Services
What we do on the railway
Five service lines, each delivered by people who understand possessions, isolations and the discipline rail work demands. Together they cover most of the civils, cabling and utility work a rail programme needs around the track.
Rail civils and groundworks
Excavation, foundations, drainage and small structures on and around the operational railway. We plan each package around the possession or line blockage it needs and the things rail sites always bring: restricted access, buried services, ballast and the clock.
Our group's background is in groundworks for utilities, so trial holes, service location, trenching and reinstatement are familiar ground.
Typical scope
- Foundations and bases for signalling, telecoms and lineside equipment
- Troughing routes, under-track crossings and ducting
- Drainage, cess and access-path improvements
- Fencing, boundary and minor platform works
- Site set-up, access points, compounds and reinstatement
Cable routes, telecoms and power
Installation of cable routes and the cables that run along them: signalling and telecoms, fibre and copper, lineside power. From the trough and ducting to pulling, laying, termination support and testing.
NU Networks, our sister company, builds electricity and telecommunications networks. Unity Rail Services applies that experience inside the railway boundary.
Typical scope
- Troughing, ducting and cable-management routes
- Cable pulling, laying and jointing support
- Fibre and copper telecoms installation
- Lineside power distribution and small power
- Location cases, cabinets and equipment housings
- Route surveys and as-built records
Utility connections and diversions
Gas, water, electricity and telecoms assets meet the railway everywhere: under access roads, along station approaches, through depot sites and across the boundary of new developments. We handle the works where they do.
That means diversions ahead of rail works, new connections for depots, stations and lineside buildings, and protection of existing services, coordinated with the network owners involved.
Typical scope
- Service diversions and protection ahead of rail works
- New utility connections for rail premises and compounds
- Coordination with utility and telecoms network owners
- Trial holes, surveys and service location
- Excavation, backfill and reinstatement
Track-side, station and depot works
The civil and installation works that keep a station or depot operating while the railway works around it. Small in each case, but they need the same planning, protection and tidiness as anything on the track.
We work in and around live platforms, depot roads and lineside compounds, with the sequencing and protection the location calls for.
Typical scope
- Platform and station environment works
- Depot hardstandings, walkways and access routes
- Lineside compounds, fencing and gates
- Minor structures, repairs and making good
- Lighting and small power installation support
Skilled labour and plant
Supply of competent track-side operatives, supervisors, machine operators and plant to support principal contractors and their programmes: planned possessions, weekend and midweek nights, and short-notice works.
Every person we supply is briefed, equipped and matched to the role. We would rather say no to a shift than send someone who is not right for it.
Typical scope
- Track-side operatives and supervisors
- Machine operators and plant with operators
- Possession and worksite support
- Weekend and night working
- Short-term cover and programme-length support
Next step
Scope not quite on this list?
Rail packages rarely fit neat headings. Send us the drawings or a description and we will tell you plainly what we can take on.
Ferazzi House
Bridle Way
Bootle L30 4UA
Company number 16536392