VolkerRail Ltd

Today, we’re celebrating another long service achievement, and say well done to Lee Davies, who has spent the last decade working on site, across a variety of projects. Lee enjoys working on our projects and he’s currently working as a Lineman 3 on the TRU East Alliance. Well done Lee. #cando #rail #careers #naturallynurturing

Our fleet of rail plant continues to support projects across the UK. Throughout Christmas and the New Year, our Colmar road rail vehicles undertook 18 shifts, installing 12 location cases along with track and remodelling works using several attachments. Our Kirow cranes installed 116 panels, four crossovers and a turn out across two projects, and both our OTM and Beaver tampers worked together to tamp over 300 metres of track. To read more about our fleet of rail plant, visit: https://lnkd.in/esJJX_aW Great work everyone #rail #collaboration #cando

Over Christmas and New Year, The TRU East Alliance successfully completed a major bridge replacement as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade. In just five days, a 100-strong team of engineers removed the existing railway bridge on Osmondthorpe Lane in Leeds and installed a new, 200 tonne structure using a self-propelled modular transport (SPMT) vehicle. This video shows the extent of work undertaken by all involved. This was a truly collaborative effort, and we thank not only our alliance partners, but the wider supply chain, in supporting our efforts. https://lnkd.in/dWa6HbPT #cando #rail #installation #bridge Network Rail, Murphy, Siemens Mobility, SYSTRA

Will you join us, and swap your warm beds for the cold floor of railway stations across the country, to raise money for Railway Children? We continue to sponsor the #BigStationSleepout, and we hope you'll join many of us across the UK on Thursday 27 February to help raise awareness and funds for children who run away from home and face hardship, with no shelter, or safe space. Stations across the UK are taking part, and whilst you will need to be prepared for a cold, uncomfortable night, the event is indoors, you can bring matting, a sleeping bag, and a pillow, and the companionship of your friends and colleagues. https://lnkd.in/e5egrm8R #rail #charity #stations #event #support #cando

Well done to the team, which continues to complete track renewals across the region every week. #cando #rail #trackrenewals

We are proud of the hard work and dedication shown by our employees and would like to praise Ryan Horton, for achieving 20 years’ long service. Ryan comes from a family of rail workers and has enjoyed the rare opportunity to work alongside his father and two brothers. Well done Ryan #cando #rail #careers #naturallynurturing

Further achievements over Christmas and New Year included work on the REAL Power Supply Upgrade and at Hope Valley. The REAL Alliance undertook overhead line equipment construction works at Little Barford, creating huge cost and time savings for the project. With over 80% of the work completed, the team is preparing for the next phase. Work also progressed at Hope Valley, where the team undertook civil engineering embankment completion works at Dore, and track alignment works at Grindleford. Images below. Thank you to all involved Murphy, Siemens Mobility, Jacobs, SYSTRA, Network Rail Story Contracting Limited. #cando #rail #project

Another track renewals milestone has been completed by our team, this time at Brookwood. Across two weeks at Christmas, the team undertook major switch and crossing renewals, completing 3,080 shifts - equivalent to 24,348 hours - to install new crossovers and associated plain line sections, as well as removing an abandoned crossover. Additionally, the team installed 3,200 yards of new 150lb conductor rail; completing over 300 welds, tested 36 track circuits (eight adjacent track circuits), and installed four new location cases. Modifications were also carried out to existing location cases, REB’s, and artwork on the signalling control Panel. This renewal is yet another achievement by the team, and the positive feedback on their ‘tremendous efforts in planning, assuring and delivering a successful programme’ was great to receive. #cando #rail #renewals, Southern Renewals Enterprise

Over Christmas, many of our teams undertook significant upgrade work to help achieve some key milestones for the sector. A key undertaking was the removal and installation of track across four lines, to facilitate the installation of a 6,000-tonne underbridge beneath the Midland Main Line at Radlett, managed by VolkerFitzpatrick Ltd. The team’s meticulous planning, and its use of MFS trains and McCulloch Group Panel lifting machines and Geismar PEM’s/LEM’s machines, allowed the track to be installed in 100m panels, with the track joints welded in advance, and all lines stressed prior to handing back the possession. During the final planning stages, the team was also able to bring forward the raising of line speed to reduce the delay minutes on the route, successfully raising the Fast lines to line speed 48 hours earlier than planned. Well done to all involved #rail #collaboration #cando

As we near the end of the year, we would like to take this opportunity to thank our employees and project partners for their hard work, dedication, and commitment. We would also like to wish you all a very happy holiday and a prosperous New Year, and thank those who continue to keep our business running over the festive period.