About us
What we do
The CRC for Rail Innovation is a collaborative venture between leading organisations in the Australian rail industry and Australian Universities and is supported by the Commonwealth Government. The CRC for Rail Innovation is investing around $100m in rail research to meet participant and industry needs over the 7 years to 2014.
Our Vision
The leading Australian Rail Research Provider – achieving commercial outcomes.
Our Mission
The CRC for Rail Innovation will undertake research to generate significant economic and social benefits for Australia. The CRC for Rail Innovation has a broad scope embracing seven themes:
- Climate Change and the Environment
- Safety & Security
- Performance
- Urban Rail Access
- Workforce Development
- Smart Technologies and
- Adoption and Commercialisation
Our Research
The CRC for Rail Innovation is investing around $100m in rail research to meet participant and industry needs over the 7 years to 2014, making it the single biggest research program in the history of Australian railways.
Driven by our mission of becoming the leading Australian rail research provider, the CRC for Rail Innovation aims to deliver a legacy of wide ranging benefits for the rail industry and Australia.
With this objective in mind, the research carried out aims at producing solutions to the rail industry’s most pressing challenges.
You may jump straight to a project using the [PROJECT INDEX] menu, or browse the Research Matrix in the banner.
Commercialsation and Adoption
The CRC for Rail Innovation will, by undertaking adoption-focused research, ensure that its research outputs achieve high levels of impact and utilisation by end-users. This in turn will result in significant economic, environmental and social benefits to Australia.
There are two broad pathways to having our research outputs used by the rail industry. These are through direct adoption by the organisation and commercialisation through a third party. Both involve the CRC and participants:
- having a detailed understanding of the output of the research;
- determining how that output will be able to be applied in industry;
- defining a pathway to utilisation; and
- having an understanding of the effect that the utilisation will have on the rail organisation, both at a macro and micro level.
An adoption/commercialisation plan will be developed or implemented for each CRC for Rail Innovation project.
It is the CRC for Rail Innovation’s objective to deliver maximum benefits to its participants through early and effective collaboration, and an optimum process of adoption or commercialisation of its research outcomes. This will help underpin the transformation of rail into a more productive, efficient, safer and environmentally friendlier industry.