The Global Centre Of Rail Excellence is a world class facility for sustainable mobility, renewable energy and commercial property currently being developed in South Wales. It will provide unique-to-Europe research, testing and showcasing opportunities for rolling stock, infrastructure and cutting-edge new rail and mobility technologies. The new facility will be located on a 700-hectare site and offer significant renewable energy generation capacity. GCRE will be the UK’s first ever net zero in operation railway. GCRE will be critical in the testing of new products that can support decarbonisation and our transport path to net zero. GCRE will become Europe’s premier facility for rail and mobility innovation, helping to speed up the development of new products as well as creating important new job creation and export opportunities. #GCRE #GlobalCentreOfRailExcellence #TomorrowTogether
Global Centre Of Rail Excellence
Rail Transportation
GCRE will provide world-class research, testing & certification of rolling stock, infrastructure & new rail technologies
About us
The Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) is a new, purpose-built rail innovation facility being built in South Wales that will undertake world-class research, testing and certification of rolling stock, infrastructure and innovative new rail technologies - something that currently doesn’t exist on a single site in either the UK or in Europe. Operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the facility will include two electrified test loops, one a 6.9km high speed rolling stock track and the other a 4km track for heavy infrastructure testing. Opening in 2025 it will become the UK’s first ever net zero railway, supporting the innovation needed to aid the UKs path to net zero and, crucially, helping lower the costs of major rail infrastructure projects. Located on a former open cast mine in the Dulais Valley, it will create long-term, high-quality jobs and become a magnet for other, high-quality investments and R&D. Planning permission has been secured for the project and its 24-hour, seven day a week operation, with construction beginning in early 2023. Site clearance has already commenced, and an experienced management team is in place to drive the project forward.
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https://www.gcre.wales
External link for Global Centre Of Rail Excellence
- Industry
- Rail Transportation
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Dulais Valley, South Wales, UK
- Type
- Public Company
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Dulais Valley, South Wales, UK, GB
Employees at Global Centre Of Rail Excellence
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Tim Lane
Consultant Innovator at Invisiblinq
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Fletch Rail Advisory (Simon Fletcher)
Former Director Europe at UIC; Founder, Fletch Rail Advisory, freelance railway professional experienced at national and international levels;…
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Robert Thompson
Director of Implementation at Global Centre of Rail Excellence
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Simon Jones
Chief Executive Officer at GCRE Ltd
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Congratulations to Global Centre Of Rail Excellence Chief Executive who has this week been appointed to the board of the Design Commission for Wales. The role of the Commission is to promote good design across all sectors and all places, buildings and public spaces in Wales. DCFW have played an important role in helping to shape GCRE as one of the most creative and accessible economic development and regeneration projects in Wales and its great for Simon to be joining the board. Link: https://lnkd.in/e3gzZt3R #DCFW #Design
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A very big thank you to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council for the great support they have - and continue to provide - to the Global Centre Of Rail Excellence project. A great example of local government aiding a development of strategic national importance. #GCRE #GlobalCentreOfRailExcellence
📢 Latest news at the Global Centre Of Rail Excellence... Last week, GCRE in partnership with Innovate UK, hosted an Innovation in Railway Construction Demonstration Day at the site which spans the former Nant Helen opencast site and Onllwyn Washery. This event showcased 12 groundbreaking projects from the £7.4m Innovation in Railway Construction Programme, funded by the UK Government’s Department for Business and Trade Attendees from across Europe went along to experience the cutting-edge technology and live installations at the site, highlighting the immense potential of #GCRE as a hub for world-class #rail and mobility innovation. 🌍🚀 Watch the highlights from the day in our video! #GlobalCentreOfRailExcellence #RailInnovation #NeathPortTalbot NPT Business Innovate UK Wales
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It’s fantastic to see the practical innovations already being enabled by the Global Centre Of Rail Excellence. The Innovation in Railway Construction programme, supported by Innovate UK and funded by Department for Business and Trade, has already led to tangible benefits for many of the businesses and teams behind the projects and its great to highlight what GCRE can do on a much bigger scale at the site. #GCRE #GlobalCentreOfRailExcellence #RailInnovation #ThisIsWhyWeDoIt
All packed up after last week’s successful demo at Global Centre Of Rail Excellence! Now moving into Phase 2: electrical testing and technical documentation. Progress is steady — one step at a time.
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‘GCRE will play a big role in UK rail innovation over the next ten years.’ It was great to hear the Global Centre Of Rail Excellence referenced positively by Prof. Paul Allen of The University of Huddersfield in a UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN) panel event at #RIC25 this afternoon. GCRE will be a facility for world class rail research, testing and certification, helping to drive faster innovation across the U.K. and its great to see leading rail universities seeing its potential. #GCRE #GlobalCentreOfRailExcellence #RailInnovation
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The Global Centre Of Rail Excellence team will be available for a chat again today, during day two of #RIC25. We are on Stand 49 to talk about our progress and potential collaborations. Come and take an augmented reality tour of the GCRE site…!! #GCRE #GlobalCentreOfRailExcellence
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Drone footage of our composite cantilever demonstration at Global Centre Of Rail Excellence. The facilities at GCRE have truly enabled us to build, experiment, test, and showcase equipment in ways that wouldn’t be possible elsewhere. A great environment for innovation and real-world demonstration.
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It was great to welcome Network Rail Chief Technology Officer, Robert Ampomah, B. Eng (Hons) to the Global Centre Of Rail Excellence stand at #RIC25. GCRE CTO Prof. Andy Doherty and Director of Strategy and Skills Robert Forde ChPP talked to Robert about the facility for world class rail research, testing and innovation we are developing in South Wales and the role it can play in supporting faster innovation on the U.K. network. #GCRE #GlobalCentreOfRailExcellence #RailInnovation
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Global Centre Of Rail Excellence Chief Executive Simon Jones took to the stage at #RIC25 this morning to talk about some of the innovation currently being undertaken at the GCRE site. GCRE recently played host to twelve projects through the £7.4m Innovate UK / Department for Business and Trade funded 'Innovation in Railway Construction' programme. Last week over 200 people from across industry attended the showcase event. Simon talked about some of the tangible commercial and investment opportunities teams involved in the programme have already benefited from as a result of showcasing their innovations at GCRE. The programme showed what GCRE can do on a much bigger scale once the GCRE facility is fully developed. Simon spoke about some of policy changes the new Great British Railways could look at to support faster and more cost effective rail innovation to maximise the GCRE opportunity and make the UK the global leader in rail testing. #GCRE #GlobalCentreOfRailExcellence Railway Industry Association
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The Global Centre Of Rail Excellence is ready for #RIC25 Stand 49 #ProveProgressPerform
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