Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education
The University of Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) has been transforming the rail industry for over 50 years. A team of 140 experts blends academic excellence with real-world innovation through industry collaboration. Our focus is on whole systems thinking across rail and in the context of wider transportation. BCRRE is academic lead for the U.K. Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN) and it helps shape the future of railways globally. Join us on the journey.
About us
Meet the Team
Meet our staff
UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN)
We are the lead academic partner for UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN)
Our Blog
Read about what we’ve done and how it started from a variety of people
Our videos
Videos explaining our work and global impact
UK Rail Research and Innovation Network building facility
A new purpose-built centre delivering specialist research in digital railway engineering
Aerodynamics facilities
Our facilities enable a variety of research and commercial projects
RaisE
RaisE is an exciting partnership between industry, public sector and academia
Railway research
Broad Research
We are here to support the requirement for the UK to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050.
Centre of Excellence in Digital Systems
Bringing together academic and industrial capabilities to support transformational change in rail technology across the globe.
Spinouts
Our academic expertise and inventions have gone from leaving the desk, to leaving the lab to entering the market
International collaborations
We engage with established international organisations to improve rail innovation.
Education and professional development
Postgraduate
Choose from established Railway Systems Engineering and Integration Masters courses to specialised study opportunities in Safety & Control.
PhD opportunities
Explore doctoral opportunities
Kick-off meeting of ALL-DC-SHIPS project: paving the way for low-emission vessels
Published 17 March 2025
Project will advance electrification of maritime transport to create a prototype electric ship.
See you at InnoTrans
Published 23 September 2024
The University of Birmingham Centre for Railway Research & Education (BCRRE) is looking forward to exhibiting at InnoTrans 2024.
Blockchain could offer a solution to the UK’s transport ticketing systems
Published 10 May 2024
A new approach to transport ticketing offers a step towards an integrated, transparent system for ticket providers and passengers across all modes of transport.