2 July 2020
The Government has published a ‘Research & Development’ Roadmap setting out the UK’s vision and ambition for science, research and innovation.
David Clarke, Technical Director at the Railway Industry Association, responded: “It is good to see the Government’s Research and Development Roadmap published today and that £300 million will be brought forward to speed up R&D schemes.
“The Railway Industry Association agrees with the Government that innovators and risk-takers need support to get their new ideas to market, particularly in the rail sector where initiatives like the UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN) and Network Rail’s R&D Portfolio are having a real impact on the delivery of innovation. We would urge the Government to specifically include rail, as an industry with a long history of innovation and the potential to be a leader in areas like decarbonisation and ‘levelling up’, as part of future R&D programmes.”