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EV Charging Installation now complete at the Redditch Site
With the continued media focus on Car emissions and EV vehicles, Grinsty Rail have had installed a twin port EV charging point which is in and is now fully operational. In 2020 the discussion to offer a charging solution to staff and visitors to the Redditch site at...
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
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
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...
Cab Seat Upgrade SSL
During an upgrade to the SSL rolling stock cab seats, Grinsty Rail worked closely with the OEM of the seats. This work involved a complete re-design of the seat vertical and horizontal sliding and locking mechanisms, along with work on the comfort of the seat squabs...
Product Development
On 6th April 2019, a number of customers reported that the Arrowvale OTMR date had reverted back to 21st August 1999. Certain OTMRs use a GPS module to provide accurate time, date, and position information and in particular, updated the internal clock if the system...
Custom Solutions
The long-term future of electrification in the UK rail industry has been regularly discussed particularly when severe winter weather can highlight its inherent weakness when covered in snow and ice. The situation has become more severe with the use of lighter current...
Reverse Engineering
Imagine being asked to copy an electronic product with no circuit diagrams or software listings, this was exactly what our engineers were asked to do! The remit was to reproduce a product for use trackside on the railways but improve its operational time between...