Railway Material Supply Services

Nationwide Supplier of Serviceable Railway Materials to the UK Rail Industry

At K J Bownes, we specialise in the supply of high-quality, serviceable railway infrastructure materials. With over 65 years of experience, we support rail contractors, depots, infrastructure projects, and heritage railways with reliable delivery of reclaimed and new permanent way components.

Our focus is on ensuring that the right materials are delivered safely, on time, and in line with site requirements, wherever and whenever they are needed.

Delivering Value to the Rail Industry

Serviceable Sleepers
60ft Rails (Bullhead and Flatbottom)
e1809 Pandrol Clips
Hardwood / Softwood Crossing Timbers
Railtrack Up-Lifting
Railtrack Components
Chaired Sleepers
Concrete Serviceable Sleepers (F27,F23,F40,F24,G44)

What We Supply

We offer a wide range of new and serviceable railway materials, carefully inspected and graded , including:

Serviceable & Railway Sleepers

Softwood, hardwood, concrete, and steel sleepers for heritage use

60ft Rail Lengths

Bullhead and flat bottom rail, available drilled or undrilled

Rail Fastenings

e1809 Pandrol clips, rail pads, baseplates, insulators

Crossing Timbers

Hardwood/softwood timbers

Track Fixings

Fishplates, joint bars, bolts, coach screw

Railtrack Components

Chairs, and other fittings

All materials are stored, handled, and prepared to ensure suitability for infrastructure projects across the UK rail network.

Flexible, Reliable Delivery

We operate a FORS-accredited haulage fleet equipped with lorry-mounted cranes, ensuring safe and efficient offloading of rail, sleepers, and materials.

We can accommodate:

Timed deliveries to depots or remote locations

Weekend, night-time, and public holiday drop-offs

Restricted access and Central London compliance

Our logistics team works closely with site managers to meet tight possession windows and avoid disruption to ongoing operations.

Supply Services

K J Bownes & Sons as a company are committed in meeting all our clients’ requirements.

All our staff are fully trained and hold certificates to carry out their duties in personal track safety, Control of Site Safety, Lookout, operating lorry mounted cranes, forklifts, working under the client’s protection against train movements.

We operate under possessions such as days, nights and weekend working; whenever the client’s wishes to recover the line-side scrap materials to ensure safety first. All our plant and machinery is kept up to date and to Network Rail standards.

K J Bownes & Sons, alongside all the directors, combines all these activities with an innovative approach to ensure that standards are maintained and kept at a high and to make sure all projects are carried out with method statements and risk assessments to comply with Health and Safety and environment issues and within the time set out to complete the work contracted.