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Heritage and Innovation United – Grinsty Rail’s Collaboration with Transport for London

At Grinsty Rail, we take pride in delivering innovative, bespoke solutions that honour heritage while pushing the boundaries of design. Today, we are thrilled to spotlight our work with Transport for London (TfL), a collaboration that showcases our unique...

Breaking News: Grinsty Acquires Monitran for Unmatched Innovation

Grinsty is thrilled to announce a strategic acquisition that marks a significant milestone in our growth journey: the official acquisition of Monitran. With over three decades of experience, Monitran is a pioneering company renowned for its exceptional design,...

Triumph and Inspiration: Georgie Brayshaw’s Impactful Journey to Olympic Gold

An Unforgettable Event with Georgie Brayshaw Olympic fans, get ready to be inspired! On Friday 20th September 2024, Grinsty Rail had the incredible honour of hosting Georgie Brayshaw, Britain’s first-ever Olympic gold medalist in the Women’s quadruple sculls. ...
We’re growing our team!

We’re growing our team!

The last 3 years have seen Grinsty Rail grow and establish itself as a profitable, financially strong, and supportable business with an excellent credit rating and the potential to do a lot more. To help us do this, we are launching a recruitment drive to find the...

Diamond and Grinsty- Collaboration is key!

Diamond and Grinsty- Collaboration is key!

https://vimeo.com/722981260 Diamond Rail Services and Grinsty Rail have joined forces to combat Service Quality rectification with South Western Railway on their 455 fleet at Wimbledon Depot. Diamond Rail Services Front of House is going from strength to strength and...

Class 314 Train – full seat refurbishment

Class 314 Train – full seat refurbishment

As the world focuses on COP26 and all things climate-related, we thought it would be a good time to share some recent work on a Class 314 Train. We recently received a request from a third party for seats that will fit onto an EMU Rail Vehicle being converted into...

Sheffield Tram Seating Refurbishment

Sheffield Tram Seating Refurbishment

1 Tram Set of Refurbished Seating Comprises: 2 x Perch Seat Assemblies6 x Tip-Up Seat Assemblies10 x Priority Seat Positions (Squabs and Cushions)70 x Standard Seat Positions (Squabs and Cushions) Grinsty Rail Interiors recently secured a contract for the...

Mid Norfolk – MK1 FK First Class Seats Refurbishment

Mid Norfolk – MK1 FK First Class Seats Refurbishment

An example of the skill set of the staff at Grinsty Rail Interiors was demonstrated during the refurbishment of 14 triple seat assemblies for Mid Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust. The seats were collected from the Trust and needed a lot of “tender care”. Once the...

Successful extension to scope ISO 9001:2015

Successful extension to scope ISO 9001:2015

Grinsty Rail Limited are pleased to announce another great achievement. Following a successful Stage 2 extension to scope audit by BSI, Grinsty Rail has succeeded in an extension of accreditation scope for ISO 9001:2015 by including its dual sites of Redditch and...

IT Hardware infrastructure Upgrade company wide

IT Hardware infrastructure Upgrade company wide

IT is one of those things you think, “Ah its not broke, so don’t need to fix it” but in the harsh reality of life, up to date also means more Secure. In latter part of 2020 there was a wholesale review of the current IT Hardware infrastructure at Grinsty Rail, which...

Midlands based manufacturer looks for continued growth

Midlands based manufacturer looks for continued growth

Grinsty Rail Limited, who are headquartered in Redditch with an additional manufacturing site in Nottingham, saw business grow by 40% in 2020 as it continued to support a vital part of Britain’s transport infrastructure during the COVID pandemic.  With the Redditch...

New website launched

New website launched

Grinsty Rail are pleased to announce the launch of their brand new website. The board led by Matt Perry-Parker, Finance Director and MD designate undertook a exhaustive search for a supplier to completely revitalise their digital offering and selected Worcestershire...

Class 378

Class 378

The Class 378 project was the refurbishment of 57 five car vehicles for LOROL Trains fitted with longitudinal seating like underground seating. Grinsty rail scope of work was to produce new seat cover assemblies. Working closely with our customer we had to manufacture...

Brighton Belle

Brighton Belle

The Brighton Belle project was a restoration of the iconic all-electric Pullman train, which run between London and Brighton between 1933 and 1972. This was the largest and most complex rail restoration project in the UK. Grinsty Rail worked closely with the...