Railway Technical Centre
The Railway Technical Centre in London Road, Derby, England, was the technical headquarters of the British Railways Board and was built in the early 1960s.Photo: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Commerce
- Description: former technical headquarters of the British Railways Board; business park
- Also known as: “RTC”, “rtc Business Park”, and “RTC Business Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pride Park Stadium and Derby railway station.
Pride Park Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Pride Park Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Derby, England, which is the home ground of English Football League club Derby County. With a capacity of 33,597, it is the 16th-largest football ground in England. Pride Park Stadium is situated 2,900 feet northeast of Railway Technical Centre.
Derby railway station
Railway station
Photo: HJ Mitchell, CC BY 3.0.
Derby is a main line railway station serving the city of Derby, in Derbyshire, England. It lies 127 miles north of London St Pancras on the Midland Main Line. Derby railway station is situated 2,900 feet northwest of Railway Technical Centre.
LMS School of Transport
Convention center
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The LMS School of Transport was built between 1937 and 1938 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in Derby, Derbyshire and is now a Grade II listed building used as the Derby Conference Centre. LMS School of Transport is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Railway Technical Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Litchurch and Wilmorton.
Litchurch
Locality
Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Litchurch is a historical area in the city of Derby, in Derbyshire, England. From Medieval times it was a rural township associated with Derby but outside the burgh boundary, before experiencing rapid urbanisation and population growth in the 19th century.
Wilmorton
Suburb
Wilmorton is a suburb of the city of Derby, in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England, which lies between Alvaston and Osmaston, to the south of the city centre on the A6 from Deadman's Lane to the Canal Bridge.
Pride Park
Suburb
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pride Park is a business park on the southern outskirts of the city centre of Derby, England. It covers 80 hectares of contaminated former industrial land between the River Derwent and railway lines, and was developed between the 1990s and early 2000s. Pride Park Stadium, Derby Arena and The Sanctuary Local Nature Reserve are also located within Pride Park.
Railway Technical Centre
- Categories: building complex and business park
- Location: Derby, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.90947° or 52° 54′ 34″ northLongitude
-1.45667° or 1° 27′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C4WWG5V+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
way 54744604OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=commercialWikidata ID
Q7284213
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Railway Technical Centre” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “德比铁路技术中心”
- Chinese: “德比鐵路技術中心”
- Chinese: “英国铁路技术中心”
- Japanese: “鉄道技術センター”
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Highlights include Cygnet Hospital Derby and Deadmans Lane Bridge.
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