A strategy for regeneration of rail research in Great Britain
Table of contents
- Executive Summary
- Areas for Improvement
- Rail Research Priorities
- Proposed Strategies
- Recommended First Steps
- Acknowledgements
- RRSSG Membership at 8th February 2001
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1Project Overview
- 1.2The Rail Research Strategy Steering Group
- 1.3Overview of the Report
- 2 Rail Research and the Rail Industry in the UK
- 2.1The Character of Rail Transport
- 2.2The Case for Rail Research
- 2.3The Nature of Research in the UK Rail Industry
- 2.4Industry Structure Changes Affecting Rail Research
- 3 Integrated Transport Policy and Rail Research
- 3.1The Integrated Transport Policy
- 3.2Delivering the Policy: Rail Research Implications
- 3.3Summary
- 4 Rail Industry Funded Rail Research
- 4.1Near Market Rail Research Being Undertaken
- 4.2Funding for Near Market Rail Research
- 4.3Consequences
- 4.4Effect of Location of Major Manufacturers
- 4.5Summary
- 5 Publicly Funded UK Rail Research
- 5.1Funding Organisations
- 5.2Demand for Rail Research Grants
- 5.3Transferring Rail Research into Practice
- 5.4Summary
- 6 Collaborative Rail Research
- 6.1Forms of Collaborative Rail Research and Their Benefits
- 6.2Barriers to Effective Collaborative Rail Research
- 6.3Learning from Experience
- 6.4Summary
- 7 Rail Research Priorities
- 7.1The Rail Research Model
- 7.2Determining Rail Research Priorities
- 7.3The Priorities
- 7.4Funding Principles for each Research Priority
- 7.5Summary
- 8 The Need for a Strategy
- 8.1The Need for Strategic Direction
- 8.2Rail Research Gaps
- 8.3Underlying Difficulties
- 8.4Timeliness of a Rail Research Strategy
- 9 Strategy for Rail Industry Funded Research
- 9.1Addressing Rail Research Gaps
- Research occurring by research type
- 9.2Addressing Underlying Difficulties and Strategic Direction
- 9.3Strategy Summary
- 10 Strategy for Public Funding of Rail Research
- 10.1 Addressing Rail Research Gaps
- 10.2 Addressing Strategic Direction
- 10.3 Addressing Underlying Difficulties
- 10.4 Implementation Options
- 10.5 Strategy Summary
- 11 Strategy for Rail Research Collaboration
- 11.1 Possible Implementation Structure
- 11.2 Strategy Summary
- 12 A Regeneration Strategy
- 12.1 The Case for a Regeneration Strategy
- 12.2 Implementation Options
- 13 Conclusions
- 13.1 Rail Research Priorities
- 14 Recommendations
- 14.1 Proposed Strategies
- 14.2 Recommended First Steps
- 15 References
- Appendix 1
Stakeholder Involvement - Appendix 2
Collaborative Research Guidelines - Appendix 3
Business Drivers - 3.1Summary of Most Significant Influences
- 3.2European Influences
- Appendix 4
Details of Rail Research Model Components - 4.1Business Drivers
- 4.2Product Characteristics
- 4.3Working Issues
- 4.4Product Characteristic Weightings
- Key Business Driver trend identified
- 4.5Enablers and Underlying Knowledge
- Appendix 7
Using the Rail Research Model to Indentify Research Priorities - 7.1Establishing Relationships
- 7.2Establishing Research Importance
