What are the opportunities for improving cost efficiencies and enhancing financial sustainability of rail?
Background
The grow and level up the economy strategic priority is at the heart of the government’s agenda to spread opportunity across the UK. Transport has a crucial role to play, whether it be through improving connectivity across the United Kingdom and growing the economy by enhancing the transport network, on time and on budget. DfT has a number of specific interests in this space, notably our infrastructure projects, Places for Growth and our apprenticeships and skills work.
Next steps
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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Copy of RRUK 2: Universities' Centre for Rail Systems Research
Railways have a vital role in any 21st century transport policy. No other form of transport could cope with the large numbers of people transported into and around major cities every day by commuter railways and metro sy...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on improving cost efficiencies and enhancing financial sustainability of rail.
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The University of Nottingham and Resonate Group Limited
To develop a predictive model of the rail network which focuses on forecast outcomes across a range of business and customer service objectives. To develop advanced statistical analysis and modelling/simulation technique...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on developing a predictive model for the rail network, which could partially address opportunities for improving cost efficiencies and financial sustainability.
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Overcoming Capacity Constraints - A Simulation Integrated with Optimisation for Nodes (OCCASION)
The OCCASION project brings together the University of Southampton's expertise in railway simulation and control (Transportation Research Group) with more generic expertise in operational research (Centre for Operational...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on overcoming capacity constraints in rail, which partially addresses the question.