With over 150 years experience, Colas Rail is one of Europe's leading railway infrastructure specialists. Extensive in-house design and project management resources deliver full design, construction, testing & commissioning and maintenance for all forms of guided rail systems. Some of the world's most prestigious railway projects have been designed, built and commissioned by Colas Rail, including notably;

• UK High Speed 1 (Section 1)
• Major sections of the French TGV network
• Cairo & Caracas Metro Systems
• Many French LRT systems

Very few railway contractors offer such a wide ranging service: from small mono and multi disciplinary works to the realisation of major design & build infrastructure projects. Colas Rail is able to offer full time life cycle support from project inception, through to commissioning and hand-over and when required, long term maintenance. In addition to its construction capability, Colas Rail's capability extends to specialised infrastructure renewals, with particular emphasis on the following;

• Conventional track renewals
• High Output track renewals
• Switch & Crossing renewals
• AC/DC electrification
• Signalling
• Control & communications

In addition to the above, the company is an established freight haulage operator, serving a wide range of both rail and non-rail clients.