PBH Rail Group has been established for over 2 decades and has expanded significantly during that time employing a team of over 100 people across six areas of the business – Planning, Survey, Permanent Way, OLE Design, Civil Consulting and Systems Engineering.

WHY CHOOSE PBH RAIL GROUP?

The company puts an emphasis on employing quality people who are proven in their field of expertise and have experience in multi-discipline rail projects. This enables the team to ensure it understands the challenges of integrating all disciplines, provides project and client focus, and delivers a quality, cost effective service.

With the demand for a skilled workforce across all disciplines at a premium, PBH is committed to working closely with clients to give support across key areas ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to the specified remits.

The company has extensive experience with all types of multidisciplinary services through all stages of design, including S&C, remodelling, depots, platform rebuilds / extensions, plain line and high output renewals.

Access PLANNING

Within PBH Planning, we deliver end-to-end rail access planning across the UK. Our experienced planners manage every aspect of possession and Safe Work planning across the Network Rail Managed Infrastructure, including the production and delivery of digital Safe Work Packs (SWPs).

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Surveys

Our team of professionally qualified staff provide a full spectrum of survey support services, from plain line sites through to complex switch and crossing surveys.

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Permanent Way

Working as part of a wider multidisciplinary design team, the track discipline is often the common thread in interfacing engineering requirements and the quality

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Ole Services

Efficient railway electrification is crucial for a strong national infrastructure with a competitive and sustainable economy.

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Civil consulting

PBH Civil Consulting have an accomplished team, well versed in working in the D&B railway environment to provide buildable, right-first-time design solutions.

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systems Engineering

PBH Systems Engineering can provide highly experienced, qualified Engineering staff for all aspects of project delivery and engineering assurance.

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A Dedicated and

Experienced Team

The PBH team has an extensive knowledge base and the right industry skills gained through years of practical experience of delivering projects. With some of the industries most experienced and respected practitioners our senior leadership team manage and develop a committed and energetic group of engineers, surveyors and planners.

Provision of railway infrastructure consultancy services to the UK Rail sector, specialising in
rail specific Track Access Planning, Geometric Surveys, Permanent Way, Overhead Line and Civil & Structural Design including Engineering Management and Design Assurance.


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A SAFE PAIR

OF HANDS

At PBH Rail we are strong believers in protecting our staff, the client and wider public and stakeholders. We deliver this through robust H&S practices, rigorous risk assessment, fastidious attention to safe-by-design and adherence to CDM regulations and by developing a close working relationship with the client throughout the life cycle of their projects to understand their safety requirements.

PBH have full ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certification, and we are a verified supplier under the Rail industry’s RISQS certification process (supplier no. 3071).

All PBH staff are PTS (Personal Track Safety) certificated to work on railways as defined by the railway safety standard NR/L2/CTM/021.

This Competence and Training in Track Safety standard, sets out the minimum requirements for the training and assessment of individuals who undertake Track Safety duties on Network Rail-controlled infrastructure.

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DIGITAL SAFE

WORK PACKS

At PBH Planning, we use Digital Safe Work Packs (SWPs) to deliver safer, more sustainable, and fully compliant work planning across the Network Rail Managed Infrastructure. By replacing paper-based packs with secure, digital documents, we reduce waste, streamline approvals, and improve traceability in line with Network Rail Standard NR/L2/OHS/019.

Our digital workflow ensures every SWP is version controlled, risk assessed, and fully auditable, providing real time visibility for Responsible Managers and site teams. This not only strengthens compliance and assurance but also supports the PBH’s commitment to sustainability by cutting paper use, transport miles, and administrative duplication.

PBH consistently provide professional design and engineering services to a wide range of Works Delivery projects and disciplines. Very experienced and highly flexible. A pleasure to work with.

– Richard Jackson, Survey Manager Arcadis –

TRUSTED NATIONWIDE