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University of Birmingham Reopens Transient Aerodynamic Investigation (TRAIN) facility with £1.5 million upgrade.
The University of Birmingham’s Transient Aerodynamic Investigation (TRAIN) facility, based in Derby’s Rail Technology Centre (RTC) business park, has reopened following a £1.5 million renovation and upgrade. The TRAIN rig…
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Introducing the UKRRIN Decarbonisation Blog Series
Our second blog series is focussed on this question… “how can we decarbonise the railway?”. In February 2018, Jo Johnson, the then Rail Minister, challenged the rail industry to remove…
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CEDS Centre leads BCRRE launch UKRRIN Data Platform
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…
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University of Birmingham and Siemens Mobility Limited announce new research collaboration
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…
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Institute of Railway Research (IRR) Win Prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize
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…
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UKRRIN welcomes news that HS2 has been given the ‘green-light’
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…
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