Rail
Rapid rail solutions that minimise line possession
Maintaining rail infrastructure presents unique challenges, such as operating on remote sites requiring effective drainage to ensure slope stability and weed suppression to ensure clear lines of sight. Traditional concrete methods often require extensive machinery and are slow to install, increasing costs and risk. Concrete Canvas® products offer a faster, safer, smarter alternative that meets regulatory standards while minimising disruption to rail operations. Its rapid installation, low equipment requirements and proven durability make it ideal for use on embankments, cuttings, culverts and drainage channels across the rail network.
Key Challenges and Solutions
Trackside Drainage Issues
Concrete Canvas® products provide durable ditch, channel and culvert lining, ensuring effective drainage and preventing soil loss to safeguard track stability.
Protecting Cuttings & Embankments
Concrete Canvas® products provide rapid slope protection for cuttings and embankments, reducing erosion, preventing washout and minimising long-term maintenance.
Vegetation Control
Concrete Canvas® products effectively suppresses weed growth, ensuring clear lines of sight and reducing maintenance around key infrastructure for safe access for inspections.
Useful Resources
Featured Videos
CC8® lined a crest drainage channel on the Yeovil–Crewkerne rail line, UK, providing rapid erosion protection
Network Rail used CC to line crest & lateral drainage channels at Cold Blow in South West Wales
See how Concrete Canvas® excelled in the HS2 trial — watch the installation success video here
People We Have Worked With
Rail
Using Concrete Canvas at this site had great benefits over conventional methods, with speed of delivery of works and negligible disruption to the local public and road users.
Rail
The second day, when we came back to the site, we were amazed – the CC was hard and in place, we could not believe it.
Rail
This was the first time we had used [Concrete Canvas] it… The system itself was simple to install; the speed of which we could install the system was surprising. We are very pleased with the finished product and will continue to work with Concrete Canvas.
Rail
The installations at Fosse Way set the benchmark for all future Concrete Canvas channel lining works.
Rail
The speed at which we can install it and the fact that it can be laid in the rain means we can get in and out of sites quickly and provide Network Rail with a cost effective concrete solution in conditions and geographies that would be difficult if not impossible to do with conventional concrete options.
Rail
We were impressed with how easy it was to install the Concrete Canvas. The product is ideal for restricted access projects such as this as we could transport the material by hand. It would have been extremely difficult to repair this flume using other methods.
Rail
Great first impression, we’ve not used it before but would definitely do so again. It’s easy to apply and doesn’t require any complex methods: you just need to put it in place and add water. There are so many different applications for it, I will definitely be using it on future projects.
Rail
I consider CC to be a practical, fast and agile solution, which is easy to install without the need for specialised labour or lane/line possession… Also, the transportation, the finishing and cleaning of the work site and its surrounding area was superior to the alternatives.
Rail
Concrete Canvas is a great solution as a viable alternative to below ground piped drainage for many crest drain applications. CC allows for long runs of effective crest drainage which is readily maintainable and prevents newly profiled ditches from overgrowing with vegetation, which in turn offers a cost effective solution for our Client.