Vital Rail Security News

Vital Rail Security has been awarded Approved Contractor status by the Security Industry Authority

The SIA Approved Contractor scheme requires applicant companies to complete a stringent auditing process The SIA Approved Contractor scheme requires applicant companies to complete a stringent auditing process (both internal and external) which allows the SIA to measure compliance against the relevant British Standards. The audit process is quite intensive and makes stringent demands on applicants who must demonstrate exceptional rigour when implementing procedural and operati...

Vital Rail Security protects Network Rail's Thames Valley Area from metal theft

VRS is working with Network Rail and British Transport Police (BTP) to secure this 45-mile routeCable theft is endemic worldwide within transport infrastructure due to soaring copper prices, and the London Assembly has recently called for cash payments for scrap metal to be outlawed. In August 2010, a single incident of line-side cable theft on the Great Western main line near Reading (within the Thames Valley Area) caused 8,000 delay minutes to passengers and cost the industry around £1....