Vehicle/Track Technical Advisory Group
The Vehicle/Track Technical Advisory Group (V/T TAG) supports the System Interface Committee (SIC) by providing detailed technical advice on the interaction of the vehicle and track and a range of relevant topics. It maintains an overview of research and development activities in related fields, looking for gaps, overlaps and new opportunities.
"Bringing together industry partners, academia and RSSB delegates, the V/T TAG plays a key role in assisting the SIC through the provision of technical advice. We are one of three subgroups of the Vehicle/Track System Interface Committee, focusing specifically on a range of topics, namely the interaction of the vehicle and track."
Scope
The scope of the V/T TAG is described in its remit below. The purpose of the committee is to conduct independent review of, and give advice on, matters of a technical nature relating to the vehicle/track interface. This excludes adhesion issues. V/T TAG uses its expertise to advise the V/T SIC.
Membership
The V/T TAG has members representing these industry stakeholders:
- passenger train operators
- rolling stock owners and leasing companies
- infrastructure managers and owners
- suppliers and rolling stock manufacturers
- RSSB
- academia
- Department for Transport
- Office of Rail and Road.
Chair: Adam Bevan, University of Huddersfield
RSSB main representative: Dominic Trueman
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Group members
Name Company Representing Status Adam Bevan University of Huddersfield Academia Chair Andy Franklin Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Andy Vickerstaff Transport For London (TFL) Passenger Train Operators Member Barnaby Temple Rhomberg Sersa UK Limited Suppliers Member Bridget Eickhoff RSSB Independent Observer Chris Hardwick Rhomberg Sersa UK Limited Suppliers Alternate David Fletcher The University of Sheffield Academia Member Dominic Trueman RSSB RSSB Member Gill Pirou RSSB RSSB IGM Member Jamie Wilkes Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Kevin Halton Alstom Transport UK Ltd Suppliers Member Lindsey Smith Office of Rail and Road Regulator Observer Mark Burstow Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Neil Gofton RSSB RSSB Alternate Paul Gray RSSB RSSB Observer Philip Rogers SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit Limited Suppliers Member Stephen Lewis British Steel Suppliers Member
