ON TRACK FOR THE FUTURE

Creating
tomorrow’s
railway
 11bn€ sales

55,000
employees

50
countries

5
continents

Colas Group figures above

Award Winning
Railway Specialists

Colas Rail is one of Europe’s leading suppliers of railway

infrastructure services, constructing and renewing all
forms of railways across Europe and the UK.

We are part of Colas Group which gives the company Leading by our values
a solid foundation based on a high level of expertise
in rail operations, logistics and technology. Safety
At the forefront of everything we do. We have an
We work on some of the continent’s most high-profile absolute commitment to safety, health, environment
projects, including the delivery of major enhancement and quality.
and maintenance frameworks for Network Rail and are
currently working on some incredibly exciting projects Profitability
like our £400 million project to regenerate Waterloo Profit is freedom. We look after our shareholders
Station. We are also delivering major schemes and guarantee that they see value for money
overseas in North Africa, Asia and South America. and a profitable business.

At Colas Rail we look outwards to our customers, Quality

seeing things from their point of view, responding to Quality is key to competitiveness. We believe in
their suggestions and anticipating their needs, while delivering on time and on budget a high quality
being committed to delivering on our promise to product, which we are proud of.
them, our employees, the people we work with and
our stakeholders. Respect
We have respect for our colleagues, our clients
On Colas Rail, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, CEO for Colas and the environment.
Rail UK states, “With safety being at the forefront
of everything that we do and a constant focus on
performance and quality, we deliver a sustainable
and long lasting legacy on all major schemes that we
undertake. Thus our motto: “On Track for the Future”.

“Our leadership in this industry is directly linked to our

attention to our customers’ needs, executing effective
solutions to meet and exceed expectations and our
talented staff’s dedication to achieving success.”
JEAN-PIERRE BERTRAND,
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR COLAS RAIL UK
Safety First

Safety is at the forefront of everything we do. We

have an excellent safety record and actively fund and
promote a safety behavioural change programme with
our colleagues and subcontractors which has made
a significant contribution to the group’s safety culture.

From the CEO to our colleagues on the front line, safety is

everyone’s responsibility and is the key part of our commitment
to the responsible development running through all our activities.

Our absolute commitment to safety and the environment shows

through management leadership and the positive behavioural safety
culture demonstrated by our people, showing that safety is integral
to everything that we do.

We are proud of our achievement and the safety behaviours

shown by our colleagues. A continuous effort is put into maintaining
this excellent safety performance, with a high emphasis placed
on staff training, competence and assessment. We ensure our
staff are offered training in all areas of safety compliance and
work collaboratively with our supply chain to improve safety
on all our sites.

We have actively funded and promoted a safety behavioural change

programme since 2008, which has made a significant contribution
to the group’s safety culture.

CARL (Call Action Report Learn) Safety Reporting App.

If you think it is unsafe, tell CARL.

In order to continuously improve our safety record, the quality of our

working environment for our staff and enhance our performance
for our customers, we formed a collaboration group between our
internal Health & Safety and IT teams to develop an effective and
convenient way of tracking and recording close calls to reduce safety
incidents.

60%
The CARL system has a simple and engaging app at its front end that
allows anyone working with our business, to report a close call and
record safety conversations. We have seen a direct link between an
increase in safety conversations and a reduction in accidents.

CARL provides:
improvement in our
ƒƒ All users with a simple and quick way to report Close Calls safety figures in the
ƒƒ A reminder of the rules which make up the basis of our company
values “Safety at the forefront of everything we do” last 12 months
 350 400+
safety conversations supplier and client staff have
recorded every month (about been encouraged to report
1 in 1000 hours worked) close calls on our sites
A Collaborative
Approach

Our aim is to be the partner of choice for all aspects of rail

infrastructure solutions, where we believe collaboration
and shared objectives are the key to success.

At Colas Rail we champion a collaborative/ Our alliances encourage and promote:

alliancing approach. We have a proven track
record in working collaboratively with our
ƒƒ Knowledge Sharing & Collaboration
chosen industry partners to deliver major
ƒƒ Proactive Stakeholder Engagement
multidisciplinary projects, track renewals
ƒƒ Early Engagement & Innovation
programmes and aligned services across
ƒƒ Shared Safety Behaviours
the UK rail and metro network.
ƒƒ The Delivery of Sustainable Solutions
ƒƒ A Collective Accountability
We partner for success and are committed to
ƒƒ A ‘Win-Win’ Mentality
delivering on our promises to our employees,
the people we work with, our customers and
ƒƒ Trust & Openness
all our stakeholders. Our strength lies in our experience of working
collaboratively with integrated client teams,
We aim to build effective and efficient operating a best person for the job principle.
relationships to deliver a set of common
goals to meet our customers’ requirements Successful collaboration reduces risk, improves
and safely achieve sustainable, commercially performance, drives efficiencies and promotes
driven benefits for all. a proactive working environment where
achievements are measured across a range of
metrics rather than simply commercial success.
 BS 11000
One of the first UK Contractors
to achieve BS 11000

We are the only contractor in the UK to be part of

three major Rail Alliances showing our collaborative
credentials and ability to deliver value through
early contractor involvement and effective
supply chain management
Our Heritage & Family

Colas Rail is the result of the merger of two companies

acquired by Colas Group. The merger brought together
two of Europe’s major players in the railway sector and
pooled their respective skills within one entity.

We belong to the Colas group, the world’s leading Being part of a large group provides Colas Rail
company in road construction and maintenance, with a solid financial, technical and management
gives us a solid foundation based on very high level foundation giving us access to exceptional levels
expertise and technologies. of specialist resources in both rail operations,
logistics and technology.
Operating on every continent in some fifty countries,
via a network of 1,400 sites, Colas employs more Colas Rail ensures that innovation and engineering
than 55,000 people, nearly half of them outside best practice from the group is available and
metropolitan France. incorporated into its UK railway industry as part
of its drive for continuous improvement.
Although 80% of its activity is devoted to roads,
the group has been able to diversify, complementing
its range of expertise in road safety, civil engineering,
pipes, sealing, construction, railways and site
pollution control.

100%
rail focused, our aim is
to be the partner of choice
for all aspects of rail
infrastructure solutions.
Our People
People are our strength and everyone working
for Colas Rail plays a vital part in the company’s
success. Colas Rail has an outstanding track record
of apprenticeship and graduate programmes to fill
the infrastructure skills gap in the UK.

Our parent company employs over 55,000 people on five continents and we are
always looking for new talent to join our team. If you believe you have the skills
to contribute to our future success, then we want to hear from you.

Developing leaders of the future Our principles of Employment

Developing people is key to our operational success, ƒƒ To provide safe and healthy working
with 25% of our leaders progressing through our conditions for all employees
Graduate Schemes. The Trainee & Apprentice ƒƒ To provide an open, challenging, rewarding
programmes we run are equally as important and participative environment for all who work
to closing the skills gap facing the industry. in the company
ƒƒ To train and develop all employees to achieve
We build our own talent and develop them on their full potential
fast track schemes, in turn resulting in loyal, ƒƒ To communicate the goals, direction and
passionate employees who deliver brilliant results performance of the company
for our customers. ƒƒ To reward collective and individual abilities
and personal performance
At Colas Rail we believe the investment made in ƒƒ To provide a working environment which
training and development is vital to maintaining encourages team work, commitment
competitive advantage and we are committed to and loyalty
utilising training and development to ensure that ƒƒ To ensure an open access to career
every possible opportunity is available to our staff. opportunities

Employees are also encouraged to pursue continuing

education and training on their own initiative,
particularly when this leads to vocational and
professional qualifications relevant to their work.

25% 55,000
of our leaders have The Group employs
progressed from our 55,000 people on
Graduate Schemes five continents
Our global capability means that graduates have the advantage
of being able to travel all over the world. Some have undertaken
placements in Morocco and received training in the delivery of
a High Speed Line between Tangier and Kenitra (North of Rabat)

Want to find out more about the Future Leaders Programme?

See our careers section at www.colasrail.co.uk/graduates

for more information.
We work with HSRIL, High Speed College, Westminster University
Technical College, Grad Touch and Grad Cracker.
Specialisms &
Industry Leader
We are one of the world’s leading providers of rail infrastructure
services and are recognised as one of Network Rail’s five largest
contractors. Operating the UK’s largest fleet of On Track Plant we
have secured a series of long term, major contracts and look to
the future to continually build long term collaborative relationships
with clients and partners.

We specialise in: An industry leader with a forward

thinking approach
ƒƒ High Speed Lines With strong UK expertise and capabilities we:
ƒƒ Light/Metro Lines/Tramways ƒƒtake a collaborative approach to building long
ƒƒ Freight Operator term sustainable client relationships

ƒƒ Track Laying, Renewal and Maintenance ƒƒare the largest rail track contractor in the UK
with 40% of total market share and 10 year
ƒƒ Operation and Maintenance of On Track Plant collaborative frameworks
ƒƒ High Voltage and Traction Power ƒƒ offer major project delivery capability
ƒƒ Electrification & Signalling
ƒƒ Rolling Stock Refurbishment & Maintenance With the presence on track to fulfil our projects we:

ƒƒ Multidisciplinary Projects ƒƒhave a proven track record of Innovations,

upgrading machines and systems,
ƒƒ Design & Surveying achieving 99.7% availability and reliability

ƒƒ Control & Communication systems ƒƒoperate and maintain a strategic Network Rail
engineering plant

40% 42% 70+

of total market share of the tamping market locomotives that we
means we are the makes us the largest own/operate and
largest rail track Rail Plant operator and maintain throughout
contractor in the UK maintainer in the UK the UK on a daily basis
Colas Rail around the world
A world leader, rail infrastructure specialist with
projects spanning five continents, making
us a truly global player in the rail industry.

We work on rail projects spanning the globe, building up our experience

of challenging and changing environments while securing long term
projects on home soil where we remain committed to the continual
maintenance and upgrading of the UK’s rail network. We aim to be
at the forefront of the global rail industry.

Venezuela

Egypt

Chile
 Denmark
Belgium Poland

United
Kingdom

France Austria

Romania

Croatia

Tunisia

Algeria
Vietnam

Morocco

Malaysia

Singapore
Infrastructure

Colas Rail is one of the leading providers of rail

infrastructure services to the world. Here in the UK
we are also the leading track renewal contractor with
a particular strength in delivering large programmes
of work through a collaborative approach.

We are experienced in delivering projects for our clients Track Renewals & Maintenance
ranging from small renewal schemes through to highly
complex, multidisciplinary projects and are at the forefront We are a leader in track work, renewing and maintaining
of innovation in Rail Infrastructure offering holistic urban and inter-urban rail in addition to laying high-speed
solutions that make us the supplier of choice in many lines across Europe and the world. Meticulous planning,
places around the world. strong site management and investment is how we
have become the UK’s largest conventional track
Our breadth of capability and resource allows us to offer renewals contractor.
clients efficient solutions across the range from simple
projects through to highly intricate schemes with At Colas Rail we are able to draw on nearly 80 years of
multiple interfaces. dedicated international track renewals. Our vast experience
and innovative approach means we are ideally placed to
Large scale multidisciplinary projects deliver on the challenges set by a rapidly changing railway
environment with a progressive approach to speeding up
Through close alliance and collaboration, we aim to be the track renewals and reducing the time track is closed.
partner of choice for all major multidisciplinary schemes. We
are the only contactor in the UK to be part of three major Rail Our Total Track Solutions provide a ‘one stop shop’
Alliances showing our collaborative credentials and ability to design and build capability, supported by our investment
deliver value through ECI involvement and effective supply in On Track Plant fleet, haulage and industry leading
chain management. maintenance capability to enable us to provide outstanding
delivery performance.
Wessex Capacity Alliance
S&C South Alliance
The Wessex Capacity Alliance is a collaboration between
Colas Rail, Skanska, Mott MacDonald, AECOM and Network S&C renewals on the mainline network in the South
Rail to deliver a £400million programme of improvements at of the UK are delivered using an ‘alliance’ approach;
Waterloo, the UK’s busiest railway station. combining the skills of contractor and designer.

The investment will be used to rebuild the former Waterloo Colas Rail, AECOM and Network Rail are working together
International Terminal, allowing platforms 20-24 to be in the guise of the S&C Southern Alliance to efficiently and
brought back into use with modern facilities, new track, effectively deliver this complex programme of works within
signalling and layout. Extending platforms 1-4 will allow a challenging access regime and alongside a range of other
ten-car trains to run to London suburban stations. client maintenance and enhancement activities. The alliance
model means Network Rail and its delivery partners will
The Wessex Capacity Alliance is also delivering work together with aligned goals and objectives to efficiently
improvements to Vauxhall station to relieve train and deliver S&C works.
passenger congestion Improvements to track and rail
systems along the Windsor lines. It is not all about track works either, the Alliance undertakes
all aspects associated with multi-disciplinary renewal
and has sufficiently developed its offering such that it is
a ‘go to’ mechanism for Network Rail to deliver complete
enhancement works.
 Plain Line

In addition to its S&C Alliance activities, Colas Rail is also

responsible for delivering the CP5 Plain Line track renewal
frameworks for the Network Rail routes of Anglia, Kent

£500m
and Sussex.

With track access limited to short windows, primarily at night

up to and over weekends, this team has focused on ensuring

efficient use of the time available and promoted the adoption
of innovative practices and techniques.
Approximate S&C contract value
Electrification
over ten years: Colas & AECOM:
Southern Alliance (Anglia / Kent We have a specialist team of ‘in-house’ resources to
deliver Electrification design and installation services
and Sussex / Western, Wales in both the heavy and light rail environments including:

and Wessex / LNW South)

ƒƒ Survey and assessment of existing assets
ƒƒ Feasibility, option selection and outline design
development
ƒƒ Detailed design, and as built updates to asset records
ƒƒ Isolation and safety critical management
ƒƒ

£75m
Installation, testing and overall project management
capabilities

c.
We offer clients a flexible service, focused to meet their
specific electrification needs across the AC and DC rail
environments and we are proud of our engineering

Approximate plain line capabilities, including the ability to size the catenary
according to traffic requirements, deliver dynamic simulations
(conventional) contract value of the catenary / pantograph interface and produce optimal
catenary layouts and systems. We adopt a ‘right first time’
over five years: Colas: Kent approach ensuring the client receives a solution that is not

and Sussex / Anglia only fit for purpose, but also a constructible one.

In addition to our UK operations Colas Rail has access to

significant electrification experience and resource from
our sister organisations in mainland Europe. This allows us
to draw on their capability and specialist equipment and
techniques not yet available in the UK.
Rail Services

With a heritage that gives Colas Rail a solid

foundation based on high level expertise in rail
operations, logistics and technology, we are a
company focused on quality of services and detail.

We believe in a working partnership with our customers, including modular designs and plain line track at the highest
offering value for money in everything we do across levels of quality and efficiency.
our core service areas, with a flexible and collaborative
approach, adapting to changing needs of our clients Our maintenance division is spread across a large network
and providing fast, efficient services that are flexible of depots throughout the UK, ensuring nationwide availability
and reliable. and giving us the ability to service easily, quickly and
cost-effectively any day-to-day maintenance contract
FREIGHT requirements anywhere in the UK.

A national freight operator with a dedicated DESIGN AND SURVEYING

freight team providing a bespoke service
Our ‘one stop shop’ design and build capability
We offer a full range of services supported by a 24/7
Operations Control Centre and our trains use GPS to track We are a young, vibrant consultancy, delivering tailored
their movement in real time. This technology helps reduce design & survey solutions to our clients with a driving
accidents, delays and operating costs, while increasing track ambition to introduce efficiencies and find innovative
capacity, customer satisfaction and cost effectiveness. approaches that will make life easier for our clients, in turn,
helping them to deliver their demanding agendas.
We extend the reputation of safe, secure and reliable
services to our expanding freight market by providing Bulk We have a demonstrable history of working in collaboration
Freight, Intermodal Freight, General Freight, Specialist Freight with our partners and stakeholders and is certified to
and Asset Hire. BS11000. Through our collaborative, flexible and open
approach we have become the design and build contractor
of choice for numerous clients, offering value engineering
ROLLING STOCK MAINTENANCE
through innovative design across multiple disciplines.

Top grade facilities to keep our fleet on track

PULLMAN RAIL
Our major depot facility enjoys all the facilities that you would
expect to find in any major railway maintenance depot with Further expansion into rail vehicle maintenance
fully trained staff to ensure the highest levels of competency
offering a service that operates on a 24/7 basis throughout Pullman Rail became part of the Colas Rail group in 2012
the year. but has been serving the rail industry for the last two
decades and now provides technical expertise and quality
workmanship to our customers. Operating from our
ON TRACK PLANT
state-of-the-art facilities on the main rail line in Cardiff,
together we work closely with our customers to develop
We operate and maintain the largest, most innovative solutions that address their specific requirements,
advanced fleet of On Track Plant in the UK from complete overhaul projects to repair and maintenance.

As we have grown and developed, plant has continued

to play a major part in our business. Our machines have
the flexibility to work on all types of S&C layouts in the UK,
Our multi-disciplinary teams
have the specialist skills
42%
and experience to deliver We have the largest and most
value engineering through capable fleet with circa 42%
innovative design of the UK tamping market.
Urban Rail
Delivering Light rail schemes affords us the opportunity to
enhance regional quality of life and have a positive impact on
local communities, the environment and economy by providing
affordable, urban public transportation to connect residents and
the neighbourhoods where they live, work and play.

Capability

Colas Rail has a wealth of experience in delivering We seek to work with our customers to identify optimal
light rail schemes throughout the world having been engineering and value based solutions through Early
a leading light rail contractors for over 30 years. We Contractor Involvement considering the impact of
have developed metro and tram schemes in over 40 design decisions on a whole life cost basis. Our skills
cities around the world including work encompassing and experience have developed an enviable portfolio of
Europe, Asia, Africa and America. projects covering all aspects of light rail construction and
maintenance from which we are able to draw significant
Our range of skills and light rail experience allow us to learning and experience.
offer our customers a flexible service, focused to meet
their specific needs up to and including the delivery
of a complete turnkey solution.
Experience

Midland Metro Alliance Docklands Light Railway

The primary focus of our current UK Light Rail activities Colas Rail have a long history of undertaking works for
is the Midland Metro Alliance (MMA) where we are the DLR, including the construction of the extensions
engaged with our Alliance and sub-Alliance partners to to both City Airport, Woolwich Arsenal and long term
develop and deliver a £1bn+ programme of six separate maintenance contracts of the system.
extensions for the West Midlands.
We were responsible for the successful construction
This 10 year programme will create links with HS2, of the new track and the integration of all rail system
mainline railways and Birmingham airport to see a elements at the new Pudding Mill lane station as part of
truly integrated transport solution and drive urban the Crossrail /DLR interface.
regeneration for the extended West Midlands region.
TfL Croydon Tramlink
Over this period the Midland Metro Alliance, working
on behalf of the West Midlands Combined Authority We have delivered a series of enhancements to the
(WMCA), will expand the tram network by approximately Tramlink network over a number of years. The most
32km. The six projects that form the extension work recent of these was the Therapia Lane Depot extension,
include routes along Broad Street to Edgbaston, out to where we increased the stabling capacity at the existing
the Eastside of Birmingham along Digbeth High Street facility. The work included all track, power, catenary and
to Wolverhampton Railway Station and eventually to civils with the scheme being commissioned in March
Brierley Hill and all the way out to Birmingham Airport 2015, allowing Tramlink to take timely delivery of their
in Solihull. additional fleet of trams.

The Midland Metro Alliance is working with local business

growth hubs, chambers of commerce and training
academies to maximise the opportunities and long lasting
benefit to the people of this area to deliver a legacy of
social and economic regeneration.

“Colas Rail have worked very

effectively in a collaborative
manner to deliver a challenging
project to a high quality.”

RICHARD POLLARD - PROJECT DIRECTOR,

PUDDING MILL LANE, DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY
High Speed Rail

World leader in the construction of high speed lines. Having constructed

over 40% of all high speed lines in Europe and the first line in North
Africa, Colas Rail has more than 35 years’ experience in designing,
maintaining and renewing High-speed Lines around the world.

Since completing our first high speed DESIGN SAFETY

scheme in 1981 we have worked on circa Performance, System Integrity and Safety
3000km of high speed line including
recent schemes at Rennes-Le Mans
Our long established design process has developed through
and Nimes-Montpellier in France and
vast experience in high-speed Lines (TGV) with the knowledge
Tangier-Kenitra in Morocco, all of which
of different technologies, allowing us to fully integrate various
are commissioning and coming into
subsystems with physical and functional interface management,
service in 2017/18.
right down to individual components. We have developed
simulation tools and computer-aided design programmes to
ensure that safety and performance is achieved but also allows
the application of standards and components to produce
systems that are specific to a particular country.
Key
Design & Build
Track Works
Overhead Line
High Voltage 250km 267km
Maintenance

Belgium Germany
Brussels to French border Nuremberg to Ingolstadt
75km Guillemins to Liege Frankfurt to Cologne
Liege to German border

UK
High Speed 1

2180km

France
South East HSL: Paris to Lyon
Atlantic HSL: Paris to Le Mans
Atlantic HSL: Paris to Tours
Northern HSL: Paris to Lille to Calais
Mediterranean HSL: Lyon to Marseille
East European HSL: Châlons-en-Champagne to Baudrecourt
East European HSL: Nancy to Strasbourg
HSL: Rhine-Rhône to Belfort Dijon 346km
Brittany-Loire HSL: Le Mans to Rennes
HSL: Nimes Montpellier rail link (CNM)

South Korea
Seoul to Pusan
183km

Morocco
Tangier to Casablanca

Our High Speed Record Breaking figures

574.8 km/h 334.7 km/h*

World speed record for UK rail speed record for
conventional train line - High Speed 1 (Section 1),
East European HSL: Nancy legally the Channel Tunnel
Strasbourg (France 2007) Rail Link (CTRL)
*208 mph
Sustainability and Corporate
& Social Responsibility

Colas Rail is committed to its corporate social

responsibility vision of “changing our attitudes
through the way we act” and we are always
looking for ways to improve.

At Colas Rail we do not see sustainable development as

a constraint but in fact, a driving force behind innovation
and creativity that makes our company a more attractive
employer to a workforce while being increasingly sensitive
to the need for social responsibility.

With a comprehensive understanding that all matters

relating to health, safety and the environment are of prime
importance to our business, we are a company that cares
about our corporate and social responsibility and are
always looking at managing and improving our impact on
both the environment and society, working together with
our customers, suppliers and those communities in which
we work to ensure that sustainability is embedded in
everything we do.

We are committed to progress and believe we have a key

role to play in addressing the most pressing issues facing
our communities, including the usage of the planet’s energy
resources and the waste it produces.

100,000 kg
CO2 saved by our ‘No Idling’
Policy for On-Track Use of biodegradable
Machines and Locomotives oils on all On Track Plant
ISO 14001 Winner of the
Colas Rail is ISO 14001 Green Apple Award
Environmental Management for Environmental
System compliant Best Practice
Looking to the Future

We welcome the future of the railway industry with

continued enthusiasm and a commitment to improve
everything we do. There are many exciting opportunities
that lie ahead in creating tomorrow’s railways.

High-speed rail, light urban systems, Continuing to promote Equality and

high-output automated track Diversity throughout our business
maintenance and commercial rail
freight are all areas that will become
The overall Colas Group target is to achieve a workforce
increasingly important to the UK and
where women make up at least 30% of the business by
the world in the future. They are also
2020. Colas Rail is also committed to providing equal
areas in which we excel and have a
opportunities and increasing diversity, with 23% of our
depth of experience and expertise.
current Future Leaders Programme intake female and
33% from ethnic minorities, both significantly higher
Although these are all headline percentages than the industry average.
grabbing projects, the continual
maintenance and upgrading of the
Continuing to invest in and develop
UK’s rail network remains a task that
we remain fully committed to and our people
one in which we are increasingly
leading the field. Thinking, investing We aim to be at the forefront of the drive to attract young
and operating at the forefront of the talented people to the rail industry through our trainee,
industry trends, ensures we have apprenticeship and graduate schemes, developing loyal,
the capabilities to meet the future passionate and long-serving employees.
demands of our customers.

Of the current
intake for our
Future Leaders
23% & 33%
Programme, are female are from ethnic minorities
Why not get in touch to find out more about our
experience in the Rail industry, and discuss how
we could be a partner for your next project.

For more information, visit our website www.colasrail.co.uk

Drop us an email to [email protected] or contact

Alicia McKenzie, Head of Marketing and Communications
[email protected]

Colas Rail Ltd, 19 Dacre Street

London SW1H 0DH

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