Full Scale Test Facilities

The facilities at Barrow Hill include:Track test

  • 14 acre site just outside Chesterfield, UK
  • Connected to mainline railway network
  • Undercover vehicle accommodation, including maintenance pits and ancillary services
  • Over 1 mile of running track
  • A wide range of vehicles and carriages
  • Engineering workshops
  • High performance computer modelling facilities
  • Dedicated NewRail office including meeting facilities

For more information on NewRail's facilities at Barrow Hill, please contact Prof. Mark Robinson.

Wheel rolling over railWheel-Rail Testing

NewRail's Wheel-Rail Interface Group is active in wheel-rail testing at Barrow Hill for projects and consultancy services.

  • Crack initiation and growth in rails
  • Wear in rails
  • Fatigue
  • Adhesion at the wheel-rail interface