Rail
The role rail can play in offering a safe, efficient and reliable travel alternative has fallen sharply into focus, with the rising awareness of issues such as sustainability, environmental protection and the need to reduce congestion on our roads. |
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At TRL, we have been providing transport research and consultancy to governments, regulatory bodies and private industry for over 75 years, supported by a range of unique facilities. TRL has much to offer to the rail industry:
- Safety
- Accessibility
- Human Factors
- Simulation
- Developing standards
- Structures
- Climate Change Mitigation and the Environment
- Delivering efficiencies
- European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS)
TRL provides essential advice to governments, industry bodies and private industry. Our breadth of experience in providing independent research, consultancy and testing offers the rail industry a unique resource to help deliver improved standards, enhanced safety and reliability and greater efficiency.
TRL is a member of several rail industry bodies, including the Railway Industry Association, the Rail Research UK Association and the Derby and Derbyshire Rail Forum











