Ricardo plc, founded in 1915 and headquartered in Shoreham-by-Sea, UK, is a global engineering and environmental consultancy specializing in the transport, energy, and environment sectors. The company offers a comprehensive range of services, including strategic consulting, engineering design, and environmental solutions, serving industries such as automotive, rail, energy, and defense. Ricardo is committed to sustainability and innovation, focusing on clean energy and low-carbon technologies to address global challenges. With a global presence, Ricardo collaborates with clients worldwide to deliver cutting-edge solutions that drive efficiency and performance.
Ricardo, in partnership with Scottish Power, Network Rail Scotland and the University of Leeds, have received next phase energy sector funding to develop their innovative Holistic Hydrogen Approach to Heavy Duty Transport (H2H) project, which aims to be a catalyst that will help the UK remove all diesel trains from the network by 2040.
Ricardo has helped support the signalling overhaul of a key stretch of the UK’s West Coast main line, a project which saw the closure of one of the few remaining manually operated signal boxes on the network.
Ricardo has formed a new Strategic Alliance Agreement with PantoInspect, a Danish technology business, to bring the PanMon pantograph monitoring technology to railways across North and Latin American.
Ricardo and MxV Rail have signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement that will bring together the two rail organisations’ engineering and testing capabilities to serve a burgeoning global rail and transit market.
Many have taken the decision to use hydrogen as part of a rail decarbonisation journey. However, there are different paths we may take to reach the same destination.
The opening of London’s Elizabeth Line to passengers on May 24th 2022 brings to an end one of the largest and most complex assessments ever performed by Ricardo Certification.
Safety experts to appraise visionary system that utilises maglev technology to provide on-demand, high-speed urban transit. skyTran, the US-based developer of an innovative Personal Rapid Transit solution, has chosen Ricardo to perform a rigorous safety assessment of its magnetic levitation technology.
Ricardo Certification and DB Systemtechnik have agreed to intensify their partnership so that they are able to provide a complete one-stop shop in testing and approval services of new and modernised rail vehicles and infrastructure across European territories