Rail
We play a critical part in helping to transform the UK’s rail network through improved infrastructure and by providing better services for freight operators, train operators and passengers.
We deliver some of the nation’s most important railway upgrades through multi-year frameworks, programmes, and standalone projects including HS2, East West Rail, the Transpennine Route Upgrade and CP7 Southern Renewals Enterprise.
Our principal business units in this sector are VolkerRail and VolkerFitzpatrick. Both are recognised as leading railway engineering and infrastructure providers, and regularly come together to offer fully integrated solutions.
VolkerRail delivers complex, single and multi-disciplinary design and build rail projects across the UK. Our capabilities include the construction, maintenance, design and renewal of track systems, overhead line systems, signalling systems, high and low voltage engineering, railway piling, welding services, and hiring out of specialist rail infrastructure plant.
VolkerFitzpatrick provides a consolidated and multi-disciplined approach, with specialist civil engineering and rail capabilities combining to provide the best solutions. The business serves freight and passenger markets with design, construction and upgrades to depots, stations, sidings, platforms and buildings, and line capacity upgrades.
Civil engineering and building
We deliver a wide variety of on-network single and multi-disciplinary schemes, from minor station improvements and platform extensions to major design and build infrastructure projects and long-term asset improvements and enhancements.
VolkerLaser is able to undertake sensitive refurbishments on prestigious rail sites, as well as providing bespoke access and temporary works solutions where needed.