SHIFT2RAIL is a public-private partnership to invest just under €1 billion in research and innovation to get more passengers and freight onto Europe’s railways.
There are currently a number of open competitions for companies to apply into; but the deadline for submissions of 17th March is fast approaching.
Topics that are in the current programme for which funding is available include:
– development of next generation tractions systems and brakes
– feasibility studies for next generation of TCMS and safe control for brakes
– technical specifications for new communications systems
– detection and protection definition for cyber security assessment
– research into radical ways for trains to change tracks
– interoperability framework governance and framework converters
– freight automation including vehicle/train dynamics and freight wagon predictive maintenance
– energy usage and energy saving
– noise reduction
– improved object detection on the infrastructure to prevent safety critical incidents
For more information about the above visit the website http://www.shift2rail.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Presentations-of-the-topics.pdf
