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.
Percy Lane Products
Centre for Architecture and Built Environment Research (CABER)
Centre for Transport and Society (CTS)
Engineering Modelling and Simulation Group (EMS)
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
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
The Wheel Slide Protection Evaluation Rig – Brake System Technology
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
East Lancashire Railway
Wabtec Faiveley Birkenhead
IK Żmigród
OptiConsulting
Park Signalling
Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) driving simulator
TRL climate change and sustainability research
Quinton Rail Technology Centre
Ricardo UK – Cambridge Technical Centre
Ricardo UK – Midlands Technical Centre
Ricardo UK – Shoreham Technical Centre and Head Office
Serco Rail Technical Services
TÜV SÜD
Great Central Railway
Facility for Accelerated Service Testing at the Transportation Technology Center
The Test House (Cambridge) Limited
Faculty of Transport Engineering at University of Pardubice
Valenciennes Test Track
Velim Test Track
VNIIZhT
Test and Validation Center Wegberg-Wildenrath
Telent Technology integration test labs
Birmingham Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel
The Birmingham Environment for Academic Research
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
Inclusive Design Centre
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
Warwick Manufacturing Group
Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre (NewRail)
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
Network Rail - Rail Innovation & Development Centre (Melton)
Network Rail - Rail Innovation & Development Centre (Tuxford)
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
MyTestTrack
City University - High Speed Test Facility
Explosives Railway and Tunnel Facility at the Health and Safety Laboratory
Railway Impact Test Facility at the Health and Safety Laboratory
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
Bombardier Engineering Test Facility
QinetiQ Ltd
Element Materials Technology Hitchin
Sheffield Hallam University /Centre for Infrastructure Management
University of Bath Building Research Park
The University of Edinburgh Institute for Infrastructure and Environment
Geo-pavement and Railways Accelerated Fatigue Testing facility
Geotechnical true triaxial facility (GeoTT)
Polymer Composites Research Group
Power Electronics, Machines and Control Group at the University of Nottingham
The Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre
Materials Engineering Facilities at Queen Mary University of London
QMUL
The NanoVision Centre
Materials and Structures laboratory at the University of Surrey
Surrey Advanced Geotechnical Engineering (SAGE) Laboratory
Wind tunnel facilities