The eight universities in the TransiT hub are centres of expertise in core project areas:
- Heriot-Watt University – logistics and freight – including the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight and The Centre for Logistics and Sustainability.
- University of Glasgow – digital twinning and cyber physical systems – including the university’s research groups in Energy and Sustainability and Communication, Sensing and Imaging.
- University of Leeds – transport decarbonisation policy development – including the university’s Institute for Transport Studies, one of the UK’s leading departments for transport teaching and research.
- University of Birmingham – rail – including the university’s Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, one of largest centres of its kind.
- Cranfield University – aviation – including the university’s globally-recognised Centre for Digital Engineering and Manufacturing.
- University College London – maritime – including the shipping research group at the university’s UCL Energy Institute.
- University of Cambridge – road freight – including the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, a collaboration between Cambridge, Heriot-Watt and Westminster universities with industry and government partners.
- Durham University – engineering of public transport systems – including work on hydrogen transportation in the Durham Energy Institute.
Our partners in digital twinning for transport decarbonisation
AGS Airports
Airbus Operations Ltd
Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (Queens University Belfast)
Aerospace Technology Institute
Amazon Web Services
Applied Data Science Partners
Aquatera Ltd
Babcock International
Bentley systems
Campaign for Better Transport
Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport
Costain
Community Transport Association
Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure
DFDS
DHL
DNV
Dover Harbour Board
Dynamon
Edinburgh Trams
EON reality
Flexible Power Systems
Geoinfscape
Hydrogen Vehicle Systems
Intel Corporation
Iotics
John Lewis Partnership
Lloyds Register
Marine Capital
MariTrace
Midlands Connect
Mott Macdonald
National Highways
Network Rail
Newcastle University (DARe / Hi-ACT)
Nokia
North tech
Northern Power Grid
NVIDIA
Ocado Group
Ordnance Survey
Pinsent Masons
RailX
Rail Freight Group
Road Haulage Association
Rolls Royce
Rail Safety and Standards Board
Scotland 5G Centre
Scottish Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Association
SouthEast of Scotland Transport Partnership
Scottish Gas Networks
Siemens Mobility
Slingshot Simulations Ltd
Scottish and Southern Energy Networks
Scottish Power Energy Networks
Stagecoach
Stantec
Stena
Systra
Tesco
Transport for London
The Hub Company
University of Sheffield (DTNet+)
University of Strathclyde (MarRI-UK / ENSIGN)
Urban Transport Group
Vahanomy
WSP
