........................................................................................................01908 305740

Asset International ..........................................................................................01633 273081

Alcad ..........................................................................................................................01279 772555

Associated British Ports ..........................................................................020 7430 1177

Alert Safety Technologies..........................................................................01355 272828

Associated Rewinds (Ireland) Ltd ..........................................00 353 1 452 0033

Alexandra Plc ....................................................................................................0845 155 2288

Associated Train Crew Union ................................................................01226 716417

Alfred Bagnall & Son ..........................................01274 714800 / 01302 853259

Associated Utility Supplies (AUS) Ltd

All Clothing & Protection Ltd ..................................................................02380 428003

Association for European Transport ..............................................0207 348 1970

01527 857621

Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACORP) ..........01484 847790

Allen Design Group ........................................................................................01226 292921

Assured Facilities ..................................................01903 500999 / 07769 717472

Alltype Fencing Specialists Ltd ............................................................01268 545192

AT Source QX Ltd ..........................................................................................01507 604322

Alstom Transport ............................................................................................0207 438 9231

ATA Rail Recruitment

Alvey & Towers ..................................................................................................01949 861894

Atlantic Design Transportation Ltd ..................................................020 7435 1777

Amalgamated Construction Co Ltd ................................................01226 243413

Atlas Copco Compressors Ltd ............................................................01442 261201

Amc Screen Print ..........................................................................................0141 557 0080

Atlas Rail Components Ltd

Ametek Airtechology Group

01932 765822

Atmosair Ltd ......................................................................................................0208 605 1370

..................................................................................................

01865 713100

Auckland Construction Ltd......................................................................01462 733755

AMG Systems UK Ltd ................................................................................01767 600777

Augean plc ............................................................................................................01780 444900

AMOT ........................................................................................................................01284 762222

Austin Reynolds Ltd ......................................................................................01932 568888

Amtrain (Midlands) Ltd ................................................................................01283 792633

Autodrain ..............................................................................................................0113 288 0022

Ancon Building Products Ltd ..............................................................0114 275 5224

Autoglym PSV ....................................................................................................01462 687416

Anders Elite Ltd

Avondale Environment Services Ltd

Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd

Allelys Heavy Haulage

Amey OW Ltd

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020 7680 3100

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01273 405435

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01384 424007

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02920 720516

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01375 391955

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020 7638 1111

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01484 860575

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01332 752792

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01228 529522

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01634 823207

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Alphabetical Supplier Listing Axille Wireless ....................................................................................................01494 777000

Bircham Dyson Bell LLP ..........................................................................020 7227 7000

Axis Automatic Entrance Systems Ltd ........................................0844 504 6545

Birse Rail ....................................................................0121 456 4200 / 07970 235391

Axis Communications Ltd ........................................................................01462 427910

Blom ..........................................................................................................................01934 745820

Axminster Carpets Ltd ................................................................................01297 630686

Bluebay Building Products Ltd ............................................................02920 495555

Aztec Chemicals ..............................................................................................01270 655500

BMT Reliability Consultants

AzteQ Solutions Ltd ......................................................................................01442 244444

BOC Gases................................................................0800 111 333 / 0208 591 5777

B&C Supplies ....................................................................................................020 8776 5757

Bonar Floors Ltd ..............................................................................................01773 740615

B3 Cable Solutions ......................................................................................0161 741 2359

Border Rail & Plant Ltd ..............................................................................01236 424666

Babcock Rail ......................................................................................................01698 203005

Bosch Rexroth ..................................................................................................01924 244614

Badgemaster Ltd ..................................................01623 723112 / 07976 277067

Bosch Security Systems Ltd

BAE Systems ......................................................................................................01935 443000

Boxwood Ltd ....................................................................................................0203 170 7240

Bakerail Services Ltd ....................................................................................01480 471349

Bradgate Containers ....................................................................................01509 508678

Balcombe Pest Control ..............................................................................01444 811916

Brecknell Willis Co

01489 553100 / 07831 312534

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01895 878088

................................................................

01460 64941

............................................................................................

01892 664422

Bridgeway Consulting Ltd ......................................................................0115 919 1111

Balfour Beatty Plc..........................................................................................0207 216 6883

British Transport Police (Crime Reporting) ................................................0800 405 040 / 0300 123 2211

Baldwin Boxall Communications

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Ballast Tools (UK) Ltd ..................................................................................01793 697800 BAM Nuttall Ltd ................................................................................................01606 350350 Barcol ........................................................................................................................01268 764642 Bardon Contracting ............................................01530 510066 / 07740 934341 Barhale ....................................................................................................................01922 726731 Basic Solutions ................................................................................................0113 385 3855 BATT CABLES Plc..........................................................................................01322 441165

Eagle Road, North Moons Moat Industrial Estate, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 9HF Paul Carson sales@bauersprings.co.uk 01527 594900 01527 594909 www.bauersprings.co.uk

Building Design Partnership..................................................................0161 828 2200 Burns Carlton plc ..........................................................................................0113 367 2850 Business Systems UK Ltd Byroc Railway Support

0800 458 2988

....................................................................

0118 907 1341

............................................................................

C & S Equipment ............................................................................................01296 688500 C Spencer Ltd

01469 532266

..................................................................................................

Cabfind ..................................................................................................................0870 170 0777 Cable Management Products Ltd – Thomas & Betts Ltd ....................................................................................01675 468 200

Bechtel Ltd..............................................................0208 846 5111 / 0207 651 7777 Beejay Rail Ltd ................................................................................................0141 553 1133 0115 989 8750

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Bell Amethyst ......................................................................................................01844 238844 Belmont International Ltd

Buildbase................................................................................................................01865 871700

C2E Consulting ................................................................................................07789 902012

BCM Construction ........................................................................................0208 640 7887

Be-Ge Seating UK Ltd

Buck & Hickman ..............................................................................................01293 561651

Bywater Training ..............................................................................................01784 480936

BAUER SPRINGS LTD

Contact: E: T: F: W:

Brixwoth Engineering Co Ltd ................................................................01604 880338

01732 744700

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Cablecraft Ltd ....................................................................................................01582 606033 Cabline UK ..........................................................................................................0115 922 5229 Cairn Cross Civil Engineering Ltd ....................................................0113 284 2415 Calco ........................................................................................................................020 8655 1600 Calders & Grandidge ....................................................................................01205 358866 Calmet Laboratory Services

0208 977 8455

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Camira Fabrics Ltd ........................................................................................01924 490591

BEMROSE BOOTH PARAGON

Camlok Lifting Clamps ................................................................................01244 375375

Stockholm Road, Sutton Fields, Hull, York, HU7 OXY

Campaign for Better Transport ..........................................................0207 566 6480

Contact: E: T: F: W:

Tim Wray twray@bemrosebooth.com 01482 826343 01482 839767 www.bemrosebooth.com

Campbell Collins Ltd ....................................................................................01438 369466 Camwatch Ltd

0114 281 9999

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Capital Safety......................................................................................................01527 548000 Captec TLd ..........................................................................................................01489 866066

Berry Systems ....................................................................................................01902 491100

CBS Outdoor Ltd.

020 7482 3000 / 3637

....................................................................

020 8740 6443

Celtic Recycling Ltd ......................................................................................01633 274700

BEST Services Ltd........................................................................................0161 655 3000

Cembre ....................................................................................................................01675 470440

01245 496064

Chainstream (UK) Ltd ................................................................................0208 686 6500

Bingham Rail/Bingham Cotech..........................................................0870 774 2341

Chemsearch ........................................................................................................01902 510202

Best Impressions

BEW Ltd

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Alphabetical Supplier Listing Civils and Lintels (Grafton Merchanting GB) ............................01865 871700

Direct Track Solutions Ltd ........................................................................01246 810198

Clements Technical Recruitment Ltd ............................................0870 757 2855

DMS Technologies/Rectifier Technologies (UK) T/A Duvine ............................................................................................................01794 525400

CMC Birmingham Ltd ................................................................................0121 544 0077 Colas Rail

020 7593 5353

............................................................................................................

Collis Engineering Ltd ..................................................................................01773 833255 Commend UK Ltd

01279 872020

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Commercial Property Maintenance Services (CPMS) ......01505 382333 Complete Drain Clearance ......................................................................01785 665909 Conair (UK) Ltd ..................................................................................................01702 544344 Concateno South ..........................................................................................020 7712 8000 Concept Security (UK) Ltd ....................................................................0845 061 4613 Construction Marine Ltd ..........................................................................0113 262 4444 Convert Ltd ..........................................................................................................01732 868131 Cooper and Turner Ltd

0114 256 0057

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Dorman Traffic Products Ltd ..................................................................01704 518000 Drallim Industries Ltd ....................................................................................01424 205140 Drilling and Sawing Association ........................................................0844 879 3452 Dron & Wright ..................................................................................................0207 891 2345 E Dyer Engineering Ltd ............................................................................0208 681 0588 EAO Ltd ..................................................................................................................01444 236000 Earth Moving Components Ltd

01977 514912

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EDM Ltd ................................................................................................................0161 203 3150 Edmiston Brown & Co ltd ......................................................................0141 554 2891 EFG Office Furniture Ltd ..........................................................................0845 608 4100 Eldapoint Ltd

0151 548 9838

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Electric Traction Ltd ......................................................................................01467 624366

COSALT

Elmeridge Cables Services

Union House, Hempshaw Lane, Stockport, Cheshire, SK1 4LG

Eltek Valere

E: T: F: W:

01273 391810

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01442 219355

..........................................................................................................

Emergi-Lite – Thomas & Betts Ltd..................................................0113 281 0600

maggie.shaw@cosalt.com 07801 597802 0844 493 2805 www.cosalt.com

Emerson Network Power ........................................................................0114 247 8369 Enersys Ltd (Rail Division) ......................................................................0161 727 3955 Enotrac ..................................................................................................................020 8770 3501

Costain

0161 910 3444

..................................................................................................................

CPC Project Services ................................................................................0207 539 4750 Craig & Derricott Ltd

01543 375541

..................................................................................

Crest Medical ..................................................................................................0845 230 2090 Cromwell Tools Ltd ......................................................................................0116 288 8000 Crossrail ....................................................................................................................0207 150 845 Crown Oil UK Ltd ..........................................................................................0845 130 9777 CSRE Ltd

0207 193 7351

Cundall....................................................................................................................0191 213 1515 D.R.B Power Transmission Ltd ............................................................01244 280280 DAC ............................................................................................................................01282 447000 Danny Sullivan & Sons Ltd ....................................................................0208 961 1900 Danzer Ltd ..........................................................................................................0161 337 3511 Dartford Composites ....................................................................................01322 350097 Data Display UK Ltd

02392 247500

DCT Civil Engineering ................................................................................0161 344 8555 Deepdale Engineering Company Ltd ..............................................01384 480022 DeltaRail Group Ltd ......................................................................................01332 221000 Dennis Eagle Ltd

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Esmerk Ltd ..........................................................................................................0118 956 5820 Eurocom Ltd ......................................................................................................020 7820 8344 European Metal Recycling Ltd, TMA

01793 863202 / 07970 082804

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Evolution Recruitment ................................................................................0207 978 4924 Exel Composites ..............................................................................................01928 701515 Exide Technologies ..............................................01204 661460 / 07768 936440 Express Electrical & Engineering Supplies Ltd ..............................0141 941 3689 / 07884 312207 Express Electrical & Engineering Supplies Ltd ......................0141 941 3689 Express Medicals

0207 500 6900

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F.P. McCann Ltd ..............................................................................................02879 642558 Factair Ltd

01473 746400

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Faiveley Transport Ltd ................................................................................0151 649 5000 Faiveley Transport Ltd

01827 308430

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David Stanley Transport ............................................................................01530 510550

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01372 367007 / 01372 367030

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Cubis Industries ................................................................................................02838 313100

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Era Technology Ltd

01926 458500

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FB Taylor (Cable Contractors) Ltd ....................................................01765 600261 Ferrograph Ltd ................................................................................................0191 280 8800 Fiberweb GO Synthetics ................................01621 874200 / 07974 357770 Fi-Glass Developments ..............................................................................01732 863465 Firecrest UK Ltd

01623 861331

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Derby Engineering Unit Ltd ....................................................................01332 660364

Flexicon Ltd ..........................................................................................................01675 466900

Derma Shield ......................................................................................................01633 877569

FLI Structures

Detica Ltd ..............................................................................................................01483 816000

Flora-Tec ................................................................................................................01223 235711

Dew Construction Oldham Ltd ..........................................................0161 624 5631

Fluke (UK) Ltd

Digital Barriers Plc ........................................................................................0207 940 4740

Fowler & Holden Ltd ....................................................................................01472 355316

Direct Enquires Ltd ........................................................................................01344 360101

FPA Consulting ..................................................................................................01332 604300

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0207 942 0700

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Alphabetical Supplier Listing 0208 309 7777

Invest In Cumbria ............................................................................................01768 895350

Funkwerk IT..........................................................................................................01904 639091

ITT Interconnect Solutions - Cannon & Veam ........................01256 311200

Furse – Thomas & Betts Ltd ................................................................0115 964 3700

J B Corrie & Co. Ltd ....................................................................................01730 237100

Futurelink ..............................................................................................................0845 620 9255

J Murphy & Sons Ltd ................................................................................0207 267 4366

G F Gordon (Plant Hire) Ltd

Jacobs

Frankham Consultancy

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01245 471917

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0141 243 8000

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G4S Cash services Ltd ............................................................................0191 265 3366

Jermyn Street Design ................................................................................020 8563 5002

Gable (UK) Ltd

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02392 466416

Jones Lang LaSalle Ltd ............................................................................0207 399 5864

Garic ..........................................................................................................................01206 233720

Keltbray Ltd ........................................................................................................0207 643 1000

Garrandale Ltd

01332 291100

Ketech Systems Ltd......................................................................................01772 706330

01444 243452

Keyline Nationals ............................................................................................0141 420 3333

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GD Rectifiers Ltd

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Gedore......................................................................................................................01756 798625

Keytech Systems

General Information Systems Ltd ......................................................01223 873333

Kier Construction Ltd ................................................................................0207 922 6905

Glasgow Freight Park ................................................................................0141 810 8200

Kobelco Cranes Europe Ltd ........................01342 301122 / 07887 856191

GMT Manufacturing Ltd ..........................................................................0151 630 1545

KONE Plc ..............................................................................................................01535 662841

GMT Rubber-Metal-Technic Ltd

01943 870670

Konica Minolta ..................................................................................................01268 644416

01454 412522

Kraus Elektrotechnik ....................................................................................01749 840889

Hall Rail ..................................................................................................................0191 526 2114

Kroy (Europe) Ltd ..........................................................................................0118 986 5200

Hambleton Risk Management Ltd ....................................................01904 728995

L&W Contractors

Hardy Aggregates ..........................................................................................01749 880735

Lanes Group PLC Rail Division

Harmill Systems Ltd ......................................................................................01525 851133

Lee Brothers ......................................................................................................0870 850 7773

Harp Visual Communications Ltd ......................................................01329 844005

Lend Lease ........................................................................................................0208 271 8000

Harting Ltd ............................................................................................................01604 827500

Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Ltd ..........................................0161 655 0300

Hawker Siddeley Switchgear ................................................................01495 223001

LIGHTbridge Support Services Ltd

Hawkgrove Technologies Limited ......................................................01373 837900

Lindapter International

Hayley Group Plc

0870 850 3526

Lloyds Somers ..................................................................................................01792 656951

HB Tunnelling Ltd ..........................................................................................0845 388 3325

LML Products Ltd ..........................................................................................01249 814271

Henkel Ltd - Loctite ......................................................................................01442 278000

Local Transport Today

Habia Cable

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Herrenknecht International Ltd ..........................................................0191 548 9191 Hitachi Europe Ltd ........................................................................................0207 970 2700 Hollywell Building Services ......................................................................01727 810555

0115 900 5600

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01403 784286 / 07715 813240

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0113 385 8400 / 01708528770

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02920 706111

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01274 521444

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0845 270 7861

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Lochrin Steel Palisade Fencing............................................................01236 457333 Lokring Central (UK) ......................................................................................01928 564640

Homegrown Timber (Rail) Ltd ..............................................................01293 821321

LRQA - LLOYD’S REGISTER QUALITY ASSURANCE LTD

Hoppecke Industrial Batteries Limited

Hiramford, Middlemarch Office Village, Siskin Drive, Coventry, CV3 4FJ

01782 667305

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Houghton International..............................................................................0191 234 3000 Huber & Suhner (UK) Ltd ..............................................................01869 364100/101 Hy-Ram Engineering Ltd ..........................................................................01623 422982 HY-Ten Ltd

E: T: F: W:

enquiries@lrqa.co.uk 0800 783 2179 02476 302662 www.lrqa.co.uk

0800 037 1507

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iBlocks LTd..........................................................................................................020 7234 9060

Lucchini UK ........................................................................................................0161 886 0300

ICEE ............................................................................................................................02392 230604

Lundy Projects Ltd

0161 476 2996

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0844 212 5900

Magnadata International Ltd ..................................................................01205 312600

01442 828387

Mainframe Communications Ltd ........................................................01702 443800

ILME UK Ltd ......................................................................................................0151 336 9321

Mainline Resourcing Ltd ..........................................................................0845 083 0245

IMS (Impact Marketing Solutions Ltd) ............................................01923 277828

Mallatite....................................................................................................................01246 593280

Infotec Ltd

Mansell Construction Services

IDAC Ltd Ilecsys

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01530 560600

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0207 490 1220

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Inntel ........................................................................................................................0844 847 5533

Market Force Business Media ............................................................0207 760 8699

Intec (UK) Ltd ......................................................................................................01524 865555

Martek ......................................................................................................................01954 267726

Intelenet UK Ltd ..............................................................................................0207 872 5541

Masabi Ltd

Interfleet Technology Ltd ..........................................................................01332 223000

Mass Contracts Ltd ......................................................................................07956 246843

Intertrain

Maxim Power Tools Ltd

01302 815530

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0207 089 8860

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F M

0141 552 5591

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Alphabetical Supplier Listing McGinley Support Services Limited

01923 725618

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Measurement Devices Ltd (MDL) ......................................................01904 791139

Primat Recruitment ......................................................................................0161 975 4332 Probst Handling & Laying Systems Ptarmigan Transport Solutions

MECHAN LTD

QHI Rail Ltd ..........................................................................................................01582 461123

Lee Pitts info@mechan.co.uk 0114 257 0563 www.mechan.co.uk

Quattro Group ..................................................................................................0845 900 2999 Rail Connections Ltd ....................................................................................01628 639823 Rail Images ..........................................................................................................01702 525059

Melford Electronics Ltd ..............................................................................01494 638069 Merson Signs Ltd ............................................................................................01355 243021 Met Systems Ltd ............................................................................................0207 709 3302 Metropex Group Ltd

01435 867755

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Mike Worby Survey Consultancy

01707 333677

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Momentum Services Ltd ........................................................................020 7843 5619 Morgan Hunt

01738 493962

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PTM Design..........................................................................................................01858 463777

Sir John Brown Building, Davy Industrial Park, Prince of Wales Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire, S9 4EX Contact: E: T: W:

01939 235325 / 07979 906261

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Railcare Ltd

01908 574400

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RAIL RESOURCES, INC. UK & US LOCOMOTIVE & RAILCAR MARKETING 82 Vista Lane, Barrington, IL 60010 U.S. Contact: Michael A. Teruggi E: mike.teruggi@gmail.com T: 001 847 347 2695

0207 419 8968

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Morgan Sindall Plc

01788 534500

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Morganite Electrical Carbon Ltd ........................................................01792 763000 Nelson Stud Welding Uk ..........................................................................01296 435092 Nexus Alpha Limited ......................................0207 622 6816 / 07971 025445 Norgren Ltd ..........................................................................................................01543 265000 Novacroft ..............................................................................................................0845 330 0601 NSG U.K. Ltd......................................................................................................01244 833100 NuAspect Ltd ....................................................................................................0207 101 0800 Nuire ..........................................................................................................................02920 858200 OCÉ (UK) Ltd ......................................................................................................01277 846120 Oil Analysis Services ....................................................................................01474 854450 Optimedia ............................................................................................................020 7961 1000 Optyma Security Systems Ltd ............................................................0208 304 8635 Osborn Street Extrusions Ltd................................................................01274 677331 Oxford Hydrotechnics Ltd ........................................................................01869 346001 Parex ..........................................................................................................................01827 711755

Railstaff ....................................................................................................................01530 560026 Replin Fabrics Ltd ..........................................................................................01721 724311 Rex Bousfield Ltd..................................................01883 717033 / 07787 558878 Richo UK ltd. ....................................................................................................0207 253 4545 Riker Ltd..................................................................................................................01249 814271 Risktec Solutions Ltd

01925 611200

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Rittal Ltd ..................................................................................................................01709 704000

RNA RECRUITMENT LTD Mere House, Brook Street, Knutsford, WA16 8GP Contact: E: T: F: W:

Paul Walpole paul@rnarecruitment.com 01565 752419 01565 752122 www.rnarecruitment.com

RNA

Recruitment

Robinson Kenning & Gallagher ..........................................................020 8684 8125 RS Clare + Co Ltd ........................................................................................0151 702 5262

01675 463670

RT Training Solutions (part of ‘Rail Tech Group Railway & Signal Engineering Ltd)..........................................................................01473 242344

Passengerfocus ..............................................................................................0300 123 2140

Russell Railfreight Terminal - Barking ........................................0208 517 6490

Peak Oil

Partex Marking Systems (UK) Ltd

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01246 450242

Russell Railfreight Terminal - Inverness ....................................0141 810 8200

PEI Genesis UK Ltd ....................................................................................0844 871 6060

Sabre Rail Services Ltd ..............................................................................01325 300505

Peli Products (UK) Ltd ................................................................................01457 869999

Safeguard Pest Control ..............................................................................01959 565777

Perco Engineering Services Ltd

Sangwin ..................................................................................................................01482 329921

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01604 590200

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Personal Group of Companies ............................................................01908 605000 Petards ..................................................................................................................0845 002 0123 Pitchmastic ASL Contracts ..................................................................0191 402 1912 Plascoat Systems Ltd ..................................................................................01252 733777 PMA UK Ltd - Thomas & Betts Ltd ................................................01264 333527 Polydeck Ltd

01934 863678

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SASSE LTD Wyvern House, Railway Terrace, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 2RU Contact: E: T: F: W:

Benny Wunderlich benny.wunderlich@sasse.de 01332 362425 01332 208456 www.sasse.de

PortecRail ............................................................................................................0114 256 2225

M S 60

PPG protective and marine coatings ltd ......................................01773 837300

Schneider Electric ..............................................0870 608 8608 / 0195 2209164

01904 623034

Schroff UK Ltd ..................................................................................................01442 240471

PPIY Chartered Architects Ltd

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08456 032112

Premier Medical Group ............................................................................0844 561 1681

Scientifics Ltd

Prestige Couriers............................................................................................0207 384 2300

ScreenSafe UK Ltd ........................................................................................08450 505590

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Alphabetical Supplier Listing Screwfast Ltd......................................................................................................01727 827375

Telent Technology Services Ltd ..............01926 693000 / 0800 783 7761

Select Cables Ltd ............................................................................................02392 652552

Telford International Railfreight Park ................................................01952 608410

01543 416641

Temperature Control Limited ................................................................0161 872 5722

Selectequip Ltd

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SELEX Elsag ........................................................................................................01268 823510 Semmco Ltd

01483 757200

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Ten 47 Ltd

01592 655725

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TES 2000 Ltd

01206 799111

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Semperit ..................................................................................................................01327 313140

TEW Engineering Ltd

Senator Security Services Ltd ............................................................020 8297 4488

The Clancy Group ..........................................................................................01895 823711

SGS CORREL Rail Ltd ..............................................................................0121 326 3672

The Institution of Engineering and Technology..................................................................01438 767224 / 01438 765654

Signalling Solutions Ltd ............................................................................020 8236 4475 Sisk Group ............................................................................................................01727 875551

0115 935 4354

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The Institution of Railway Operators

01444 248931

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Sitec............................................................................................................................01252 341999

The Russell Group ........................................................................................0141 810 8200

SkyBlue Rail Recruitment........................................................................0121 654 6985

The Trevor Patrick Partnership ................0207 940 6500 / 07989 587161

Smith Bros & Webb Ltd ............................................................................01789 400096

Thetford International ........................................01842 890500 / 07860 644684

Solo Fabrications Ltd

Thomson Ecology ..........................................................................................01483 466000

0121 327 3378

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01579 320808

SP Services ..........................................................................................................01952 288999

Tiflex Ltd

Speedy Hire Ltd. ..............................................................................................01942 720000

Timbmet Ltd ........................................................................................................01865 862223

Speedy Rail ................................................................01942 277000 / 07843 645243

TNE Ltd

St. Leonards Railway Engineering Ltd ..........................................01233 617001

TNT UK Ltd ..........................................................................................................01827 303030

Stamps Direct ....................................................................................................01603 624407

TopDeck Parking

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Stand7 UK Ltd ..................................................................................................01480 211011

TopDeck Parking

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Stanton Bonna Concrete Ltd ....................0115 944 1448 / 07817 647433

Torrent Trackside Limited ..........................................................................01543 421900

Steatite Ltd

01527 512400

Townscape Products Limited ................................................................01623 513355

01902 834911

TRAC

Steelway

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01388 451111

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01902 499400 01902 499442

01698 831111

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Steer Davies Gleave ....................................................................................020 7910 5000

Trackline Training Limited ........................................................................0161 872 2400

STM Security UK Ltd

0208 518 9682

Trackwork Ltd ....................................................................................................01302 888666

Stokes Associates Ltd ................................................................................07846 561370

Traction & Rolling Stock Advertiser ..................................................01379 651683

Story Rail Ltd ......................................................................................................01228 640880

Train Chartering Company Ltd, The ................................................01249 890176

Strainstall UK Ltd ............................................................................................01983 203600

Trane UK Ltd

Stromag Ltd ........................................................................................................01933 350407

Transcal Ltd

STS Rail Ltd (formerly STS Signals) ................................................01384 567755

Transec (UK) Ltd ..............................................................................................01306 743355

Stuart Slatter Training ..................................................................................01565 750557

Translec Ltd ..........................................................................................................01457 878888

0208 519 9142

Travelers Insurance Company Ltd ....................................................01737 787787

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Suretrack Rail Services Limited

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08457 165162

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01506 440111

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TravelMaster ........................................................................................................01795 660066

SW GLOBAL RESOURCING LTD

Treadmaster Transport Flooring

270 Petershill Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G21 4AY Contact: E: T: W:

01579 320808

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Trox (UK) Ltd........................................................................................................01842 754545

Maciej Siembiga admin@sw-gr.com 0141 557 6133 www.sw-gr.com

TT UK Ltd ..............................................................................................................01234 342566 Tuffa UK Ltd ........................................................................................................01889 567700 Turmin Ltd..............................................................................................................01782 272823

System Store Solutions Ltd ....................................................................01622 859522

Turner & Townsend ......................................................................................0207 544 4000

T P Bennett ........................................................................................................020 7208 2000

T端v S端d ..................................................................................................................01489 558100

TAC (UK) Ltd ............................................................01628 741050 / 01952 209230

UNIC Cranes ......................................................................................................01844 202071

TAM International UK Limited................................................................0333 2409966

Unipart Rail

Tata Steel................................................................................................................01724 403398

United Eco Services

Tayban Concrete Products Ltd ............................................................01204 691313

United Hygiene Services

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Taylor Maxwell ......................................................07774 900170 / 0131 448 2020

Universal Boltforgers Ltd

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Taylor Technology Systems ..................................................................0208 331 5888

Universal Sealants (UK) Ltd

Techno Rail

01938 555511

Universal Services Ltd ................................................................................01594 560555

Technology Resourcing ..............................................................................01483 302211

Urban Initiatives ..............................................................................................020 7380 4545

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01302 731400

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0845 450 2024

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0845 450 2024 / 01403 799809 0121 522 5950 0191 416 1530

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Alphabetical Supplier Listing Variable Message Signs Ltd

0191 423 7070

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VI Distribution Ltd ............................................................................................01270 750520 Visul Systems........................................................0191 416 1530 / 0191 402 1960 Voith Turbo Ltd

0208 436 1051

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Volo TV & Media Limited

0207 193 0997

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Voucher Systems Ltd ................................................................................0845 601 6020 WA Products ......................................................................................................01621 786654 Wabtec ............................................................................01302340700 / 01302 790027 Wago Ltd

01788 568008

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Walker Construction ......................................................................................01303 851111 Waterflow

01753 810999

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Watermark Ltd

0208 606 2000

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Watmores Solicitors ....................................................................................0207 430 1512 Weidmuller Ltd

01732 877000 / 0116 282 1261

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Weighwell Engineering Ltd

0114 269 9955

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Welfare Cabins UK ........................................................................................01206 233720 West Coast Training ....................................................................................0208 834 9151 Westcode (UK) Ltd ........................................................................................01249 822283 Westermo Data Communications ..........01489 580585 / 07767 880215 Wetton Cleaning Services Ltd

0207 237 2007

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Witherby’s ............................................................................................................020 7253 5413 Wolseley UK

01926 705000

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Wood & Wood Signs ....................................................................................01392 444501 WORLifts - Rail ................................................................................................0121 460 1113 WYG ........................................................................................................................0113 278 7111 YJL Infrastructure ..........................................................................................020 7522 3220 York EMC Services Ltd ..............................................................................01904 434440 Zarges (UK) Ltd ................................................................................................01908 641118 ZF Great Britain ..............................................................................................0844 257 0555 Zircon Software ................................................................................................01225 764444 Zoeftig & Company Ltd

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01288 354512

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convertor powering your manual points

The Zonegreen Points Convertor is a safe, efficient and reliable solution that has been designed especially for modern train care facilities. The Convertor allows the automation and remote operation of any traditional manual points/switches and rail road crossings.

• Enhanced safety by reducing the potential for slips, trips and falls.

• Increased depot efficiency and speeding up of operations by eliminating stops and starts.

• Train detection prevents damage to vehicles and infrastructure through operator error.

• Expandable. Routes can be pre-set, re-configured and upgraded at any time.

• Traceability. Includes an event logging system to keep a record of the points operation.

• Low cost.

• LUL approved.

Find out more at www.zonegreen.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)114 230 0822 Fax: +44 (0)871 872 0349 Email: info@zonegreen.co.uk

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