Coleraine to Londonderry Railway Line Upgrade
The Coleraine to Londonderry line, also known as Derry-Coleraine line, runs from the town of Coleraine to Derry in Northern Ireland.
Track-Welding Services
Lockwood Close,
Top Valley,
Nottingham,
NG5 9JN Other,
United Kingdom
Weld-A-Rail provides a professionally managed and comprehensive track-welding service to the rail industry, earning a reputation for quality by exceeding customer expectations.
It holds an envied position as one of the UK’s leading providers of professional track-welding services, and its permanent workforce of 45 is focused, flexible and able to undertake projects of all sizes.
Records of all completed welds are kept to facilitate complete traceability. Failed welds are identified and analysed, and corrective and preventative action taken to eliminate similar failures.
Subsequent to the work being completed, customers can undertake an independent inspection of the welds and highlight any problems.
Weld-A-Rail provides service support for a period of up to one year, with a response time of eight to 24 hours with no geographical limits.
All staff members associated with the provision of alumino thermic and arc-welding services possess the following qualifications:
The company operates a fleet of 21 fully equipped welding vehicles. Weld-A-Rail operatives undertake a visual inspection of all completed welds, in accordance with RT/CE/S/032 joining of rails by alumino thermic welding, to prevent:
A WQF3071 weld installation sheet is maintained and completed for each track-welding project, giving details of:
Copies of the weld installation sheet are forwarded to the customer within five working days of the weld being cast.
Weld-A-Rail never uses sub-contractors for the core business of the provision of track welding services to the rail industry.
To ensure continuing process capability, scheduled programmes of servicing and maintenance of equipment are undertaken by Weld-A-Rail’s sister company Rail Plant.
Rail Plant operates cutting-edge equipment maintenance and servicing, repair and calibration technology. Digital systems have been developed for all associated activities, including gas equipment and straight-edge calibration. All servicing is controlled through a unique servicing database.
Weld-A-Rail is in the process of implementing a contractor assurance case compliant with Network Rail company standard RT/LS/P/016. We are an approved supplier to:
All accidents or incidents are reported and investigated in accordance with RIDDOR 95 and railway group standard GE/RT8047.
Weld-A-Rail’s emergency and contingency plans ensure it can meet its scope of operations and form part of the risk assessment process.
Weld-A-Rail currently operates within the controls of a fully documented quality-management system compliant with BS EN ISO 9001:2000 and link-up protocol PP0001 (the audit protocol by which Network Rail measures suppliers working on their controlled infrastructure).
It also complies with link-up product protocols 570702 (track welding contractors – alumino thermic process) and 570705 (track welding contractors – arc welding).
Weld-A-Rail performs customer perception surveys for identifying customers’ needs and expectations. Resulting trends are used for developing action plans aimed at continual improvement of customer service and relationships.
Customer complaints are handled by knowledgeable professionals, with provision for managers to review issues with customers when appropriate. Detailed records are kept, analysed and used for developing action plans.
The Coleraine to Londonderry line, also known as Derry-Coleraine line, runs from the town of Coleraine to Derry in Northern Ireland.
MetroWest is a proposed rail project to improve rail transport services in Bristol and its surrounding areas, known as the West of England.
Weld-A-Rail, one of the rail industry's leading suppliers of track welding services, are proud to be appointed principal suppliers for the provision of Alumino Thermic track welding services for 13 delivery units on routes London North Eastern (LNE) and London North Western (LNW). In ad
Lockwood Close
Top Valley
Nottingham
NG5 9JN
Other
United Kingdom