Thu, 26 March, 2026
London Underground Workshop have gained not one, but two certifications with TWI Certification Ltd (TWI Cert)!
Working within the TFL Network, with their main base at Acton Works, London Underground Workshops are currently carrying out TFL’s largest in-house project – Central Line Improvement Project (CLIP), with welding repairs being one of the scopes. They also have a roaming welding team covering various depots around the London Underground Network, supporting numerous fleets for Weld repairs and offering support to the Central Engineering team.
With rail being such a highly regulated industry, competence and compliance with industry standards are of the highest importance, creating the basis for London Underground Workshop’s decision to evidence their competence and compliance through gaining certification.
The first of these certifications is the Certification for Welding of Railway Vehicles and Components (CWRVC) in accordance with EN 15085-2 CL1. This scheme demonstrates a manufacturer’s competence for control of welding quality in the production of railway vehicles and components. It is an in-depth, authoritative evaluation of a manufacturer’s capability, conducted by independent experts, while maintaining a consistent assessment and uniformity of data and information presentation.
The second is the Welding Fabricator Certification Scheme (WFCS) in accordance with ISO 3834-2. Accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditations Service (UKAS), this scheme provides independent certification of a company’s welding and fabricating capabilities, and compliance with European and International standards. In the rail sector, WFCS certification provides assured compliance with both the Network Rail Track Engineering Maintenance Audit Checklist Q17, and the welding capability and personnel competence requirements of the RISQS Audit.
Kristian Thomas, Senior Manufacturing Engineer – RWC, received the certificates on behalf of London Underground Workshops at a presentation by Emma Freckingham, Head of Company Certification at TWI Cert, held at TWI Cert’s head office in Cambridge, UK.
After serving a modern apprenticeship in welding and fabrication and gaining years of welding experience, Kristian decided to move into welding inspection and gained CSWIP Welding Inspector Certification with TWI Cert. Combining his personal certification experience with TWI Cert, along with his membership experience with The Welding Institute and London Underground Workshops long history with The Welding Institute group of companies, choosing TWI Cert as their certification provider was an easy decision.
Looking forwards, London Underground plan to build upon these certifications, adding more locations around the network to the certificates to better support the larger TFL network.
- If you would like to find out more about certification in accordance with ISO 3834 and EN 15085, head to the dedicated pages on our website: https://www.twicertification.com/certifications#/
- If you would like to enquire about gaining certification in accordance with ISO 3834 and/or EN 15085, contact company@twicertification.com and one of our Certification Officers will be happy to support you.