TRANSPORT

Building the future of connected rail networks.

Plowman Craven helps rail operators, contractors, and infrastructure owners deliver safe, sustainable, and digitally enabled railways.

Data intelligence for rail networks.

From high-speed corridors to metro networks and heritage lines, our measurement, monitoring, and digital expertise enable clients to plan, build, and maintain rail infrastructure with confidence, reducing risk, minimising disruption, and ensuring long-term resilience.

We deliver trusted spatial data and digital insight that help clients manage complex rail assets and programmes with confidence. Our integrated surveying, monitoring, and modelling services support the full rail lifecycle, from early design and construction through to asset management and maintenance.

Surveying & Digital Modelling

Subsurface Mapping & Investigation

Digital Consulting

Structural Monitoring & Engineering

Environmental Monitoring

Remote & Aerial Inspection

Asset Integrity & Condition

Connecting rail data with Easl.

One trusted platform for collaboration and compliance

Easl securely connects survey, inspection, and design data across rail projects. It provides a single source of truth for contractors, operators, and asset managers, improving transparency, coordination, and decision-making across long, linear networks.

Data that keeps railways running.

For over 60 years, Plowman Craven has supported the rail sector with precision data and digital innovation. Our expertise helps deliver new high-speed and metro networks, modernise existing assets, and manage ageing infrastructure safely and efficiently.

End-to-end support across planning, design, construction, and maintenance.

Safety-first, non-intrusive methods designed for live rail environments.

Vogel Freedom, our award-winning UAS system, enables high-precision aerial surveys in live environments without requiring track access, reducing risk and minimising disruption.

Rapid, accurate data capture using laser scanning and advanced digital workflows.

Structural and deformation monitoring safeguarding assets during construction and renewal.

Digital twins and BIM-ready models providing assurance and lifecycle insight.

Easl integration connecting verified datasets for collaboration and compliance.

Our rail experience.

Rail Bridge Inspection

The Shard

King’s Cross Central

Our rail insights.

Unlocking Rail Safety and Efficiency with Drones and Photogrammetry

Plowman Craven elevates railway inspection with AI drone technology

Plowman Craven launches next-generation Vogel Freedom UAS survey system for rail

Radical change needed now to cut the volume of materials in construction

Driving innovation across the rail sector.

Discover how our rail specialists combine precision measurement, digital modelling, and advanced monitoring to improve safety, minimise disruption, and deliver confident project outcomes and long-term asset performance across the rail network.