Transport
Churchill is hugely experienced in the rail, subway, bus and wider transportation sector. We provide specialist, technical cleaning services, using the latest technological and material innovations to networks, franchises and other organisations throughout the UK.
Our story
Churchill is the leading cleaning provider in the rail, subway, bus and wider transportation sector. Our crews operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week across the length and breadth of the country.
We have an acute understanding of all the challenges and difficulties associated with working in safety-critical, logistically demanding and public-facing environments. We provide multi-faceted cleaning operations such as fleet, station/depot, turnaround, in-transit, overnight, deep and heavy cleaning as well as all other associated internal/external cleaning services.
- Our division has more than 850 employees
- We work at 150 sites around the UK
- In an average month, our cleaning teams will work more than 60,000 hours collectively
What makes us the foremost service partner in the UK?
- We place safety and compliance at the heart of our cleaning services
- We look further than the day to day to continuously challenge our methods, products, supply partners, environmental impact, and wellbeing programmes
- We understand the essential links transport services provide to local communities which is why we seek to employ locally, from diverse backgrounds, and develop our talent from within creating future resilience in those communities
- We tune in to the unique needs of transport environments to become extra eyes and ears for our clients
- We are employee owned which means every employee benefits from the future success of our business
- By using technology to enhance how we do things; from data collection and insight reporting to intelligent training compliance and the most effective training methods
Port of Dover – case study
Situated in south-east England, the Port of Dover enables the movement of people and the exchange of trade, and is Europe’s busiest international ferry ports. It handles 33 per cent of all trade with the European Union and is a key gateway for international tourists, handling 1.3 million tourist vehicles and over 6 million passengers every year.
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) – case study
Formed in 2006, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is the largest of Scotland’s seven regional transport partnerships. It operates the Glasgow Subway as well as specialist bus services and is responsible for delivering better public transport for all. The Glasgow Subway carries 13 million passengers each year with 35,000 passengers using the Subway every day.
Our transport services
Turnaround cleaning
Graffiti cleaning
Exterior train cleaning
Pest control
Berth cleaning
PHC (periodic heavy cleans)
Fatality cleaning
Driver’s cab and high touch point sanitisation
Application of zoono microb shield
Mobile cleaning
Chemical effluent tanking and water tanking tasks
Under-frame cleaning
DeliVR
As transport is one of our most significant cleaning sectors, it was the perfect space to showcase the benefits that could be realised by investing in our newest form of training.
Instead of relying on operatives reading manuals, we introduced virtual reality training. We simulated our train cleaning operations, specifically ‘rolling stock’ when a train is in a turnaround clean. Scenarios involve collecting rubbish, re-stocking washrooms and cleaning spillages when a train is at the end of its route.
The VR programme gives operatives an insight into what a day on the job looks like by allowing them to virtually walk through the train carriages, spotting rubbish and spillages, and restocking consumables. This gives a feel for the on-the-job tasks that the industry cannot replicate in typical training settings. Users get scores and feedback immediately after a session which can be logged and discussed with their supervisors.
We call our training programme DeliVR and its innovative use of the latest virtual reality hardware and software has won us an IWFM Impact Award and seen us shortlisted for an i-FM Technology Award.
John Souter – NEXUS
Christine Smith – GTR
