Research Catalogue
Welcome to the RSSB research catalogue. The catalogue contains all projects from the 20+ years of the RSSB rail research programme. Please be mindful of the publication date when accessing findings and guidance.
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Control Command and Communication
- CCC asset management (4)
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- Data and communications systems (45)
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- Other - Control command and communication (36)
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- Other - Operations (32)
- Revenue and ticketing (10)
- Security management (39)
- Stations management and passenger flow (30)
- Traffic supervision and management (43)
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People Behaviour and Health
- Attitudes and behaviour (127)
- Culture (56)
- Education and competence (8)
- Equipment workplace and environmental design (35)
- Health and wellbeing (83)
- Human Factors in event reporting (1)
- Human performance (56)
- Human reliability (44)
- Job design (40)
- Selection and training (48)
- Other - People behaviour and health (21)
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- Rolling stock asset management (29)
- Rolling stock condition monitoring and inspection (27)
- Rolling stock fire performance (8)
- Rolling stock interiors (4)
- Rolling stock maintenance (43)
- Rolling stock passenger comfort (24)
- Rolling stock testing (32)
- Train design - Components (92)
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Research Project
T990
End Date: 2014
Complete
This research was commissioned to consider whether the adoption of an industry strategy on train position, based on a common train location service… Read More
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T999
End Date: 2014
Complete
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Review of the braking tables in RGS GK/RT0075 Lineside Signal Spacing and Speed Signage (T999)
Research Project
T952
End Date: 2014
Complete
This project delivered the first steps in a programme of research, development and innovation to enable the realisation of a vision of the 2040s… Read More
Research Project
T981
End Date: 2014
Complete
This project examined the risk factors and potentially uneconomic scenarios for using rock salt to de-ice station platforms and other surfaces at… Read More
Research Project
T984
End Date: 2014
Complete
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Research into the causes of pedestrian accidents at level crossings and potential solutions (T984)
Research Project
T993
End Date: 2014
Complete
This research was commissioned to investigate how Britain's rail industry can make better use of test results from other environments, minimise the… Read More
Research Project
T679
End Date: 2014
Complete
Much of the civil engineering on Britain’s railway network dates back to the Victorian era, and today structures such as embankments carry more and… Read More
Research Project
T735
End Date: 2014
Complete
In June 2009, three railway projects were started under the TrioTRAIN acronym, in response to the EU's 2nd Call of the 7th Framework Programme dealing… Read More
Knowledge Search
S179
End Date: 2014
Complete
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Open source software (S179)
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S184
End Date: 2014
Complete
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Driver alertness monitoring systems (S184)
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- Other - Control command and communication (35)
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- Customer services for freight (30)
- Customer services for passengers (67)
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- Movement of trains (56)
- Operation of road-rail interfaces including level crossings (43)
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- Other - Operations (25)
- Revenue and ticketing (4)
- Security management (32)
- Stations management and passenger flow (28)
- Traffic supervision and management (31)
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- Attitudes and behaviour (100)
- Culture (43)
- Education and competence (6)
- Equipment workplace and environmental design (31)
- Health and wellbeing (63)
- Human Factors in event reporting (1)
- Human performance (50)
- Human reliability (33)
- Job design (31)
- Selection and training (42)
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- Braking systems (28)
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- Rolling stock asset management (23)
- Rolling stock condition monitoring and inspection (22)
- Rolling stock fire performance (6)
- Rolling stock interiors (4)
- Rolling stock maintenance (34)
- Rolling stock passenger comfort (19)
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Research Project
T1044
End Date: 2015
Complete
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A review of the process used to introduce speed restrictions and driver compliance with them (T1044)
Research Project
T1051
End Date: 2015
Complete
The purpose of this study was to review the work previously undertaken into the effect of the Physical Agents (Electromagnetic Fields) Directive on… Read More
Research Project
T1052
End Date: 2015
Complete
After high levels of rainfall, tracks can be flooded, potentially preventing trains from passing. Provision is made in the Rule Book that if the water… Read More
Research Project
T1016
End Date: 2015
Complete
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Driver training review (T1016)
Research Project
T1013
End Date: 2015
Complete
The aim of the first stage of this project was to compile a list of operational tasks impacted by metrication in connection with the implementation of… Read More
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End Date: 2015
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Research Project
T1039
End Date: 2015
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This research has evaluated the current and future requirements for testing and examined the economics of a number of GB simulation, HiL testing… Read More
Research Project
T1088
End Date: 2015
Complete
A case study demonstrating systems thinking approaches to assemble a cross-system programme to increase capacity on Woking to Waterloo line. Portfolio… Read More
Research Project
COF-TAR-03
End Date: 2015
Complete
The aim of this project was to assess the feasibility of using dry-ice blasting as a new approach to achieve rail head cleaning. Read More
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COF-TAR-02
End Date: 2015
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The aim was to generate representative leaf-film in a lab and at a depot, identify non-destructive techniques to quantify levels of contamination and… Read More
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Innovation Project
SC12-TCX-07
End Date: 2018
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We are addressing incidents at the Platform Train Interface (PTI), specifically tackling safety and security. The Interactive Platform Simulator is… Read More
Innovation Project
SC12-TCF-04
End Date: 2018
Complete
Registered
TOC '15: MyJrny (SC12-TCF-04)
Innovation Project
SC12-TCF-08
End Date: 2017
Complete
Train Operating Companies commonly score less highly in the National Rail Passenger Survey (NRPS) for how disruption is handled and information is… Read More
Innovation Project
SC12-TCF-10
End Date: 2017
Complete
Registered
TOC '15: Open GPS gateway (SC12-TCF-10)
Innovation Project
SC12-TCF-05
End Date: 2017
Complete
Registered
TOC '15: Big operational data (SC12-TCF-05)
Innovation Project
SC12-TCF-06
End Date: 2017
Complete
Ticketing is still offered to customers in formats such as paper tickets and barcode. Customers are increasingly demanding greater convenience. Read More
Innovation Project
SC12-TCF-03
End Date: 2017
Complete
Registered
TOC '15: Orinoco 2 (SC12-TCF-03)
Innovation Project
SC12-TCF-07
End Date: 2017
Complete
WiFi is becoming more prominent on rail services, but there is a limited understanding of the capabilities it can enable and changes in behaviour we… Read More
Innovation Project
SC04-IPU-01
End Date: 2016
Complete
Battery powered EMU which ran in passenger service in 2015. Read More
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SC04-POB-04
End Date: 2016
Complete
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Predictable and Optimised Braking: Reconditioned brake discs to improve performance (SC04-POB-04)
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Knowledge Search
S346
End Date: 2019
Complete
Evaluation of further safeguards to prevent passengers from being caught by doors. Read More
Knowledge Search
S130
End Date: 2019
Complete
Understanding how people make judgments and decisions, with a view to identifying opportunities to improve the quality of decisions. Read More
Knowledge Search
S342
End Date: 2019
Complete
Registered
Research Landscape Bridge load modelling for high-speed rail and ballastless track (S342)
Knowledge Search
S343
End Date: 2019
Complete
Understanding how public transport use by People with Disabilities (PwD) - who are proportionally low users of public transport - could be improved. Read More
Knowledge Search
S338
End Date: 2019
Complete
Investigating the impact of emerging technologies, new policies and processes, on standards in different industries and how these changes could… Read More
Knowledge Search
S339
End Date: 2019
Complete
Registered
Training to prevent abuse of staff (S339)
Knowledge Search
S341
End Date: 2019
Complete
Identifying information that may influence passengers to self-evacuate in the event of a stranded train. Read More
Knowledge Search
S337
End Date: 2019
Complete
Understanding the Hyperloop landscape, the sustainability of its business model based, and identifying uncertainties. Read More
Knowledge Search
S333
End Date: 2019
Complete
Understanding the implications of the continued employment of older drivers, in the context of the abolition of the statutory retirement age in 2011. Read More
Knowledge Search
S316
End Date: 2019
Complete
Registered