Research Institution

National Transport Research Organisation (NTRO)

Capability Category

Accessibility, Alternate Fuels, Asset Management, Batteries, Bridges and Structures, CCTV, Civil Infrastructure, Combined Services Route, Components and Structures, Corridor Infrastructure, Customer Experience, Cyber Security, Decarbonisation, Digitisation, Data and Modelling, Drainage and Hydrology, Earthworks, Electrical Energy, Energy, Engineering Surveying, Environment, Fleet, Geometry and Alignment, Geotechnical, Human Factors, Integration, Interlocking Systems, Interoperability, Intruder Detection, Left Item Detection, Light Rail Vehicles, Mobility as a Service, Modelling, Optimisation, Other, Predictive Maintenance, Railway Surveying, Roads and Pavements, Safety, Security, Signals and Control Systems, Stations and Buildings, Structures, Supervisory and Control Systems, Systems and Quality Assurance, Track, Trackside Systems (Including Cabling), Trainborn Condition Monitoring, Tunnelling, Wayside Monitoring, Wheel and Rail Interface

Strengths and Specific Capabilities

NTRO Rail combines the expertise of the Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation (ACRI) and Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) to provide effective solutions for complex rail challenges. NTRO has dedicated expertise in: Asset performance Sustainability & materials Next-generation transport systems Data analytics Infrastructure measurement Rail safety Heavy haul Level crossing Freight

Infrastructure, Facilities, Major Equipment and Onsite Technologies

NTRO has state of the art transport research laboratories based in Fishermans Bend, Port Melbourne, Victoria. It employs 240 staff able to deal with all types of rail projects, and multi-modal transport research. NTRO has offices based in Queensland, NSW, SA, WA, Tasmania and NZ, with the head office based at the National Transport Research Centre, 80A Turner St, Port Melbourne, Victoria, 3207.

Past and current industry partners

Technology Readiness Level

TRL 4 - Design, development and lab testing of components/processes.

Published Work

Principal Researchers

Contact Details

Natalie Loughborough

03 9881 1555

[email protected]

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