TESTING AND TRIALLING FACILITIES

University of Nottingham

The Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre

RTS PRIORITY AREAS1

Capability Statement

NTEC houses a rail track construction and maintenance assessment facility to facilitate economic and safe development of rail infrastructure.

Capability – Systems

Full-scale 3-sleeper rig with automated tamping facility; large triaxial test rigs; numerous smaller-scale ballast testing facilities

Capability – Testing

Asset degradation; rail track structure testing; rail track monitoring; maintenance management

Location key contacts

Name: Gordon Airey
Email: gordon.airey@nottingham.ac.uk

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