Rail vehicle engineering
Network Rail is responsible for the successful delivery of £4.5bn of enhancement and renewal works to live operational infrastructure every year.
The National Supply Chain (NSC) is a corporate service within Network Rail and is responsible for all category management, procurement and national logistics. We procure safe and sustainable products and services that are used to maintain, renew and enhance the rail infrastructure. Our aim is to deliver outstanding value and exceptional service to our customers, helping the rail industry work together to deliver a more cost effective railway.
Our Technical Services Principal Engineering team provide specialist engineering support to projects and fleet contingents for the specification, procurement, renewal, enhancement, overhaul, maintenance and assurance of on-track plant, on-track machines and traction and rolling stock.
Rail vehicle engineering
Increasing stakeholder expectations means that we need to constantly strive to find innovative ways to improve our fleet.
To meet these challenges our Technical Services team use their skills and knowledge in design and structural analysis to deliver new build, enhancement and bespoke modifications to vehicles which we see on Britain’s railways today.
All this needs to done whilst ensuring that these vehicles are designed and maintained in compliance with company, national and international standards and legislation.
We are also responsible for managing the risk of the developments through the whole life cycle of the asset to help minimise the safety risk to staff and the public.
Rail vehicle engineering
Our experienced consultants provide advice on:
- technical authority for specifications
- maintenance documents
- reports and investigations
- project management
- engineering expertise
- specialist technical knowledge
- consultancy to projects and fleet teams
- guidance on compliance, approvals and assurance
- risk management
- auditing projects
- maintenance delivery functions.