Colas Rail Ltd increases its plant capability

8 January 2008

Colas Rail Ltd announced today that it has purchased the Carillion Plant Rail Business. This acquisition means that Colas Rail now owns the largest fleet of modern On-track Plant in the country. The contracts associated with this plant have also transferred as part of the agreement. Strategically this purchase represents a major step in the company’s aspiration to become a key player in the UK Rail Industry.

Through this acquisition the following plant has now transferred to Colas Rail: 12 Tampers, 3 Regulators, a locomotive, a 125T Kirow Crane, 16 switch Handling Units (Pem/Lem) together with the freehold of the Mill Lane Plant Depot in Rugby. In addition to this 156 employees have joined Colas Rail.

Charles-Albert Giral, Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are delighted to have secured this contract and the acquisition ties in with our long-term strategy. Colas Rail Ltd will continue to deliver these contracts for Network Rail offering a quality service, delivered on time, on budget and most importantly safely. There is no doubt that this expansion concludes a very exciting year and leads us into a very promising start for 2008.”


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About Colas Rail
Colas Rail is one of Europe’s leading providers of rail infrastructure services. It combines engineering skills to provide total solutions in all aspects of design, development and delivery of rail projects, from high speed rail systems to light and urban rail.
Colas Rail is part of the Colas Group.


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