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HoldFast's product range includes Emergency And Track Access Points, allowing easy and instant access to track based operations for non rail vehicles,as shown below. These platforms can be installed permanently or temporarily

             
 
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Below are a selection of adverts that HoldFast has placed in a range of magazines so far this year.

 
 
 
 
             
 
 
 
 
             
   
 
 
           
 
 
 
 
             
     
 
             
   
 
 
             
 
 
 
 
             
 
 
 
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HoldFast have recently been awarded the Green Apple Gold Award in the Transport, Freight and Highways category. The Green Apple Awards are one of the major award schemes recognising and rewarding environmental endeavour in this sector around the world.
             
 
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The following are a selection of HoldFast's adverts placed in 2006, including an advert for HoldFast's new SafeRoute system and the HoldFast Rubber Highway. For further information about the SafeRoute, please click here or about the HoldFast Rubber Highway, please click here.
             
 
 
 
 
             
   
   
             
   
   
             
   
     
             
             

HoldFast always puts level crossing safety first. We have created a safety stamp that will be appearing on all our advertising to remind the rail industry to put 'Safety First'  at level crossings.
             
   
     
             
             

HoldFast were delighted to have supplied all the footpath crossings and works platforms and all the adjustable rail clips for the service lines at the new Siemens train maintenance depot at Kings Heath, Northampton - another significant stage in modernising the West Coast Main Line and providing sustainable, reliable rail services.

             
   
   
             
 
 
 
 
             
             

Below are a selection of last year's HoldFast's Advertisements. Due to their content these pictures are larger than other gallery images and may take a short while to load. Please be patient.
             
   
   
             
   
   
             
   
   
             
   
   
             
   
   
             
   
   
             
             

Below is one of HoldFast's green footpath crossings and photographs from a recent pedestrian crossing installation.

             
 
 
 
 
             
 
 
 
 
             
             

Below are a selection of photographs from a recent installation at Allington. HoldFast's Anti-Trespass & Cattle Guards were installed in replacement of worn out and ineffective timber guards.
       
     
     
       
             
   
     
             
             

HoldFast's Safety Campaigns. Peter Coates-Smith, Managing Director of HoldFast Level Crossings Limited, is passionate about improving safety at level crossings. The pictures below highlight problems, solutions and campaigns to improve safety on level crossings that HoldFast have been involved with.
             
   
   
             
       
             
             

April 2005: These pictures show a recent HoldFast Heavy Duty Highway Crossing installation near Bicester. HoldFast was chosen because it is a safety critical situation. Such is the heavy and constant road traffic, the previous crossing was breaking up and becoming a safety hazard after five years. HoldFast's full depth rubber panels are designed and manufactured to survive the force and wear of heavy road traffic without peeling or gapping.

A green HoldFast Pedestrian Crossing was installed adjacent to the highway crossing.

             
       
             
   
   
             
             

March 2005: Metronet Train Cleaning Depot at Stonebridge Park, North London. HoldFast have worked with Metronet to improve staff safety, efficiency, and the working environment at one of London's leading underground train cleaning depots. 'The HoldFast surface has proved to be the perfect surface and has enabled a series of productivity improvements. It has even lifted staff morale,' claims David Brabham, Fleet Manager. Full story to follow.


     
             
         
             
 
 
     
             


MARCH 2005 : HoldFast Lifting Pin; Our long panels reduce crossing joints (the weakest point of a crossing) and improve platform stability. Now installation is made easier with the tested and certified HoldFast Lifting Pin. Simply insert the rods in to the panel, lift and lower the panel into place. The rod positions ensure the panels tip down towards the rail for easy final positioning. It is available in two types: one for standard crossing panels and one for Track Access Panels which feature a slotted hole.


     
             
   
     
             


MARCH 2005 : Tubelines, responsible for the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines on the London Underground has just completed successful trials of the HoldFast Track Access Points (depicted below), with the aim of installing many more in the near future. A growing number of metro networks are also now following the "trend" by investing in HoldFast TAPs to enable fast track repair and maintenance and reduce line closure times.



     
             
           
             


FEBRUARY 2005 : Newcastle Metro visit, showing two further concrete crossings to be replaced by HoldFast crossings in March 2005, following the successful installation of 12 HoldFast crossings last year. Also featured is the Metro's tamper - easy removal and replacement of HoldFast panels is another reason why Sid Lewis, Maintenance Engineer - Permanent Way (depicted) believes HoldFast provide the best crossing solution.


     
             
       
             
       
             


NOVEMBER 2004: Multiple Emergency & Track Access Panel Installations for Four Lane Ends on the Newcastle Metro (NEXUS)

       
             
       
             
       
 

 

2003 - 2004: A variety of images representing the HoldFast range including installations at The Severn Tunnel, Horton Road & Wainsfleet

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Awards won by HoldFast include the Rail Supplier of the Year category of the HSBC Rail Business Awards 2003 and highly recommended in the Rail Infrastructure Excellence category. HoldFast was chosen out many companies to win the prestigious Queen's Award for Innovation 2002. HoldFast was also selected as Rail Supplier of the Year at the Network Rail Environment Awards 2002.