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[[File:Railway Technical Centre (geograph 5341159).jpg|thumb|The Railway Technical Centre in 2017]]
The '''Railway Technical Centre''' (RTC) in London Road, [[Derby]], England, was the technical headquarters of the [[British Railways Board]] and was built in the early 1960s. [[British Rail]] described it as the largest railway research complex in the world.

The RTC centralised most of the technical services provided by the regional Chief Mechanical & Electrical Engineers (CM&EE) to form the Department of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering (DM&EE). In addition, it housed the newly formed [[British Rail Research Division]] which reported directly to the Board. The latter is well known for its work on the experimental [[Advanced Passenger Train]] (APT-E). At that early stage this was a concept vehicle, and in time the DM&EE applied the new knowledge to existing practice in the design of the [[InterCity 125|High Speed Train]] (HST), the later prototype APT-P and other high-speed vehicles.

==History==
===Opening===
The Research Division was the first to move into the purpose-built accommodation on London Road. This was formed initially with personnel from other departments around the country, including the Electrical Research Division from [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]], the Mechanical Engineers Research Section, the Civil Engineering Research Unit (Track Lab), and the Chemical Research Unit, while the Scientific Services Division occupied the former [[LMS Scientific Research Laboratory]] building across the road known as Hartley House. The embryo RTC site (mainly Kelvin House and the Research Test Hall) was officially opened by [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] in May 1964.<ref>"British Railways Research Department Expanded" ''[[Railway Gazette International|Railway Gazette]]'' 5 June 1964 page 425</ref> Later additional buildings were added: Trent House and Derwent House, the Advanced Projects lab, then Stephenson House, Lathkill House and finally Brunel House.

===Department of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering===
In addition to the research employees, the RTC became the headquarters of the DM&EE. This brought together engineers from the regional departments, together with its Drawing Offices, the Testing & Performance Section and the Engineering Development Unit workshop (EDU) from [[Darlington]], the Workshops Division (which later became [[British Rail Engineering Limited]]) and it was also home to the Board's Central Purchasing Department. Strange to relate but the layout of equipment within the new workshop was as near as possible the same as the original. Following this came the Plastics Development Unit from [[Eastleigh]], which, among other innovations, was responsible for the design of the High Speed Train's streamlined cabs as well as the prototype [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] coach doors.

===Test tracks===
When research and testing required stretches of real railway line, the Research Division used the [[Old Dalby Test Track]], and at [[Mickleover]] in Derby and The High Marnham Test Track, the former LD&ECR from Shirebrook to Tuxford where one of Network Rail's RIDC is located.

== RTC today ==
At [[Privatisation of British Rail|privatisation]], most of the facilities were taken over by commercial railway engineering companies, and it was marketed as the "[https://rtcbusinesspark.co.uk/ rtc Business Park]" renting space to a range of small consultancy firms.

The only facility which is still used for railway research is the moving-model aerodynamic test facility.

The former RTC site is used by [[Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc.#United Kingdom|Loram]] to carry out repairs and maintenance on railway vehicles. It was also used by Rampart Carriage & Wagon Services (RC&WS) which went into liquidation in 2013.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-60495-1816069 |title=Rampart Carriage & Wagon Services Ltd |publisher=Thegazette.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-04-19))</ref> A large part of the site is used as storage and an operating base by Loram and [[Network Rail]], whose rolling stock on site forms part of Network Rail testing trains. Usual traction on these trains is either [[Colas Rail]] [[British Rail Class 37|class 37s]] or [[British Rail class 67|class 67s]]. The [[New Measurement Train]] and Loram C21 Grinding/Rail Profile Trains are also maintained at this facility.

LCR ([https://lcrproperty.co.uk/portfolio/rtc/y London and Continental Railway]s) took over the site in 2013 in response to a demand from the local community to retain RTC’s position as a key employment site and preserve its status as a core asset for Derby’s internationally-acclaimed engineering business cluster

==References==
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==General references==
* ''British Railway Research 1864-1965'' by S.Wise,C.Eng.,F.I.Mech.E.,M.I.M. (Edited by A.O.Gilchrist and with a biographical note by E.S.Burdon)

==External links==
*[http://www.traintesting.com TrainTesting.com - Personal Website of a former RTC employee]
*[http://www.old-dalby.com Old Dalby and Mickleover railway test tracks]
* [http://www.departmentals.com departmentals.com]
*[http://www.rtcbusinesspark.co.uk/ - The RTC Business Park Website]
*[http://www.lcrproperty.co.uk -LCR London and Continental Railway]
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[[Category:British Rail research and development]]
[[Category:Engineering research institutes]]
[[Category:History of Derby]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Derby]]
[[Category:Science and technology in Derbyshire]]

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