Recently launched Varamis Rail has created the UK’s first 100% zero-emissions rail logistics operation

The pandemic has seen many of us staying at home, which has resulted in a dramatic increase in demand for online shopping and delivery services of parcels and light goods.

The UK parcels industry is intrinsically connected to a road-based network and a last-mile delivery system that integrates around local operators.

Varamis Rail is taking advantage of existing rail-connected mail facilities built in the 1990s, which are currently not used or under-utilised. This makes use of existing infrastructure and also generates another revenue stream into the railway to supplement the decrease in passenger transport over the last 2 years.

To maintain its green credentials, Varamis Rail has looked to AssessTech for electronic competence management, providing them with a fully paperless approach.

Phil Read

Founder, Varamis Rail

If industry is to meet the UK government target of net-zero emissions by 2050, then ambitious, carbon-free initiatives like Varamis Rail service offering are not just desirable, they are essential. Long-distance road vehicles struggle to handle the volumes that rail can offer and will always be behind the technological curve when it comes to taking carbon out of the economy. Varamis Rail aims to future-proof our economy by being forward-thinking, constantly improving our systems and pursuing all opportunities to reduce the UK’s carbon footprint and take a lead in environmental sustainability. Looking into the future, our business ambition is to be a protagonist in reform, helping the UK achieve its ‘net-zero’ targets by 2050.

Gabriel Stroud

CEO, AssessTech

As a business AssessTech is focused on helping the Government meet its net-zero targets of 2050.  Varamis Rail is a great example of a business radically challenging current thinking and aligns well with AssessTech’s own values.  We have been chipping away at the paper-mountain that has evolved around competence management in the railway over the last 30 years and will continue to do so until everyone in the industry enjoys the benefit of a fully electronic approach.