We provide a comprehensive tree, vegetation and environmental management service to the rail industry.

We will carry out surveys of railside vegetation with work programmes to manage the railside environment.
 

We provide specialist teams experienced and equipped for cutting and removing rail side trees and vegetation.

Works have included leaf fall cutting, embankment clearance, safe way cutting, site line trimming, fencing, dangerous tree takedown and railside flailing.

We use the following plant and equipment in support of rail vegetation control:

 

Timber Forwarders,   Loaders, Winches,   Telescopic Handler.

Tracked Chippers  and tractor mounted chippers.

Road Rail excavator mounted flails.

 
Our team of experienced in-house craftsmen include plant operators, chainsaw operators and tree surgeons with Engineering Supervisor, PICOP, COSS, PTS and Lookout certificates.
  

Operatives also have competence and safety certificates from ITSSAR and NPTC. Training skills are regularly updated.

Railtrack Core - Contractors Safety Case:  SRG SN/233.  Linkup Qualification:  Tree Felling and Scrub Clearance cert. 66626; Vegetation Control, weedkilling cert. 66627.


Recent rail works include:

 

  • AMEC Rail. Southern Region    

    Removal of trees and scrub from railside. Required close liaison with residents to win support for a potentially unpopular but essential task.

 

 

  • Balfour Beatty Rail.    
     
    Embankment clearance for engineering works.

    Removal of heavy tree cover and strimming off bramble cover.

 


 

 

  • Raynesway  (Balfour Beatty)  

    Safety sightline vegetation clearance 

    Major tree felling for site slippage inspections.

  • Croydon Tramlink, Amey McAlpine JV.   
     
    Clearance of trees and vegetation for Croydon Tramlink. 

    Urban environment with access problems demanding sensitivity. 

  

 

  • AMEC Rail - Southern Region – Railside flailing programme to maintain flail-strip using road rail excavator mounted flails.
     

  • Railtrack – Southern Region – Vegetation clearance and tree works on Railtrack properties, including works for other contractors.

  • Avondale, Robertsbridge - 1.25 mile of vegetation flail zone clearance
     
  • Fitzpatrick, EWS Rail; depot development involving mechanical mulching of scrub.