About us - Railway engineering innovation & development
The Centre for Railway Innovation and Performance is founded upon a strategic partnership between London Underground, Tube Lines, Metronet Rail, SNCF, Die Bahn, the Department for Transport, and the Materials and Engineering Research Institute. The partnership brings together a unique network of experience and innovative capability.
A key focus of the partners is to demonstrate the capacity to bring innovative and cost effective railway engineering solutions to market, within a risk adverse industry, using short development cycles. Solutions are derived from developments within railway good-practice and the development / amalgamation of existing and emerging cross-sector technology innovations. The work is expected to complement the European railway research effort and demonstrate the need for greater cross-sector innovation between different industries.
'Research guarantees the future growth of the railway industry. Innovation ensures that these advances are undertaken at an economic and sustainable pace.'
'By advancing a cross-sector focused approach to the develoment of railway good practice and innovative technology solutions, the Centre for Railway Innovation and Performance is positioned to accelerate the rate of progress across international railways.'
