Research pipeline
Summer/Autumn 2024
The value of the research delivered by RSSB is strongly influenced by rail organisations across the industry, who support RSSB in defining needs and opportunities for which research is required, and by delivery partners with specialist knowledge, creative approaches, and best practice from previous research.
To register your interest in any project listed below, contact us through the customer self-service portal. This list reflects our plans at the time of publication and may be subject to change.
Project reference (PROGRAMME)
Project description
T1314
Dynamic seat comfort for passengers
T1323
Understanding how information loss occurs in workforce-related reporting practice
T1330
Enhanced use of sensors on rolling stock
T1331
Review of AC electric rolling stock power limitations
T1333 (PERFORM)
Review of running brake test requirements on modern passenger rolling stock
T1335 (PERFORM)
Effective communication with Control during disruption
T1337 (PERFORM)
How do professional driving policies change under ETCS?
T1340 (ADHERE)
Framework, evidence and incentives to underpin investment decisions for adhesion mitigations
T1341 (ADHERE)
Assessment of technologies to deliver reliable braking in low-adhesion conditions
T1342 (FUTURE RISK)
Improving the assessment of rolling stock crashworthiness
T1345 (FUTURE RISK)
Development of a train accident cost model for integration with the Safety Risk Model
T1346 (FUTURE RISK)
Feasibility of modelling the effects of asset reliability and degradation on safety risk
T1348 (FREIGHT)
Assessing the benefits of enhanced freight speed differentials on the GB network
T1350 (FREIGHT)
Understanding root causes and preventing freight wagon wheel flats
T1351 (FREIGHT)
Explore modelling approaches for low adhesion for freight
T1352 (FREIGHT)
Characterising longitudinal brake forces and defining operational safe threshold limits
IMP-T1302 (FREIGHT)
Embedding improved Trailing Load Limits into the Freight Train Loads Book
We invite stakeholders from across the industry to tell us about the challenges they face and the new knowledge and solutions they need. If these require cross-industry collaboration and system-wide thinking, the RSSB Research Programme may be able to help.
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