About ESUK

An engineer’s company, from the tools up.

Electrification Services (UK) is a specialist railway electrification consultancy with a growing digital capability. It was founded by John Riley after more than 25 years in the industry.

Our story

Twenty-five years on the overhead line.

John started on the tools and worked his way up to director. Much of that time was spent on the West Coast Main Line, across overhead line equipment and E&P: maintenance and construction, fault management and incident response, technical assurance and asset management.

He set up ESUK to do two things. The first is to give delivery teams senior engineering support. The second is to turn the slow, manual parts of the job into software, so engineers spend their time on engineering. IsoPlan and CoastPlan are the first two products.

The same standards apply to both. We work from the source record, we write our assumptions down, and the engineer makes the decision.

At a glance
ExperienceMore than 25 years in railway electrification
DisciplinesOverhead line equipment · E&P
WorkConsultancy and digital products
ProductsIsoPlan · CoastPlan
BasedSt Helens, Merseyside
CompanyElectrification Services (UK) Limited, no. 13909502
People

A small, senior team.

You deal with people who have done the work on track.

John Riley

Director · OLE and E&P engineer Railway delivery and technical consultancy

Fiona Riley

Client and delivery coordination Client and delivery coordination
How we work

Plain, traceable, and honest about status.

Source first

Decisions recorded against the source.

We capture decisions against the source record as they are made, and state assumptions rather than imply them.

The engineer decides

Checks built into the work.

Review and sign-off remain part of the client's governed workflow. ESUK makes review status and decision boundaries clear.

Plain English

We say what we mean.

Calm, technical and clear about what is finished and what is not. No overstated claims.

Experience

Where our experience comes from.

Experience spans mainline maintenance, construction, incident response, technical assurance, asset context and project delivery.

Experience is stated as professional background, not as client endorsement.

Night overhead line work on a multi-track mainline, seen from a road-rail vehicle

Talk to the engineer who builds it.

Use the public contact route for products, demonstrations or railway support.

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