Ten new projects, funded by rail research body RSSB [Rail Safety and Standards Board], will help industry explore using data to improve performance and manage short term planning more efficiently. Over the coming months the UK will begin to navigate the ‘new normal’ as Covid-19 lockdown measures are eased. The rail industry faces some challenging times ahead as the public eventually begins to rely, once again, on rail as a main mode of transport.
As the UK economy restarts passenger numbers are expected to increase gradually. RSSB is leading the way in helping operators ensure that they can run trains on-time, while providing the safest and most reliable service to customers. RSSB has made over £4million available to fund ten innovative data-focussed projects to help industry improve performance in the long term.
Getting underway shortly are three projects funded as a result of the second round of the Data Sandbox+ competition (four projects are already underway as part of the first round). These three projects will be led by:
- Transreport in collaboration with Glasgow University
- Open Space in collaboration with the University of Birmingham
- Frazer-Nash Consulting in collaboration with the University of Hull.