The Railway Engineering Company

TRE was founded in June 2000 by three leading engineering talents from the railway signalling world. The company is now part of the Strainstall Group, a subsidiary of James Fisher plc.

Rob Butler, Managing Director

Rob Butler joined The Railway Engineering Company in April 2007 and was appointed Managing Director in April 2008. He was previously Director of Operations for Wallop Defence Systems Ltd. He also attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and served seven years as an Army Officer within the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

Harry Ryland, Director

Harry Ryland is well known throughout the rail industry as a technical expert in the design of railway signalling systems (such as SSI and IECC). Prior to the setting up of TRE Harry was Head of Research at Westinghouse Rail Systems. He has been heavily involved in a number of UK and European standardisation initiatives.

Mark Tremlett, Director

Mark Tremlett has a wide experience of the development of software systems for railway signalling application and has played a leading role in the production of advanced configuration systems for a number of interlocking and control centre products.

Tim Salter, Sales and Marketing Director

Tim has worked in the rail industry since 1999 following periods in the power generation and civil aviation markets. Initially trained via a technical apprenticeship with the aircraft group Cobham Plc, he simultaneously studied Electronics to HND level. His rail industry experience includes working for companies involved in the remote monitoring of both relay and SSI interlockings, sensors for providing advance warning of ofÝpoints failure and also health monitoring of bridges and the wheel-rail interface.

Jill Greenwood, HR & Quality Systems Manager

Quality of delivery and customer satisfaction is a crucial issue for TRE. We believe that understanding customer needs and constantly reviewing them is a vital ingredient in the success of TRE. Jill Greenwood is responsible for developing and maintaining the processes, personnel and administration systems that ensure that we delight our customers.

TRE has grown since its inception in June 2000 to a staffing level of over 30. Our highly skilled team has been developed steadily to provide exceptional service to the markets that we serve. They are ready to use our skills to serve the rail industry.

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“TRE are very rare in the rail industry. They deal to time, on budget and to specification – without a great degree of effort from the client.”

Steve Knight, Area Operations Manager (Wessex), Network Rail