Railway Technical Centre

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The Railway Technical Centre is a major British rail research and development facility in Derby that has historically served as the central hub for engineering, testing, and innovation for the UK railway industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building complex ⓘ
railway research facility ⓘ
alsoKnownAs RTC Derby ⓘ
architecturalStyle modernist office and laboratory complex ⓘ
city Derby ⓘ
coordinates 52.910°N 1.463°W ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
employerOf railway engineers ⓘ
scientists ⓘ
technical staff ⓘ
fieldOfWork rail transport ⓘ
railway engineering ⓘ
rolling stock development ⓘ
signalling and control systems ⓘ
track and infrastructure research ⓘ
hasPart British Rail Research laboratories ⓘ
administrative offices ⓘ
test facilities ⓘ
heritage important site in the history of British railway technology ⓘ
historicalRole central technical headquarters of British Rail ⓘ
national centre for railway R&D in Britain ⓘ
inception 1960s ⓘ
industry railway industry ⓘ
locatedIn Derby, Derbyshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Derby

East Midlands ⓘ
locatedOn London Road, Derby ⓘ
location Derby ⓘ
near Derby railway station ⓘ
notableFor development and testing of British Rail rolling stock ⓘ
research into high-speed rail in the UK ⓘ
supporting modernization of the British railway network ⓘ
opened 1964 ⓘ
operatedBy British Rail Research ⓘ
ownedBy British Railways Board ⓘ
linked to: British Rail
partOf British Rail ⓘ
purpose engineering ⓘ
innovation for the UK railway industry ⓘ
railway research and development ⓘ
testing ⓘ
region Derbyshire ⓘ
significance central hub for British railway engineering and research ⓘ
principal technical centre of British Rail ⓘ
status partly repurposed for commercial and rail-related uses ⓘ
transportConnection Midland Main Line ⓘ
usedBy British Rail ⓘ
rail industry suppliers ⓘ
railway engineers and researchers ⓘ

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Derby railway works → hasPart → Railway Technical Centre ⓘ
Mark 3 coaching stock → designedBy → British Rail Research Division ⓘ
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Railway Technical Centre → operatedBy → British Rail Research ⓘ
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Railway Technical Centre → hasPart → British Rail Research laboratories ⓘ
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APT-E → developer → British Rail Research Division ⓘ
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APT-P → developedBy → British Rail Research Division ⓘ
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London Road, Derby → servesSite → Railway Technical Centre, Derby ⓘ
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London Road, Derby → hasNearbyLandmark → Railway Technical Centre, Derby ⓘ
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Railway Technical Centre, Derby → historicallyAssociatedWith → British Rail Research Division ⓘ
subject linked to: London Road, Derby
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