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Colas Rail

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Colas Rail is a railway infrastructure company that also serves as a rail freight operator in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of the French construction group Bouygues.

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Founded Year
2008 1
Significance
One of the five largest contractors to Network Rail as of late 2016, with 1,500 staff in the United Kingdom alone; also the primary contractor for the Al Boraq high speed rail line in Morocco. 1
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1. Wikipedia: Colas Rail
Wikipedia
  • History section
    In early 2008, Colas Group opted to reorganise its rail subsidiaries following recent acquisitions, merging Seco Rail with AMEC-Spie and Carillion's former plant division under the name Colas Rail.
  • lead section
    By late 2016, Colas Rail was amongst the five largest contractors to Network Rail, and had 1,500 staff in the UK alone.
  • Part Of: Rail Transport, Article lead
    is a railway infrastructure company, which also serves as a rail freight operator in the United Kingdom
  • In Group: Rail Freight Operators, Lead sentence
    Colas Rail is a railway infrastructure company, which also serves as a rail freight operator in the United Kingdom.
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