Rail

Developing and implementing sustainable transportation plans are clearly top of the agenda in dealing with increased pressures on all transport networks. The Burdens Rail product range is uniquely tailored to rail industry requirements. Full product details are available in our rail catalogue containing over 100 pages of rail industry wide products.

Burdens Rail Tel: 0845 6043060

Delivering sustainable railways

Burdens Rail has been established to provide a sustainable supply chain to support the expanding rail network. It builds on over 80 years of Burdens’ experience and its market-leading position in supporting the civil engineering and utility industries with the supply of materials and on the Group’s already extensive rail experience and expertise.

The unique Burdens co-ownership business model ensures its own sustainability and offers a ‘better way to do business’ for the industry.

The importance of improvements to the UK rail network is clear; DEFRA state that, while transport as a whole accounts for around 23% of the UK’s CO2 emissions, rail travel accounts for less than 1%.

The Department for Transport’s Delivering a Sustainable Railway white paper published in July 2007 sets out the 30 year long-term strategic direction which the rail industry should take in delivering a sustainable railway network. The rail network has already seen a 40% increase in rail passengers over the past decade with government plans to accommodate a 22.5% increase in passenger demand by 2014 and a predicted 30% increase in freight carried by rail over the next ten years. Over £10 billion will be invested in enhancing capacity between 2009 and 2014 for both rail freight and passengers through government-backed schemes such as the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF).

Why Burdens Rail?

• Logistics capability - UK & Ireland network of over 45 depots, all with specialist crane off-load vehicles
• Dedicated Burdens Rail technical offices - providing value-engineered solutions and technical back-up, including CPD presentations
• Product innovations - Burdens Rail is continually adding to its product range
• Extensive product range
• Advanced e-trading capabilities
• Key account offices

Contact details

Tel: 0845 6043060
e-mail: rail@burdens.co.uk
Burdens Rail, Earl Russell Way, Lawrence Hill, Bristol BS5 0WT.