University alliance to promote high speed rail

Railway Gazette (May 22) -- The International Union of Railways has moved to strengthen its nascent network of academic institutions which are intended to work together to promote the development of high speed rail. The alliance is managed by UIC’s Intercity & High Speed Committee, and it includes participants from outside the academic field, including several railway training organisations and specialist HR consultancies. Among its national representatives are Prof Anson Jack from the UK’s University of Birmingham; Prof T C Kao from the University Of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and Clara Zamorano of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.