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BRIS, (British Rail Infrastructure Services) with its 14 Service Units, seven design offices and just over 25,000 employees, was created on 1st April 1994, to provide a service and consultancy to Railtrack for maintenance, electrification, equipment and signalling. By 1st April 1995, the Infrastructure Service Units were further reorganised, and six Track Renewal Units and seven Infrastructure Maintenance Units were formed ready for sale. Infrastructure Maintenance Units: These were privatised as follows: Scottish Infrastructure Maintenance Co. Ltd (Company sold to TrackAction Ltd i.e. management team buyout) Central Infrastructure Maintenance Co. Ltd (Company sold to GT Railway Maintenance Ltd (GEC Alstom / Tarmac) Eastern Infrastructure Maintenance Co. Ltd (Company sold to Balfour Beatty Ltd) Northern Infrastructure Maintenance Co. Ltd (Company sold to Jarvis plc) Western Infrastructure Maintenance Co. Ltd (Company sold to Amey Railways Ltd - management team joint venture) South West Infrastructure Maintenance Co. Ltd (Company sold to Amec plc) South East Infrastructure Maintenance Co. Ltd (Company sold to Broomco (919) Ltd (Balfour Beatty / Management Team) Track Renewal Units: Northern Track Renewals Co. Ltd (Company sold to Fastline Rail Services Ltd) Central Track Renewals Co. Ltd (Company sold to Tarmac Construction Ltd) Eastern Track Renewals Co. Ltd (Company sold to Fastline Rail Services Ltd) Western Track Renewals Co. Ltd (Company sold to Relayfast Limited i.e. managment team buyout) Southern Track Renewals Co. Ltd (Company sold to Balfour Beatty Ltd) Scottish Track Renewals Co. Ltd (Company sold to Relayfast Limited i.e. management team buyout) Design Office Units: Mainline Swindon Ltd (Company sold to Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick, a subsidiary of SWK Holdings, now Scott Wilson) http://www.scottwilson.com Civil Engineering Design Group, York Ltd (Company sold to British Steel plc, now Corus plc) http://www.corusgroup.com DCU Birmingham Ltd (Company sold to Owen Williams Railways Ltd, a subsidiary of Owen Williams Consulting Engineers, now Amey plc) http://www.amey.co.uk IDG Glasgow Ltd (Company sold to Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick, a subsidiary of SWK Holdings, now Scott Wilson) http://www.scottwilson.com CEDAC London Ltd (Company sold to W.S. Atkins Consultants Ltd) http://www.atkinsglobal.com PowerTrack Engineering Co. Ltd (Company sold to W.S. Atkins Consultants Ltd) http://www.atkinsglobal.com BPE Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Consultancy Ltd (Company sold to James Scott BPE, a subsidiary of AMEC Group plc) http://www.amec.com Network Rail: In 2004 infrastructure maintenance, (Track, Signal, and OHLE), was taken back 'in-house' by Network Rail, but track renewal remains contracted out to the private sector. In September 2007 it was announced that the number of track renewal contractors will be reduced to four from the current six. These are now: Amey / SECO www.amey.co.uk Balfour Beatty www.balfourbeatty.com Babcock First Engineering Ltd http://www.babcock.co.uk/index.cfm/recordid.6/operatingco.25 Jarvis PLC www.jarvisplc.com |