Colas Rail UK

🏆 Award Winning Collaboration! 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️ We're delighted to share that the SRSA were awarded the 'Project Team or Person Award (Over £5m)' award at last nights @RailStaffAwards or their work at Westbury Junction! 👏 Congratulations to the team

🚗 Keeping The Team Wheelie Safe 📅 Last week was @GroupeColas' Road Safety Day, where the SRSA's depots welcomed a visit from @kwikfit to complete checks on the health of the vehicles 🚓 While at @midlandtram, we welcomed @WMPolice's Safer Travel Team

🤝 Partnering with @PWInstitution 🛤️ Recently, SRSA #TeamBristol hosted a special Trackwork Challenge event in collaboration with The PWI at @LlanelliRailway, providing opportunities for volunteers to get hands-on experience with #TrackRenewals youtu.be/_dVGOlNMabY

🚋 #MetroMonday Our Urban Division as part of @midlandtram continue to make progress on the extension of the Wednesbury Depot, including: 🛠️ Scaffolding for the operations & control centre ⚡ LV power supply 💧 Drainage works 🛤️ Track formations 👏 Great work team!

🚂 #FreightFriday 56049 (also known as Robin of Templecombe!) was based at #Swindon Transfer Sidings for @networkrail's Seasonal Rail Head Treatment Trains 📸: Alan Peters

🚧 West Drayton's Drainage Makeover 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️ SRSA's #TeamDrainage completed a possession at West Drayon, #London installing: ✅ 215m of new drainage 🎥 CCTV survey of the new system 💦 Jetting & investigation works 👏 Great work team! 📸: Hendry Price and Ian (Moggy) Morgan

🎉 Celebrating International Men's Day 📅 Today, we celebrate the contributions men make to our workplace. This year’s theme is supporting men and boys serving as a reminder that equality benefits us all 👏 Thank you to our colleagues for making us a place where we can thrive

🛤️ #TamperTuesday DR73929 was part of the team at West Drayton, #London 🤝 Our team were on hand to support the South Rail Systems Alliance (SRSA) #TeamDrainage with the final stages of their programme to hand the track back at the highest quality 📸: Lukasz Lelito

👷‍♂️👷‍♀️#MetroMonday Our Urban team recently welcomed @ColasRail_off UK CEO, Jean-Pierre Bertrand to Birmingham to see the progress made by @midlandtram Thank you for visiting!

🚂 #FreightFriday Collaboration Continues With @networkrail ✍ We're delighted to share that we've been awarded a contract by Network Rail to continue to operate the New Measurement Train fleet 👉 Read more: cutt.ly/ftw5HSpT

🚧 St Annes Goes to Plan 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️The SRSA’s #TeamBristol have delivered a 4 day possession at St Anne’s Tunnel 🛤️ We completed 1495m of #TrackRenewals and 300mm excavations & welded, stressed and handed back at a linespeed of 90mph 📸: Leon Phillips & Alan Sargent

🛤️ Helping Get Shap Back On Track DR73922 and our crew were part of the team restoring the line at Shap, #Cumbria following the recent landslip in the area The team completed Tamping duties to ensure the line was fully reopened with the highest track quality 👏 Well done team!

At 11am, our teams across Colas Rail UK held a 2 minutes silence for Remembrance Day in tribute to those that served and made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom Lest We Forget

This weekend, we remember. Our war memorial at our Rugby depot will be adorned with a poppy wreath in remembrance of the members of the locomotive department Rugby steam shed who bravely served and lost their lives during the wars.

🚂 #FreightFriday Working together, 67023 (also known as Stella) and 67027 were passing through Severn Tunnel Junction as part of the Gloucester Circuit hauling @networkrail's Seasonal Rail Head Treatment Train 📸: Alan Peters

🏆 #WeShareWednesday Achieving The Gold Standard Over the summer, we achieved the Gold Award from @DefenceHQ's Armed Forces Covenant, rising from bronze to gold in 3 years. Our team were presented it at a recent ceremony 👉 Read more: cutt.ly/hr6MdUeC

🛤️ #TamperTuesday DR75008 and 75009 were both based in #Reading recently to complete parallel tamping duties to ensure the track is of the highest quality! 📸: @martin466004

🙋‍♀️ #WeShareWednesday Inspiring The Next Generation Of Engineers 🛤️ Earlier this month, our Apprentices Lucy and Dixie were invited to speak as part of @NSARLtd's Railway Study Network Annual Dinner 2025 👏 Together, Dixie & Lucy reflected on their entries into the world of rail

🛤️ #TamperTuesday DR75009 was part of a team completing essential track maintenance at Lenham, #Kent to ensure the network remains at peak performance and ensuring we're putting the passengers first 📸: @martin466004

🚋 #MetroMonday Testing & Commissioning Continues! 🎥 Our Urban division's #BEETeam for @midlandtram have released drone footage during a testing & commissioning shift, providing a sneak peek how the trams will be running on the new Birmingham Eastside Extension route