Irish Rail signs €40m track maintenance services contract

IRISH Rail (IE) named Rhomberg Sersa Rail Group as preferred bidder to provide technical and engineering services, focusing on maintenance of the track and supporting infrastructure, on February 11 following a competitive tendering process involving a number of major European rail companies.

(Standing) Rhomberg Sersa Ireland managing director, Mr Billy Stamp, Rhomberg Sersa chief technical officer, Mr Garry Thuer, IE chief civil engineer, Mr Éamonn Ballance, and IE director of infrastructure, Mr Don Cunningham. (Seated) Rhomberg Sersa owner, Mr Hubert Rhomberg, and IE rail networks category manager, Ms Sinéad Leonard.

Under the €40m contract, 14 rail-mounted machines owned by IE will be used by Rhomberg Sersa to deliver track maintenance services to ensure safety, speed, journey time improvements and passenger comfort.

IE says Rhomberg Sersa expects to employ 56 people to deliver the contract. This includes Rhomberg Sersa professionals working alongside professionally qualified support staff such as logistics, planning, health, safety, environment and quality personnel, working under IE supervision.

Rhomberg Sersa staff will be located at IE depots in Kildare and Portlaoise and at Rhomberg Sersa’s offices in Kildare. In addition, the company expects to work with Solas and Kildare County Council to train a number of apprentice machine operators and technicians.

Rhomberg Sersa was formed with the merger between Sersa Group, Switzerland, and Rhomberg Rail Holding, Austria, in 2012.

Irish Rail signs €40m track maintenance services contract

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