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PRESS RELEASE: UKRRIN Launches Call for New Centres of Excellence

UKRRIN launches call for new Centres of Excellence   12 February 2021: The UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN), the £92 million partnership between academia and industry, has opened…

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New UKRRIN Centres of Excellence: Request for expressions of interest

To enhance capabilities and make the network more responsive to industry needs, UKRRIN members are keen to seek out expressions of interests from academic institutions to become official members of…

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World Congress on Railway Research: Call for Papers

  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…

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Unlocking the Railway of the Future

Dr Sam Bemment, Technical & Innovation Manager, Railway Industry Association Assisting our members and, by extension, the wider industry to innovate has long been a core activity of the Railway…

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Cost Efficient Electrification: The railway industry continues to meet the cost challenge of electrification through research

Research by the University of Sheffield, Furrer+Frey and Network Rail is helping to embed cost efficient electrification in the UK’s rail network. After four years, two PhDs have been completed…

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British Steel enhancing rail products in R&D partnership with University of Sheffield

PRESS RELEASE: British Steel is enhancing its range of world-class rail products and services by embarking on a multi-million-pound research and development (R&D) programme with engineers from the University of…

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