VLRNIC Leading the Way to Future Rail Technologies

The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) is a not-for-profit Research and Technology Organisation (RTO), founded to oversee the delivery, launch and operation of the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC). In this guest writer feature, Neil Fulton, CEO, discusses VLRNIC’s role as a platform for innovation, and outlines the features that make it a world-first facility.

Now, more than ever, rail has an opportunity to become the transport mode of the future, driving economic recovery, connecting communities, and supporting the government’s net zero and levelling up agendas. Key to this will be the development of lower-cost, more environmentally friendly transport technologies. And, if the industry is to innovate successfully, it needs fit-for-purpose new facilities, geared towards research, development and testing.

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