Operating over 1,500 services each weekday, SWR employs more than 5,000 people and provides commuter inter-urban, regional and long distance services to customers in South West London, the southern counties of England and the Isle of Wight.
KH Engineering Services (KHES) is a leading mechanical and electrical engineering solutions company providing a range of services, from initial design to full turnkey delivery for the rail and wider transport sector.
Antagrade Electrical is one of the UK’s leading providers of specialist railway electrification infrastructure services to the rail network.
We deliver specialist engineering services to the UK’s transport network across aviation, rail and adjacent markets. Our Vision is to be the leading provider of essential infrastructure services to the transport sector in the UK.
Atkins is a world-leading design, engineering and project-management consultancy. We are in the business of making the world’s infrastructure work better. Using data-rich, virtual and collaborative technologies, Atkins helps clients to make better decisions for complex projects. Our approach and use of cutting-edge technology radically transforms projects and improves results across the entire lifecycle of an asset.
Taylor Airey was formed in 2015 by Directors Phil Taylor and James Airey with the aim of bringing a professional, pragmatic, and independent approach to our clients’ challenges. From our global headquarters in London, UK, we provide advice and implementation support in a growingly diverse range of sectors for both public and private sector organisations throughout the transport industry.
The nation’s fastest growing independent rail group, SEP Rail is made up of three specialist businesses, operating right across the UK’s rail network and all eight GRIP stages…
- SEP Rail Services – Surveying, Measuring, Modelling and Monitoring
- SEP Rail Design – Track Design, Drainage Design, Gauge Clearance Analysis, Civils Design
- SEP Rail Engineering – Site Engineering, Engineering Consultancy, Engineering Management, Project and Delivery Management
Murphy & Sons Limited is a leading global, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 that improves lives by delivering world-class infrastructure.
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BTTC is a high-performance infrastructure project consultancy founded on the principle that our industry can deliver projects ‘better through total collaboration’.
c2c is the award-winning train operator running services between Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness, serving 26 stations in East London and South Essex.
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Egis, formerly Collaborative Project Management Services Limited (CPMS), was established in 2012 by a team of like-minded individuals with over 80 years of combined project delivery experience. Their ambition was to create a first-in-class project management and support services business that would truly put client’s needs at the heart of its work, simplify the complex and where people would enjoy working.
Delivering end-to-end design and build signalling, power and communications solutions across the UK Rail infrastructure since 2002.
We are the leading global provider of safe, secure and reliable nuclear transport solutions that make the world safer and more sustainable.
We provide project management, quantity surveying, engineering design and health and safety consultancy services to the built environment. In an often complex and stressful environment of delivering construction projects, the team has been developed to give our clients control, certainty and a quiet mind. We believe the way we work can help to reduce stress, trouble and worry by bringing calm and control through our delivery. With three offices across the UK in Liverpool, Manchester and London, we’re able to deliver national projects from a local base.
Pandrol defines the industry standard across rail fastening systems and aluminothermic welding. Part of the Delachaux Group, a family owned company since 1902, we operate in over 100 countries worldwide, with 1,700 employees based across 40 locations.
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in London, GB Railfreight is the third largest rail freight operator in the United Kingdom, with a turnover expected to exceed £225 million in 2021. GB Railfreight is one of the fastest growing companies in the railway sector and transports goods for a wide range of customers.
Skanska, established in 1887, is an industry leading project development and construction group. Operating in Europe and the US, our £1.7bn UK business has worked on major projects including Thameslink, Crossrail, M25 and the Gherkin.
The Central Rail Systems Alliance (CRSA) is an alliance between Network Rail, Balfour Beatty, Atkins and TSO that together will undertake a £2 billion contract, in order to make a lasting positive impact on the UK track renewals industry and improve the railway for freight and passengers alike.
On the 30 July 2014 MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited, now trading as MTR Elizabeth line – a 100% owned subsidiary of MTR Corporation, was awarded the concession for operating the new Elizabeth line connecting the East and West of London through a new central tunnel.
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a multi-billion pound, transformative, long-term railway infrastructure programme that will improve connectivity in the North. It will support economic growth in the North and deliver real benefits for passengers and communities along this pivotal rail artery.
East Midlands Railway provides over 450 train services per day, including fast Intercity services between South Yorkshire, the East Midlands, and the iconic London St Pancras International as well as regional services linking towns and cities across England
The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) brings together the companies that run Britain’s railway into a single team with one goal – to deliver a better railway for you and your community.
AEGIS is a member of IKOS Group, a global consultancy business. We offer engineering expertise and innovative solutions to the Rolling Stock, Assurance, Infrastructure, Signalling Telecommunications, Electrification and Plant sectors within the Rail industry.
Heathrow Express is the fastest way between London Paddington and Heathrow Central with a journey time of just 15 minutes.
Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems UK is part of the global Knorr-Bremse Group, a world leader in on-board systems and service support for both commercial road and rail vehicles, equipping mass transit vehicles and mainline trains with a range of innovative sub-systems.
We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy. Everywhere around the world, people’s needs and aspirations are changing, fast. That brings increasing challenge for our clients, as you seek to satisfy your stakeholders, tackle societal issues and deliver your business strategy.
Network Rail own and operate the railway infrastructure in England, Wales and Scotland on behalf of the nation.
Porterbrook is a leading participant in the rail leasing market and has a rolling stock fleet of around 5,000 vehicles on lease or on order, which includes c.4,500 passenger vehicles.
Risktec is an independent and specialist provider of risk management consulting, resourcing, learning and inspection services, and is part of the TÜV Rheinland Group. We help clients to manage health, safety, security, environmental and business risks in sectors where the impact of loss is high.
CAF, created in 1917, is a global manufacturer of specialist railway products, components and systems headquartered in Beasain, close to Bilbao, Spain.
Alstom is a global player and the leading provider of trains, systems, equipment and services for the rail sector in the UK and in Ireland.
Siemens Mobility has been a leader in transport solutions for more than 160 years and now employs 4,500 people in the UK. The organisation is constantly innovating its portfolio in its core areas of intelligent traffic systems, rolling stock, rail automation and electrification and turnkey systems and operates from around 70 locations across the UK.
McGinley hire workers or find permanent employees for companies in the infrastructure sector of the construction industry, building and managing workforces all over the UK. We find jobs for workers and then develop their skills and experience, creating long term relationships within safe and diverse working environments.
Recognised as a leading specialist rail contractor, VolkerRail is renowned for its multidisciplinary experience in the heavy and light rail infrastructure sectors. Our business comprises of two divisions – Major Projects, with responsibility for large, multidisciplinary joint venture and alliance projects, and Specialist Businesses – experts in signalling, track, power, electrification, and piling, with an in-house plant division, and bespoke design teams.
BAM Nuttall is a leading edge supplier of civil engineering services and is fully focused on delivering quality infrastructure projects on behalf of all our customers. As foundation members of the Institution for Collaborative Working we fully embrace the concept of developing close relationships with our customers at the earliest stage of the project life cycle to develop the optimum solution for project delivery.
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) is the representative body for UK-based suppliers to the UK and world-wide railways. RIA’s membership is active across the whole of railway supply, covering a diverse range of products and services and including both multi-national companies and SMEs (60% by number).
Angel Trains is one of Britain’s leading rolling stock asset management companies with a track record as an innovative and large-scale investor in the rail industry. Since 1994, Angel Trains has invested over £5 billion in new rolling stock and refurbishment programmes, supporting thousands of skilled jobs in the UK rail supply chain.
Through research, analysis, and insight RSSB supports our members and stakeholders to deliver a safer, more efficient and sustainable rail system. Our vision is to be a centre of excellence, valued by its members and stakeholders as an essential contributor to their success.
The Skanska, Costain and STRABAG (SCS) joint venture brings together an industry-leading combination of tried, tested and successful partnerships, world-wide high-speed rail experience and extensive national and regional knowledge.
Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists working across every aspect of today’s built environment.
Thales is a global technology leader in the Aerospace, Transportation and Defence & Security markets. With its 30,000 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design, develop and deploy equipment, systems and services that meet the most complex security requirements. Thales has an exceptional international footprint, working with customers and local partners around the world.