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More than a new coat of paint

A full repaint takes 300 hours per railcar and starts fading by year five. Film goes on in two days, shrugs off spray paint, and still looks new at year seven.

Anti-graffiti film for rolling stock — applied in your depot, or specified straight from the factory on new builds.

What the switch from paint to film actually saves

  • 65 %

    Lower cost per set

    Measured across blasting, grinding, filling and the related surface work.

  • 85 %

    Less surface time

    Three hundred hours of repainting against two days of prep and film.

  • 15,000

    Saved per railcar

    Labour alone — before the days that car is back in service.

  • 8 yr

    Warranty on the film

    Against three years for paint — and it outlives the warranty comfortably.

Tagged on Friday.
Back in service on Saturday.

Film gives spray paint nothing to sink into. It lifts off with standard cleaning products, and the livery underneath is never touched.

A rail vehicle in clean livery at dusk
The same vehicle covered in graffiti
Before After
  • 20 m² cleaned per hour, five times faster than paint

    One hour on film clears 20 m²; the same hour on paint only manages 4 m², with the same crew and products.

  • 60% faster graffiti removal with standard cleaners

    Film washes up to twice as fast, with no risk of damaging the surface underneath during cleaning.

  • 50% less vandalism once more of the fleet is wrapped

    15,100 m² removed in 2023, down to 8,100 m² in 2024, and under 3,000 m² by mid-2025 as coverage grew.

Beyond protective film
Everything the vehicle needs

Film is where most projects start, and rarely where they end. We take on everything that touches the outside of a vehicle.

Film being worked flat across a workbench

Anti-graffiti film for the whole vehicle

Full-body wrap in horizontal printed strips, applied bottom edge upward with minimal seams. Around 100 m² per vehicle, under an eight-year warranty.

A weathered, stained vehicle surface before treatment

Surface preparation before anything goes on

Handrails and fittings come off. Uneven areas are sanded and filled, surfaces degreased and cleaned, then everything is refitted.

Vehicle interior with a coloured window surround

Design and print, inside and out

Custom colours and digital printing across the exterior and the interior — a new livery, a standardised fleet, or a straight refresh.

A railcar covered end to end in a graffiti piece

Anti-graffiti coating where film cannot reach

For the surfaces a wrap cannot cover. Suitable for effectively any substrate, and it takes the same cleaning regime as the film.

A train window scratched and etched with tags

Glass panel repair instead of replacement

Scratched and etched windows are restored in place, so damaged glass does not have to be pulled out and replaced.

A tagged railcar in the depot at night

Cleaning and removal programmes

Scheduled cleaning, graffiti removal and technical markings kept current for the life of the wrap — at 20 m² an hour rather than four.

A technical drawing of a railcar with a pen resting on it

Consultancy and project management

Concept and design, procurement, pre-production and the schedule itself. One point of contact from the first drawing to the last car back in service.

Questions

Short answers on film, depot work, and what happens after a tag.

Most railcars are prepped and wrapped in about two days in the depot — against roughly 300 hours for a full repaint.

Yes. We work in your facility, or the film can be specified on new builds straight from the factory.

Spray paint sits on the film, not in the paint. It lifts with standard cleaners — typically around 20 m² an hour.

Eight years on the film. Paint warranties are usually closer to three, and the wrap outlives that comfortably.

The wrap covers the body. Glass etching we restore in place; areas film cannot reach get an anti-graffiti coating.

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