Efficient rail welding is the backbone of safety, reliability, and smooth operation of your rail network. Our rail welding services bring over a century of aluminothermic and arc welding expertise directly to your track, backed by trained, certified teams using equipment engineered by the same company that builds it.
Every rail welding procedure is vital. A weld that's slightly out of tolerance can shorten the life of the rail, create a rough ride, or become a safety risk long before it's due for renewal. And no two jobs look the same: mainline track, yards, sidings, and crane rail welding all bring their own access constraints, environmental conditions, and repair requirements.
Possession windows are often short, so welds need to be completed to the same standard whether the crew has a full shift or just a few hours overnight. Rail types, gauges, and repair scenarios vary from network to network, and even from one section of track to the next. Expert rail welding services come down the people doing the work, as much as the equipment they use. That expertise doesn't stop at the weld itself. Pandrol's teams are just as often asked for advice on the right approach, procedure, or equipment for a specific job.
At Pandrol, we design and manufacture our own welding consumables, molds, and equipment, including the i+weld range, and carry out railroad welding services. That means one team is accountable for the process end-to-end, rather than piecing together products and services from separate railroad welding companies and suppliers.
We have set the standard in aluminothermic welding for more than 100 years, working across 100+ countries and 400+ railroads. That global reach means Pandrol rail welding services teams have already encountered most of the conditions your network can present, from extreme climates to unusual rail profiles.
Every weld is carried out by rail welders trained and certified at Pandrol's training centers, whether the work is a routine repair or a specialist job like crane rail welding. That consistency holds whether it's your own crew on-site or rail welding contractors working on your behalf.
Pandrol brings decades of welding expertise to rail teams worldwide. Through our Pandrol Training Academies, we train welders to use our aluminothermic welding processes, equipment and digital tools with confidence. Our specialists can also support teams directly on track, providing hands-on training, technical guidance and practical assistance to help ensure safe, consistent and high-quality welds.
Practical welder training through Pandrol Training Academies
On-track coaching and technical assistance
Expert guidance on Pandrol welding processes, equipment and digital tools
Did you know?
Pandrol has manufactured so many rail fastenings over its history that if you lined them all up, you would have enough to build a railroad track that stretches all the way from the Earth to the Moon (and we are currently working on the return trip!).