For information about the wide range of testing and trialling facilities that are available in the UK and beyond search by RTS priorities or keywords.
Acustica y Telecomunicaciones SL
Catenary lab
EMC lab
Energy lab
ERTMS lab
GSM-R lab
ICT lab
Station lab
Test high speed lab
Instituto Tecnológico del Plastico
Bombardier Engineering Test Facility
Valenciennes Test Track
CETEST bearing test bench
CETEST bogie fatigue test benches
CETEST carbody structural test (portable and fixed)
CETEST on track testing
CETEST portable test benches
CETEST wheels and axles test bench
City University - High Speed Test Facility
The Wheel Slide Protection Evaluation Rig – Brake System Technology
Acoustics and Vibration Testing laboratory
Aerodynamics Test Laboratory
Battery technology test laboratory
Braking systems test laboratory
Climate chamber of DB Systemtechnik: MEiKE
Commercially available measuring systems for pantographs and overhead lines
Electromagnetic compatibility test laboratory
Electromagnetic fields test laboratory
Fatigue strength test laboratory
Fire safety assessment test laboratory
Fuels test laboratory
Instrumented wheelsets
Insulating oils test laboratory
Lubricating greases test laboratory
Non-destructive testing test laboratory
Oils test laboratory
Pantograph/overhead line test laboratory
Rail track technology test laboratory
Running characteristics test laboratory
Spectroscopic methods test laboratory
Test laboratory for propulsion technology
Test laboratory for radio transmission, transmission technology and GSM-R
Testing - Environmental conditions
Testing of information technology systems
Tribological examinations test laboratory
Wheel/rail contact testing
Faculty of Transport Engineering at University of Pardubice
East Lancashire Railway
Element Materials Technology Hitchin
Great Central Railway
Explosives Railway and Tunnel Facility at the Health and Safety Laboratory
Railway Impact Test Facility at the Health and Safety Laboratory
Geotechnical true triaxial facility (GeoTT)
Geo-pavement and Railways Accelerated Fatigue Testing facility
Body Structures Laboratory at HORIBA MIRA
City Circuit Proving Ground (formerly innovITS ADVANCE)
Crash Laboratory at HORIBA MIRA
EMC Engineering at HORIBA MIRA
Highway Safety and Protection of Infrastructure Test Centre
HyGe Laboratory at HORIBA MIRA
IK Żmigród
VNIIZhT
Quinton Rail Technology Centre
Network Rail - Rail Innovation & Development Centre (Melton)
Network Rail - Rail Innovation & Development Centre (Tuxford)
Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre (NewRail)
OptiConsulting
Park Signalling
Percy Lane Products
QinetiQ Ltd
Materials Engineering Facilities at Queen Mary University of London
Nanoforce
The NanoVision Centre
Ricardo UK – Cambridge Technical Centre
Ricardo UK – Midlands Technical Centre
Ricardo UK – Shoreham Technical Centre and Head Office
Brake test stand
Current collection testing equipment
Large-scale low-noise wind tunnel
Large-scale rainfall simulator
Large-scale shaking table
Ride comfort simulator
Rolling stock test plant
Station simulator
Serco Rail Technical Services
Sheffield Hallam University /Centre for Infrastructure Management
Test and Validation Center Wegberg-Wildenrath
Telent Technology integration test labs
The Test House (Cambridge) Limited
Facility for Accelerated Service Testing at the Transportation Technology Center
Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) driving simulator
TRL climate change and sustainability research
TÜV SÜD
University of Bath Building Research Park
Birmingham Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel
The Birmingham Environment for Academic Research
Inclusive Design Centre
The University of Edinburgh Institute for Infrastructure and Environment
University of Huddersfield - Institute of Railway Research
Train Hi-fidelity Motion Simulator
The Pantograph Interaction Dynamics Facility
Full-Scale Bogie Rolling Contact, Adhesion and Braking Rig
Polymer Composites Research Group
Power Electronics, Machines and Control Group at the University of Nottingham
The Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre
The Structural Dynamics Laboratory for Verification and Validation (LVV)
Sheffield University Rail joint servo testing
Sheffield University Rail fastening testing
Sheffield University Overhead line wire and component fatigue testing
Sheffield University Overhead line and pantograph wear testing facility
Sheffield University Sleeper lateral stability testing
Sheffield University Wheel/axle fit ultrasonic testing
Sheffield University Full scale rail-wheel contact testing facility
Sheffield University Rolling Sliding contact testing facility
Human Factors Research Unit
Human Factors Research Unit
Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility
Testing and Structures Research Laboratory (TSRL)
Large Structures Testing Laboratory (LSTL)
Transient Railway Aerodynamics Investigation Rig
Materials and Structures laboratory at the University of Surrey
Surrey Advanced Geotechnical Engineering (SAGE) Laboratory
Wind tunnel facilities
Centre for Architecture and Built Environment Research (CABER)
Centre for Transport and Society (CTS)
Engineering Modelling and Simulation Group (EMS)
Warwick Manufacturing Group
Velim Test Track
Wabtec Faiveley Birkenhead
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