Reducing headway
The Reducing headway project is funded by RRUK / EPSRC. The HFRG are working with partners at the University of Birmingham with contributions from the Universities of Sheffiled, Manchester Metropolitan, Loughborough and Southampton.
The project will examine the engineering and human factors which affect how we can safely reduce the gap between trains on the track as a mechanism to increase the railway network’s capacity.
This could involve trains running in “platoons”, which requires an understanding of a variety of issues including train dynamics and aerodynamics, track vibration etc; or trains running separately but much closer together than at present, which would require changes in train control methods.
For more information, email Dr David Golightly.