Forbo Floorings

Forbo Flooring Systems offers a truly comprehensive, compliant and sustainable floor covering product offering for the global rail sector. Whether you are sourcing floor coverings for high speed, intercity, regional, light rail, trams or metro vehicles, we can provide you with an exceptional range of products and services.

The widest portfolio of floor coverings for rail vehicles, including entrance systems, resilient floor coverings and broadloom carpets: Coral FR, Marmoleum FR2, Flotex Vision FR, Coral Move Vision FR, Tessera FR. All floor coverings are certified to EN 45545-2 with a minimum rating of HL2.

Coral FR textile entrance systems, can stop up to 95 per cent of walked-in dirt and moisture and prolong the life of your rail vehicle interior floor coverings and finishes, as well as greatly reducing cleaning costs and the risk of slipping.

Marmoleum FR² is a linoleum floor coverings made from natural materials. Floor coverings associated with sustainability, durability, high quality and innovative design. Created using a high percentage of natural raw materials, with renewable and recycled content, offering a sustainable solution to rail interior design. Both have been independently confirmed as a climate positive floor coverings in the cradle to gate phase of the product’s life cycle, without the need for offsetting.

Flotex Vision FR is one of the world’s most hygienic textile floor coverings available on the market. A flocked floor covering that combines the cleaning properties and durability of a resilient with the comfort, slip resistance and acoustic properties usually associated with textiles. In addition, it is a textile floor covering that can be digitally printed, allowing for great design freedom.

Coral Move Vision FR is an exceptionally versatile, premium cut pile carpet solution offering extensive design possibilities. Manufactured from 100% regenerated Econyl yarn, that offers the aesthetic styling, durability and lost lasting appearance retention required for heavily trafficked carriage interiors. The carpet pile density also delivers slip resistance and outstanding acoustic properties.

Tessera FR tufted carpets are widely recognized for their exquisite aesthetic design and exceptional performance, making them an ideal choice for high-traffic environments. They provide a robust and long-lasting floor covering solution for rail vehicle interiors.

The installation of these carpets not only introduces a touch of warmth and comfort but also delivers notable acoustic benefits, fostering a more inviting and cosier atmosphere.

Forbo Flooring offers custom colourisation and bespoke design options across the portfolio. So if you are looking for ideas, re-coloration of existing designs in our current collections or help with the development of a totally custom design that will work perfectly with your rail interior design scheme, then talk to us as we can guide you through the whole process.

Forbo Flooring also offers a cut to shape and size service, whether it is a complete rail floorcovering carriage layout or the addition of logos and signage, the possibilities are endless. From an initial concept, detailed drawing, or computer file, the design team will prepare a flooring design that is transferred electronically to the cutting machines. These computer-controlled machines represent state-of-the-art cutting technology and produce precision cut items, accurate to a fraction of a millimetre.

Many of our floor coverings for rail applications can now also be offered with different backing options (Pro-Fit, Mag-Fit, Stick-Fit) to ensure that the installation process is as quick and straight forward as possible. Specially designed to improve efficiencies in time, cost and operation.

Forbo Flooring Systems is part of the Forbo Group which is headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, and its shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.