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Highlights from the RIA Annual Conference 2018

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…

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Porterbook and University of Birmingham sign partnership to develop HydroFlex- the UK’s first hydrogen train

Porterbrook has entered into an MoU with the University of Birmingham’s Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (‘BCRRE’) to create HydroFlex – the UK’s first hydrogen powered train. The…

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UKRRIN CEDS Hosts Rail Data Challenge Workshop

Innovators, academic research teams and SMEs came together at the University of Birmingham this week for the UKRRIN Rail Data Challenge Workshop. The event was hosted by the UKRRIN Centre…

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Breaking ground at the University of Birmingham’s new School of Engineering

The University of Birmingham, in partnership with Willmott Dixon, have celebrated the start of development of a new School of Engineering building. The ground breaking ceremony of the building, designed…

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Call for Papers: 15th Railway Engineering Conference July 2019

3-4 July 2019, Radisson Blu Hotel Edinburgh, Scotland, UK The Railway Engineering Conference is a bi-annual event showcasing railway engineering advances from the international rail community. The conferences cover topics…

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RSSB funds 5 projects to improve Network Performance – following the Launch of the ‘Data Sandbox’

The rail industry has a national target to deliver a Public Performance Measure (PPM) of 92.5% by March 2019.  In areas where lines are most congested, punctuality has been declining…

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