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The University of Birmingham and a consortium of Welsh universities have been awarded £15 million by the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) to establish a new world-leading railway research and innovation centre in South Wales. The UKRPIF investment will enable the University of Birmingham, working with Cardiff and Swansea Universities, to establish a new Centre of Excellence for Railway Testing, Validation and Customer Experience at the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) site, currently under construction.
Cardiff University, the University of Birmingham and Swansea University have won a £15m UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) award to establish a leading railway research centre in South Wales.The project, led by Birmingham, will see the development of