Freightliner is benefitting from our research. Could you?
We’ve delivered over £2.5m of research investment to support freight operators.
Aaron Barrett Lead Research Analyst, RSSB
Freightliner is among the operators reaping the benefits of the £2.5m-plus research investment we’ve delivered so far to support the sector. The rail freight and logistics company has used our research to extend the length of their trains. This is a welcome advancement amid aspirations—both in the freight community and in government—to see more goods moved by rail.
We launched our ‘focused-on-freight’ research programme in 2021 in response to calls from the sector for a dedicated research pipeline. It’s not that we weren’t doing any research in freight back then. We were. It was that there was, and still is, potential to do so much more.
So, we engaged with cross-industry groups and committees, operators, freight customers, and Network Rail to pool expertise and develop research proposals. The past few years have been fruitful, with several research proposals carried forward. These are supporting freight operators in the areas they need it.