On Monday 8 April, Nicky Morgan, MP for Loughborough, visited Loughborough University as part of the Railway Industry Association (RIA) 2019 Fellowship Programme. Nicky Morgan, Chair of the Treasury Select Committee and former Secretary of State for Education, spent the morning at Loughborough University learning about Repoint – innovative track switching technology that uses multi-channel […]
We held the second in our joint lecture series with the Railway Engineers Forum (REF) this week, with an event hosted by BCRRE and the UKRRIN Centre of Excellence in Digital Systems (CEDS). The CEDS aims to meet the current and future demands of the GB rail industry for research and innovation in new areas, […]
The 11th edition of the RIA Innovation Conference took place at the Telford International Conference Centre On the 19th and 20th of March 2019. Centred around the theme ‘ M. A. D. E. in Britain‘ the event built on RIA’s focus on ‘Growing rail in uncertain times’, M.A.D.E stands for Materials, Automation, Data and Energy all key areas […]
The 2019 edition of RIA’s Innovation Conference is fast approaching. With less than a month to go, we wanted to give you a sneak peek of what you can expect to see and hear about from a UKRRIN perspective at the conference. Taking place at the Telford International Centre, the 11th RIA Innovation Conference carries […]
Brunel University, in partnership with TBG Solutions and funded by DfT/InnovateUK, have built a lab robot demonstrator for servicing the fluids (CET, wheel sand, fuel etc.) on passenger rail vehicles in order to meet increased passenger demands forecast for the rail industry. This project was initiated by an RSSB-funded technical and economic feasibility study. The […]
On Tuesday 29th January the first in a series of lectures, organised by UKRRIN and Railway Engineers Forum (REF) took place at the Institute of Railway Research (IRR) based at Huddersfield University. Professor Simon Iwnicki Director of the Institute of Railway Research said of the day “I was delighted that we had over 100 delegates […]
RSSB are putting out a call to all Data scientists, Machine Learning (ML) suppliers and AI experts. There is a short survey (about 10 minutes) in which you can tell RSSB about the ML products you’re selling or developing, and where you think ML will take the railways next. When it comes to Machine Learning […]
Porterbrook has joined the UK Railway Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN). UKRRIN is a unique organisation that promotes closer collaboration between industry and academia. Porterbrook’s membership of UKRRIN, which was announced today at the organisation’s Annual Conference, builds on the company’s existing links with the University of Birmingham. Today’s Annual Conference is a first for […]
The UK Railway Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN) is celebrating its first annual conference today (Tuesday 13 November) and will announce the latest member to become part of its exclusive network. The conference will see over 200 academic and industry representatives come together to discuss and showcase partnerships to increase innovation, help bring products to […]
The team at UKRRIN were delighted to have a presence at the RIA Annual Conference on 22 October 2018. Held at the historic Landmark hotel (which has a long and illustrious rail history as one of London’s Victorian era railway hotels, The Hotel Great Central which was envisioned by Sir Edward Watkin and created by […]
