Metal spinning for Paddington Station

Winward Engineering were approached with a lighting project that was to be used in Paddington Station, on the Elizabeth line, London's newest train line built between 2009-2022. The customer leveraged Winward's extensive stock tooling to produce the components without the upfront lead time and tooling cost. Thanks to this and Winward's various in-house services, we managed to get a complete prototype in the customers hands within 10 days of recieving the order. 

 

By being slightly flexible with the drawing, our customer gifted themselves more time for the final assembly, ensuring they can meet critical deadlines. They also improved their margin by avoiding the tooling costs and leveraging our continual investment in metal spinning tooling. 

Winward Engineering could complete the entire job in-house, using our own flat-bed cutting and metal spinning services, along with our own stock tooling. Due to these factors, we could provide a very competitive price and managed to get a full prototype in the customers hands within 10 days of receiving the order. 

On May 17th 2022, Queen Elizabeth II made a suprise visit to Paddington Station to see the completed Elizabeth line. The Queen was joined by her youngest son, Prince Edward, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.