GCRE signs a new partnership deal with Network Rail

A railway training and testing facility supported by the UK and Welsh governments will partner with the UK-wide railway infrastructure manager Network Rail when it opens.

Although the Global Centre for Rail Excellence (GCRE) is still in its preliminary construction phase, as its site near Swansea in South Wales is made safe after its first life as an open cast mine, its CEO said the commercial deal would help create a carbon-neutral railway.

Despite nearly $80m of government funding, from both London and Cardiff, the GCRE is still in need of major investment if the commercial deals it has made, including with Network Rail and Transport for Wales, are ever to see the light of day.