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1015007208 T1403 - Preventing unsolicited brake applications: A new approach to PassComm system design

Details

Value
£75,000
Topic
Research services
Published
17 February 2026
Submission
20 March 2026

Tender description

This research will explore whether changes in system logic, design, or supporting processes could reduce unnecessary emergency stops between stations while preserving the ability to effectively respond to PTI or other genuine emergencies. This work directly supports the Rail Delivery Group’s Network Performance Board and its Performance Restoration Framework pillar ‘Keeping Trains Safely Moving’. It also aligns with the Rail Technical Strategy’s Critical Enabler ‘Optimised Train Operations’ and RSSB’s Rail Health and Safety Strategy (RHSS). This work is sponsored by the Operations Standards Forum (OSF) and supported by the Better Operations and Programme Board (BOPB). For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://rssb.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-services./HD746MYX6H To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://rssb.delta-esourcing.com/respond/HD746MYX6H

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published17 February 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date20 March 2026

About the buyer

Rail Safety and Standards Board is a not-for-profit, industry-owned company that supports Britain's railways with data, standards and research, and buys through its own procurement team. Smaller purchases are made directly by the business, and larger ones go through the procurement team. Many research projects are proposed by industry organisations and can be co-funded by those that benefit.

Over the past 5 years, most of Rail Safety and Standards Board Ltd's contract awards have been in research and development, business services and IT services.

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