Global Centre of Rail Excellence
gcre.bsky.social
Global Centre of Rail Excellence
@gcre.bsky.social
The Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) is a new, purpose-built facility being constructed in South Wales that will become Europe’s leading centre for rail and sustainable mobility innovation.
The Global Centre Of Rail Excellence is delighted to be an exhibitors at the Rail Innovation Exhibition 2025

The event is taking place on Thursday 13th February at the QEII Centre in London

More details of the event and how to register can be found here: web-eur.cvent.com/event/2bdc36...

#GCRE
January 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Global Centre Of Rail Excellence is delighted to help out with the Everyone Deserves A Christmas campaign today.

Our GCRE team is out and about today delivering hampers to individuals and families before Christmas.

#Christmas #EveryoneDeservesAChristmas
December 23, 2024 at 1:55 PM
A very big thank you to all those that attended the annual Swansea Bay Property Lunch last Friday.

Chief Executive Simon Jones was one of the speakers, giving an overview of GCRE progress as a facility for international standard rail and mobility research, testing and innovation.

#SwanseaBayProp
December 2, 2024 at 11:17 AM
GW-SHIFT is making available a very interesting new opportunity.

Teams and academics can access £10,000 to £25,000 to support short-term (3–6 month) projects that advance hydrogen and alternative liquid fuel technologies.

More about the opportunity here: lnkd.in/eXJXxFWV

#ResearchFunding
December 2, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Credit to the NSAR team for the fantastic work that they have done producing the Annual Rail Workforce Survey 2024.

A rich seam of information about the important areas of progress as well as long-term structural challenges rail faces.

Link: www.nsar.co.uk/wp-content/u...

#Skills #Rail
November 25, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Through Round 6 of the Design Foundations programme, Innovate UK are making available up to £2 million to help businesses use people centred and systemic design methods.

More here: apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/...

#Innovation
November 25, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Good to welcome Swansea Bay City Deal to @gcre.bsky.social recently. GCRE is hosting one of the LoRaWAN gateways that now sit across the Swansea Bay region.

More background to the project can be found here: www.gcre.wales/press-releas...

Current, live locations here: ttnmapper.org/heatmap/

#GCRE
November 25, 2024 at 10:40 AM
This year's Railway Ball auction is underway in support of the fantastic Railway Children charity and the Global Centre Of Rail Excellence is again taking part.

Enter now and make a difference. Draw closes on Friday 29th November.

To bid: 2024.railwayball.co.uk/view_lot/?id...

#RailwayBall2024
November 25, 2024 at 10:37 AM
GCRE Director of Strategy & Skills Robert Forde ChPP joined colleagues from across rail at the 2024 NSAR Skills Academy.

Lots to take back to our work at @gcre.bsky.social as we create accessible pathways for for individuals from communities around GCRE to access jobs here.

#NSAR #Skills
November 25, 2024 at 10:35 AM