World Congress on Railway Research: Call for Papers

World Congress on Railway Research: Call for Papers

03rd February 2021

  The 13th World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR) is coming to the United Kingdom, proudly hosted by RSSB and the University of Birmingham.   The WCRR Organising Committee is now inviting the submission of abstracts for presentations at the 2022 Congress in line with the theme: Reshaping our railways post-pandemic: Research with an impact […]

UK’s first hydrogen train takes to the mainline marking major step towards decarbonising Britain’s railways

08th October 2020

The first ever hydrogen powered train has run on the UK mainline as part of a project being delivered in partnership with the University of Birmingham – signalling a major step forward towards the UK’s net zero targets. The trials of the train, known as HydroFLEX , which have been supported with a £750,000 grant from the […]

UKRRIN at Unlocking Innovation: Digital Railway – The Future Webinar Series

05th July 2020

UKRRIN are one of the strategic partners of the Railway Industry Association’s highly renowned Unlocking Innovation programme. The Programme aims to creating a platform for cross industry collaboration with an emphasis on the creation and showcasing of new ideas, through a series of events. On the week commencing 29 July, the Unlocking Innovation programme with […]

UKRRIN Covid-19 Update

25th March 2020

On 16 March, the Prime Minister, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Officer held a press conference to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The Prime Minister asked for people to work from home, avoid unnecessary travel and social gatherings, especially in the London area. This was reinforced in his statement on 23 March which introduced stricter […]

RIA on ‘Decarbonising our railways’: UKRRIN Decarbonisation Blog

18th March 2020

Decarbonising our railways – where are we and what do we need to do next? David Clarke, Technical Director, Railway Industry Association Climate change increasingly dominates our news agenda – and for the rail industry, there is much discussion about how we best decarbonise the network. So what’s the current state of play for the […]

Siemens Mobility reveal plan for rail industry innovation centre

10th January 2020

Planning application submitted for facility in Goole, East Yorkshire Research and development hub will complement £200m Siemens Mobility rail manufacturing facility Plans have been revealed for a leading centre for research, development and innovation for the UK rail industry in Goole, East Yorkshire. A planning application for the innovation hub has been submitted to East […]

UKRRIN High Speed Blog – Recent and current research in high speed railway infrastructure – part 2

23rd December 2019

Following on from the  exploration of the impact of high speed travel on the pantograph-OLE interface from Dr. Pedro Antunes and Prof. João Pombo of The Institute of Railway Research, University of Huddersfield Centre of Excellence in Rolling Stock leads which you can read here.  Centre of Excellence in Infrastructure leads University of Southampton will […]

UKRRIN High Speed Blog – Recent and current research in high speed railway infrastructure – part 1

19th December 2019

Following on from the  exploration of the impact of high speed travel on the pantograph-OLE interface from Dr. Pedro Antunes and Prof. João Pombo of The Institute of Railway Research, University of Huddersfield Centre of Excellence in Rolling Stock leads which you can read here. Next Centre of Excellence in Infrastructure leads University of Southampton will […]

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