Railway Technical Centre

In addition, it housed the newly formed British Rail Research Division which reported directly to the Board.

The embryo RTC site (mainly Kelvin House and the Research Test Hall) was officially opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in May 1964.

Following this came the Plastics Development Unit from Eastleigh, which, among other innovations, was responsible for the design of the High Speed Train's streamlined cabs as well as the prototype Mark 3 coach doors.

At privatisation, most of the facilities were taken over by commercial railway engineering companies, and it was marketed as the "rtc Business Park" renting space to a range of small consultancy firms.

LCR (London and Continental Railways) took over the site in 2013 in response to a demand from the local community to retain RTC’s position as a key employment site and preserve its status as a core asset for Derby’s internationally-acclaimed engineering business cluster