Technology development can move at a rapid pace, and progress in other domains has the potential to offer significant benefits to the rail industry, either through technology transfer or targeted development in a rail context.

These analyses provide information on key emerging technologies that may influence the future railway, and are presented here to help decision makers understand and plan for their exploitation.

Context of what the analyses are.. non-specialist and non-comprehensive but an introduction to the technology and current status with a consideration of rail application.

As well as the analyses available above, the team are currently investigating the following technologies:
– tech 4
– tech 5
– tech 6

Further technologies will be investigated – check back on this page for new content, and if you would like to propose specific technologies for investigation or further enhance the content presented, please complete the form below.