What are safe speed profiles for trains that optimise capacity, comfort, and energy efficiency?

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

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Related UKRI funded projects


  • SPEED - Speed Profiling & Enhanced Efficiency Determination

    Incremental and Amey will bring together their skills and solutions to develop SPRINT. A first of a kind look into the granular detail of performance inefficiencies caused by speed restrictions. SPEED will integrate exi...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: INCREMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically focuses on speed profiling and efficiency determination for trains, addressing capacity, comfort, and energy efficiency.

  • 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

    Lead research organisation: University of Southampton

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on improving the capacity, energy efficiency, and reliability of railway systems.