Stocksigns and Links Signs Create ‘One Stop’ Sign Shop for Rail
26 January 2011
Stocksigns and Links Signs unveiled their intentions to collaborate in a partner project under the Crossrail Signs banner at the London Rail Show held at the America Square Conference Centre on the 29th June 2010
With over 85 years of joint experience within the manufacture and installation of specialist signage and poster frames, this collaboration puts Crossrail Signs at the forefront of supply into the rail sector.Crossrail, the new high frequency, convenient and accessible railway for London and the South East, will be looking to improve 28 current surface stations, restore eleven major surface station and nine sub-surface stations. Signs will be a main element to the project both temporary during construction and permanent signage systems including rail signs, safety signs and car park signage for operational and customer interfaces . All of which Crossrail Signs will construct as well as supply the whole project management solution from design to installation – offering the project a reliable one stop shop.
When the service opens, Crossrail trains will travel from Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east via new twin tunnels underneath central London. It will connect Heathrow Airport, the West End, the City of London and Canary Wharf. Crossrail will make travelling in the region easier and quicker. It will decrease over crowding on London’s transport network, by working with mainline-size trains transporting more than 1500 people in each train during busy periods. It is projected that Crossrail will increase London’s rail transport system by more than ten per cent.
Stocksigns has been responsible for providing signage to numerous stations since the start of the Public Private Partnership to upgrade the Tube network in 1999. Stocksigns has a sustained history of providing signage to London Underground dating back to the 1940s. As a long-established manufacturer and contractor to Transport for London (TfL), London Buses and London Underground, Stocksigns has been supplying a wide range of sign products including: road traffic, safety and health, and passenger information signs, using a broad range of materials including specialist vitreous enamel, illuminated and LED displays. Stocksigns has been providing quality signage to TfL for in excess of 75 years, contributing to the iconic looks of London as a whole, reinforcing a consistent familiarity, trustworthiness of our services, longevity and pride in London.
Links Signs concentrate on the specialist installation of signage and poster frames across the TfL estate. They have been carrying out installations for over twenty years for LUL and have keen highly trained work crews. Their success comes from first-class back-up through office and site-based project managers.
Crossrail Signs will provide a complete process of survey, design, manufacture and installation ensuring a consistent approach in the delivery of signs for the public transport sector.
“Links Signs and Stocksigns have a strong background of working successfully together in the rail industry over the years, so the opportunity to collaborate under the banner of Crossrail Signs was a natural progression….”
Mr. Tony Kidby, managing director Links Signs
Crossrail Signs is offering a single source, fully managed design, manufacture and installation service where quality of service and product is assured throughout every part. Crossrail Signs is offering a single source, fully managed design, manufacture and installation service where quality of product and service is assured throughout every stage.
The 30,000sq ft manufacturing premises offers a full range of production capabilities including specialist sheet metal forming equipment.
Production of the highly specialised vitreous enamel signs is undertaken on site at Redhill in Surrey, just 20 miles from Central London. Recent investment in a sophisticated energy management scheme allows the company to maximise its cost efficiency whilst reducing the environmental impact.
Crossrail Signs was formed to help pool resources and expertise to gain economies of scale and a well rounded capability base, which could then be utilised by the project contractors. Stocksigns is the only UK company to both manufacture and install vitreous enamel signage and Links Signs has specialist installation experience and so are the complete partnership to provide signs for the Crossrail project.
Crossrail Signs are positioned to be able to help architects and designers at an early stage to avoid design concerns further down the line. Their comprehensive experience in the industry enables them to be ‘up to speed’ at a very early stage in the project, already briefed in the correct protocol and aware of potential problems that may be encountered during projects of this scale. This very early participation means that Crossrail Signs can work with designers and TfL to develop and refine the product whilst keeping the brand image.
In a recent press release issued by TfL, following the announcement of the Government’s decision to protect the Crossrail programme from reduction in scope or funding, Terry Morgan, chairman for the Crossrail project, said “Crossrail will persevere in delivering value for money and we continue to find the most cost-effective solutions to deliver this world-class affordable railway.”
The Crossrail scheme will benefit from the working together of Stocksigns and Links Signs. “By combining the expertise of both Stocksigns and Links Signs this will provide a cost-effective ‘one-stop-shop’ solution to the Crossrail scheme,” said Mr. Bruce Main, managing director of Stocksigns.
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