The UK Rail Research Innovation Network (UKRRIN) Data Platform has been launched by the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) that will create the largest single source of data, both historic and real-time, covering railway operations in the UK and internationally. This will provide researchers and innovators with a significant new opportunity to develop digital solutions that […]
The University of Birmingham and Siemens Mobility Limited have announced a new, academic framework research collaboration, deepening the relationship between the two organisations. This collaboration will allow the University of Birmingham and Siemens Mobility to advance the industrial application of fundamental academic research, whilst furthering the University’s R&D capabilities. The first stage of this collaboration will […]
Researchers and engineers at IRR at the University of Huddersfield whose mission is to future-proof the rail network by making innovations in track, rolling stock and safety has won one of the most coveted honours in Higher Education, awarded after scrutiny by the Prime Minister and approval from Her Majesty The Queen. At a special […]
The UK Government last week gave the go-ahead to the HS2 project which will provide high speed links between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. We recently published a blog series looking at the opportunities HS2 will provide, and highlighting from a research perspective, the work being carried out by UKRRIN members helping to ensure the […]
The University of Huddersfield together with Politecnico Milano (POLIMI) will be holding the 2020 Rolling Stock Summer School in Lecco, Italy from the 31st of August to the 4th of September 2020. We would like to invite students starting a PhD in the area of railway engineering or engineers beginning a career in this field […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Following on from the insightful opinion piece from RIA Chief Executive Darren Caplan on HS2 which you can read here. We are diving into some of the more technical challenges facing high speed rolling stock, with an exploration of the impact of high speed travel on the pantograph-OLE interface from Dr. Pedro Antunes and Prof. João […]
As we all get ready to vote in the election today, we’re taking an opportunity to step back from the furore of the election rhetoric and focus on one of the preeminent high speed projects in the UK, HS2. It would be impossible to discuss high speed rail, without exploring this ambitious high speed project. […]