OLE Consultancy
Assured overhead line expertise for reliable rail electrification
Softech Rail provides specialist OLE Consultancy services that support the planning, design, assurance and integration of overhead line equipment within modern rail systems. We help clients make informed, standards-compliant decisions that ensure electrification schemes are safe, buildable, and operationally robust.
Our team brings deep understanding of UK OLE infrastructure, from high-speed main lines to constrained urban environments — offering advice that balances safety, constructability and long-term maintainability.
Full Lifecycle Support
Multidisciplinary Alignment
Clearance and Compatibility Specialists
Constructability and Maintenance Focus
Bonding and Safety Compliance Expertise
Trusted Across the UK Network
Our OLE Consultancy
We support infrastructure owners, contractors, and delivery partners at every stage of OLE development — from strategic feasibility and clearance studies to installation assurance and technical approvals. Our consultants bring clarity to complex engineering and regulatory challenges, providing the technical confidence needed to progress through GRIP, PACE or bespoke delivery models.
Working closely with other disciplines — including Civils, E&P, Signalling and Telecoms — we ensure that overhead line systems integrate seamlessly within the wider project environment. Whether advising on route electrification, station clearances, or feeder upgrades, our consultancy is grounded in practical understanding and proven engineering insight.
Supporting Rail-Related Projects
Our consultants are embedded in electrification programmes across a wide range of settings — from rural lines and freight yards to complex junctions and high-demand passenger corridors. We support the early definition of OLE needs, identify interface constraints, and contribute to multidisciplinary engineering coordination.
We also assist with delivery reviews, constructability assessments, and approvals documentation — ensuring that electrification schemes meet technical, operational and regulatory expectations without delay.
Proven Track Record
With extensive experience in rail systems integration, Softech Rail has supported OLE-related works as part of wider infrastructure upgrades, depot developments, and level crossing removals. Our consultancy input ensures electrification design and delivery is strategically aligned with client outcomes — not just technically feasible.
We offer the insight and assurance needed to de-risk OLE investments and achieve programme certainty.
Our Consultancy Expertise Includes:
Feasibility and clearance assessments for new or modified electrification
Option selection and system configuration advice
Route gauging and headroom optimisation
Earthing and bonding strategy development
Compliance guidance to NR/L2/ELP and BS EN 50122 standards
Interdisciplinary interface coordination (OLE–Civils–Signalling)
Maintenance strategy, resilience and asset lifecycle planning
Why Softech Rail?
Softech Rail brings nearly 20 years of multi-disciplinary consultancy experience to electrification programmes across the UK. Our OLE consultants combine technical rigour with real-world knowledge of railway operations, helping clients balance standards compliance, delivery pressures, and long-term performance.
We are known for our structured, collaborative and outcome-focused approach — helping clients electrify with confidence.
Our Rail OLE Projects
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