Corridor planning
Rail infrastructure
Rail Sector Efficiency
Unlocking Rail Sector Efficiency through Multi-Layer Technical Strategies in Brazil
Uses technical strategies to set a long-term vision for Brazil’s railways as a system and unlock efficiencies held back by regulatory bottlenecks.
Project ID: TRiP 8
Lead: University of Birmingham
Workstream: WS4
At a glance
Region Brazil
Duration November 2026 – March 2027
A long-term vision of the railway as a system
Coordination across government levels and sectors
A framework for a rail technical strategy
How can technical strategies set a long-term vision for the railway as a system and unlock efficiencies constrained by regulation?
Research activities
The concept of technical strategies
Challenges for the coming decades
Brazil’s multi-layered authorities
Case study on rail efficiency
Planned research outputs
Framework for a rail technical strategy in Brazil
Roadmap for a case study chosen with stakeholders
Relevance & uptake
Advice to operators · rail technical strategy framework · efficiency roadmap
Implemented by
University of Birmingham
Meet us at
Conference participation [tbc]