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November 4, 2020 | Signalling

University of Birmingham completes new digital rail systems research facility

BRITAIN’s University of Birmingham has announced the completion of work on a new purpose-built research centre for the development of digital rail technologies.

October 27, 2020 | Europe

Shift2Rail signs agreements with Cutric and Western Balkan countries

SHIFT2RAIL (S2R) has signed two agreements to promote international cooperation in research and innovation (R&I) for the rail industry.

October 20, 2020 | Technology

KRRI and Gangwon province sign hydrogen cooperation agreement

KOREA Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) has signed an agreement with the province of Gangwon to support the development of hydrogen rail infrastructure in the region.

October 12, 2020 | Technology

Boosting rail’s resilience to extreme weather

Naoyuki Ota, director of the Disaster Prevention Technology Division of Japan’s Railway Technical Research Institute, explains how systems are being designed to predict extreme weather events to avoid disruption to train services and improve safety.

August 19, 2020 | Technology

European rail research partnership to succeed Shift2Rail

THE European Commission (EC) is inviting expression of interest by October 1 from private and public organisations to become founding members of a new European rail research partnership to succeed the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking.

August 18, 2020 | Technology

HS2 Ltd agrees partnership with British universities

HS2 Ltd has signed an agreement with the UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN) to access technologies produced by the group’s research facilities, which it hopes will accelerate the adoption of new technologies on HS2 as well as the global rail market.

August 13, 2020 | Freight

€500m German rail freight research scheme receives EC approval

THE European Commission (EC) has approved a €500m German scheme which will support research, development and innovation in rail freight transport.

July 29, 2020 | Financial

Shift2Rail approves €75.4m funding for 19 projects

THE Shift2Rail (S2R) joint venture (JV) has announced that it will provide up to €75.4m in funding for 19 projects worth a total of €147.7m under the 2020 call for proposals for research and innovation (R&I) activities.

July 10, 2020 | Asia

New RTRI president sets out priorities

THE new president of Japan’s Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI), Dr Ikuo Watanabe, has vowed to follow through with the principles of the institute’s Research 2025 agenda despite the “unprecedented predicament” posed to the industry by Covid-19.

June 17, 2020 | Technology

£9.4m awarded to 25 innovative British railway projects

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) and Innovate UK have awarded £9.4m to 25 rail projects as part of the 2020 First of a Kind (FOAK) rail innovation competition.

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