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SLC Rail is delighted to announce the appointment of Chartered Civil Engineer, Kathryn Waring, as Head of Engineering. Kathryn joins SLC Rail from Tony Gee and Partners where she was a Principal Engineer and Business Development Manager.  She also previously held a number of Senior positions in Carillion and Amey. Sam Uren, Engineering Director at […]

SLC is involved in the Wolverhampton Railway Station Redevelopment as programme co-ordinator and were pleased that another milestone has been reached this week after full demolition of Wolverhampton’s old railway station building was completed. Ground works are now being carried out to pave the way for piling to start this month on the foundations for […]

Plans to radically transform one of the busiest stations in the West Midlands received the green light in July, following planning approval from Birmingham City Council and funding confirmation from the Department for Transport. SLC and AECOM are providing project, engineering, design and commercial support to build the new landmark station on behalf of West […]

A community rail project to create two 11.5 metre train tapestries has been embraced by two employees from SLC Rail who have been involved in rail projects in Worcestershire. The project will see 18 tapestry train artworks for display at stations across the county in the autumn and has been bringing together existing WCRP volunteers […]

SLC Rail is pleased to announce the appointment of Ashley Gierth as Head of Programme Controls and Mark Finney as HSEQ Manager. Ashley’s key role will be to further improve our project controls, he joins SLC Rail from Geobear Infrastructure where he was the UK Rail Director.  Prior to that, he held a number of […]

SLC Rail has been awarded three internationally-recognised ISO accreditations. Following an audit by ISOQAR, SLC Rail has achieved accreditation for ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, as well as reaccreditation for the ISO 9001 standard. To help meet the high standards required to achieve this accreditation, SLC Rail has been working with health and safety strategic […]

The latest designs for Hendre Lakes, a proposed new business district to the south of St Mellons Business Park which will be served by Cardiff Parkway railway station, have been unveiled as part of a five-week consultation period which gets underway today. The 90,000sqm Cardiff Hendre Lakes development, which includes Cardiff Parkway railway station, aims […]

Demolition began on Monday 3 August of Wolverhampton’s old railway station.  It symbolises the dramatic transformation taking place under the city’s £150million Interchange scheme which is delivering improvements to bus, tram and train connectivity. Early demolition works on outbuildings like the old parcel shed surrounding the main station started last month and will ultimately pave […]

Work taking place to transform Kidderminster Station, the second busiest station in Worcestershire, is now complete. SLC Rail worked with Worcestershire County Council to deliver the improvements, which has included the construction of a striking glass fronted station building, twice the size of the original. The forecourt has also been redesigned to make access safer […]