In May 2007 AMEC
SPIE Rail
changed its name
to Colas Rail
Ltd and an
integrated
management
structure was
formed embracing
the activities
of both Colas
Rail Ltd and
Seco Rail Ltd .
Colas Rail Ltd
is a company
with enormous
history behind
it. SPIE Rail
has a
century-long
history of
successful
development in
the wide sphere
of railway
engineering. The
combination of
the expertise
found in both
Colas Rail Ltd
and Seco Rail
Ltd will help
make Colas Rail
a major player
in the UK rail
industry
SECO (Société
d'Études et de
Construction
d'Outillage) was
set up in 1931
to build and
operate the
first mechanised
ballast cleaning
and levelling
machine. In
October 2000,
SECO, renamed
Seco Rail,
became a wholly
owned subsidiary
of the Colas
group, world
leader in road
construction,
and has
continued
growing in the
French and
international
markets, with
subsidiaries in
Belgium and the
UK.
AMEC Rail was
formed following
the
privatisation of
British Rail.
Initially a
maintenance
company
specialising in
the Southern
region, the
company
developed and
diversified. In
1999 a joint
venture company
was formed
between AMEC and
SPIE (AMEC SPIE
Rail Systems
Ltd). In 2001
AMEC purchased
SPIE and new
company was
created - AMEC
SPIE Rail Ltd.
By early 2007 it
had become both
a project-based
company with
contracts across
the UK and a
freight
operator.
Colas Rail Ltd is a
limited company registered in England and Wales (registered no.
2995525) with its registered office at Dacre House, 19 Dacre Street,
London SW1H 0DJ, United Kingdom.
