Arup

Founded by engineer and philosopher Sir Ove Arup, Arup is committed to developing truly sustainable communities, cities, and infrastructure. Its values were laid out by Sir Ove in 1970:

• Total architecture.
• Humane organisation.
• Straight and honourable dealings.
• Social usefulness.
• Reasonable prosperity.

Learn more about the organisation, its values, and its purpose here.

Arup’s team provides support in five key areas:

Design

The company offers end-to-end infrastructure design services, covering everything from routes to architecture and master planning. The goal – to ensure that every project delivers maximum benefits.

Click here to learn more about Arup’s work on the Transpennine Route Upgrade, a programme of railway improvements across the Pennines. 

Deliver 

Arup is a trusted delivery partner, managing major rail programmes decisively and efficiently, and helping clients to mobilise their teams.

Explore its key role in the Elizabeth Line, London’s suburban metro system expanding capacity on the capital’s busy rail network by 10% here. 

Integrate

Integrating legacy systems with new data and technologies, Arup helps clients to operate more efficiently.

Learn more about its work on the Great Western Intercity Express Programme here.

Unlock

Arup’s specialists identify the maximum potential value in projects and sites, benefitting a range of stakeholders.

Read here more about its work with Luton Rising in developing Luton DART, a pioneering fully-automated people mover to London Luton Airport.

Optimise

Working closely with owners and operators, the Arup team develops whole-life asset management strategies that optimise performance and value.

Learn about its data management work for Network Rail.

Its team works across every mode of rail, including commuter and main lines, high speed and intercity rail, metros, light rail and urban transit, transit-oriented development and rail corridors and stations and depots.

From machine learning to data analytics, digital technology is transforming the rail industry. Arup helps clients to tap into the benefits these innovations bring, pinpointing their vision and developing a strategy.

Asset management: developing strategies that lead to sound management, higher returns and greater flexibility from the assets an organisation depends on.

Civil engineering: planning, building, integrating and maintaining a wide variety of infrastructure for cities, countries and communities.

Climate change risk, resilience and adaptation: ensuring organisations and communities understand vulnerabilities and can become resilient to relevant threats. 

Rail infrastructure design: developing rail engineering and design solutions that are cost-effective, efficient, sustainable and delivered safely in high-risk environments.

Rail scheme development, case making and funding: evaluating the need for vital rail infrastructure and services and assessing proposed schemes through the wider social, economic and environmental opportunities they can offer.

Rail systems and technologies: helping client plan, deliver and operate safe, reliable railways. 

Transport architecture: developing high-performance and enduring designs that reflect the needs of each location and context.

Transport consulting: delivering integrated design outcomes for cities in a way that also unlocks and enables wider social and economic objectives.

Tunnel design: designing complex tunnel schemes which align with both climate and cost imperatives, and reduce the resources and materials used.

Find out more about its range of rail services.