Assenta Rail
A Growth Story in Railway Maintenance
- This article first appeared in the Railway-News magazine Issue 5 2021.
Edinburgh-based railway engineering company, Assenta Rail, has recently gone from strength to strength following the opening of its Hamilton rail maintenance depot in late 2019.
Since opening its rail depot a little over two years ago, the company has invested significantly in upgrades to the infrastructure and increased both the capacity within the depot and the range of facilities on offer.
Assenta Rail has been in business since 2001 and during this time it has grown organically, focusing on a key group of core clients and priding itself on offering tailored engineering solutions to its book of clients. Having firmly established itself as a consultancy with significant expertise at solving challenging engineering problems, the progression to operating its own maintenance facility was a natural development. Establishing Hamilton LMD as a base for its operations allowed the firm to bring its engineering offerings in-house and to be able to offer a full turnkey service to clients.
In the two years since opening the depot, the firm has installed a paint shop; purchased two sets of 15t jacks to facilitate works over its pitted roads and carried out extensive upgrade works to tracks and sidings within the depot.
