GCRE AND TALGO LOOK TO BUILD LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP ON SOUTH WALES SITE

The Global Centre of Rail Excellence took delivery to site of its first rail carriage – the start of an important new partnership between the innovation facility and global train manufacturer, Talgo. The carriage was donated by Talgo and will be based at the south Wales site to be developed into a visitor’s centre while the £400m GCRE facility is being constructed over the next few years.

The Global Centre of Rail Excellence is a major new rail innovation centre due to open in 2025. It will be a home for world-class research, testing and certification of rolling stock, infrastructure and new rail technologies for the UK and international rail industry.

GCRE will be the UK’s first net zero railway. The facility will include two 25KV electrified test loops, one a 6.9km high-speed rolling stock track and the other a 4km ~60km/h infrastructure test track.