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Enabled by extensive cold roll forming capabilities, and a deep understanding of our industry, the engineers at MCRS roll form a variety of infrastructure for the rail industry.

Decades of experience guide our operations, ensuring MCRS can approach each clients’ unique difficulties in an innovative way, rethinking design and manufacturing strategies to overcome all types of obstacles.

Throughout this process, MCRS provides high levels of customer support, ensuring we produce rail infrastructure componentry which meet clients’ exacting needs.

MCRS offers design, fabrication as aided by up to 30 roll stands per line for cold forming, and assembly for bespoke products. This enables great flexibility in the profiles we form for rail infrastructure, meeting all project specifications whilst maintaining excellent quality and standards. Our roll forming capabilities include:

Material thickness from 0.3mm to 6.0mm
Strip widths up to 450mm
In-line piercing facility
In-line roll logo marking
In-line inkjet marking

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    Rail Infrastructure

    MCRS can roll form and press both ferrous and non-ferrous metals, as well as high strength and coated metallic materials; material selection will be determined following the collaboration of MCRS and clients’ development teams, ensuring our flexible service meets all requirements.

    The lead times on cold rolled sections for rail infrastructure applications will vary depending on the individual and unique requirements of each project, though MCRS endeavours to gratify the time restrictions of clients’ projects where possible.

    FAQ's

    What are the types of rail infrastructure?

    Broadly speaking, there are three main ways of categorising rail infrastructure: high speed lines, heavy rail systems, and light rails or tramways.

    High speed lines are very fast (typically 125 mph or 200 km/h, depending on the line) but require a longer distance between stations than other rail systems, such as heavy rail and light rails. This makes them more expensive to build and maintain, especially considering the technology required to facilitate the safe high speed travel of trains. Because of this, high speed lines are typically used for long-distance travel, such as between major cities.

    Heavy rail systems are slower than high speed lines but much faster than light rails or tramways. They are also more expensive to build and maintain than light rails, but not as much as high speed lines. Heavy rail systems are most commonly used for commuter travel.

    Light rails or tramways are the slowest type of rail infrastructure, typically travelling around 25 mph (40 km/h). They are also the cheapest to build and maintain. This makes them ideal for shorter distances, such as in urban areas.

    Who owns UK rail infrastructure?

    UK rail infrastructure is currently owned by public sector body Network Rail, who moreover manages its operation. Network Rail is a non-departmental public body, meaning it is an independent company which works for the government, but is not actually an official entity within it.

    Network Rail is still answerable to the Office of Rail and Road, which is a government department.

    What is railway maintenance?

    A large part of the activities within the rail infrastructure sector is maintenance; this is essential for keeping trains running throughout the year, year upon year.

    Railway maintenance is continually carried out, ensuring tracks are free from debris and are working correctly; power, such as for signalling and the traffic light system, is working; areas surrounding train infrastructure and routes are safe and secure; infrastructure is intact and working correctly.