What are the key priorities for increasing rail resilience, including freight and supply chains?
Background
The improve transport for the user strategic priority is critical in ensuring the department delivers and maintains a transport system that meets the needs of the public and addresses what they care about most. It puts the needs and expectations of current and potential users (both passengers and freight customers) at the heart of the operation of the transport system and considers about end-to-end journeys, not just individual transport modes. It is focused on ensuring that our infrastructure and the services which use it meet the varied needs of businesses and the public, are attractive, affordable, sustainable, and resilient is a crucial goal for the department.
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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 discusses the key priorities for increasing rail resilience, including freight and supply chains, but does not fully answer the question.
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Weather-induced single point of failure assessment methodology for railways
The rail sector is of great and growing importance to the economic and social functioning of the UK. Passenger usage has increase by over 50% compared to 2002-2003, with the amount of freight carried growing at a similar...
Funded by: NERC
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically addresses the key priorities for increasing rail resilience, including freight and supply chains.
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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 discusses innovative approaches to overcoming nodal capacity constraints, which is related to increasing rail resilience, including freight and supply chains, but does not fully answer the question.