Rail industry start-up news
The latest news about start-ups in the rail industry.
EcoTrain launched to target very light rail opportunities in France and Belgium
FRANCE: Dynamic testing of a lightweight trainset for secondary lines is underway follwing the unveiling of the EcoTrain.
Pacific Harbor Line partners with carbon capture start-up
USA: Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles rail operator Pacific Harbor Line has entered into a development agreement with Remora, which is developing mobile carbon capture technology for lorries and locomotives.
Innovation organisations partner to promote rail technology
UK: Intelligent Transport Systems UK is partnering with the Rail Innovation Group on joint events, knowledge sharing and policy engagement with the aim of providing a stronger platform to champion small and emerging companies and promote smarter, more connected transport systems.
Innovation Accelerator to support High Speed 2 project reset
UK: Applications have opened for the latest round of the High Speed 2 Innovation Accelerator, which is intended to address three specific challenges as part of the government’s ‘reset’ of the HS2 project.
Transport for London taps into start-ups’ emerging technologies
UK: Transport for London has appointed Plexal as Innovation Operation Supplier under a multi-year partnership which aims to equip its innovation team with insights and resources to drive the development and adoption of new technologies from start-ups.
Nine start-ups selected for rail innovation programme
UK: Nine technology start-ups have been selected from more than 100 applicants to joint the Future Labs innovation programme run by Southeastern, Northern, LNER and TransPennine Express with specialist company L Marks.
Comment: Private train operators seek the light
Train operators launch joint innovation programme
Iarnród Éireann seeks to develop start-up mindset
Plastic waste 3D printing project wins LNER Futurelabs accelerator competition
Talgo Inspire seeks alliances with transport technology start-ups
Northern sets the pace in cyber resilience
Transit Tech Lab to pilot transport efficiency and human resources innovations
Rail innovators call for improvements to the funding ecosystem
Seatfrog secures £6m investment for European expansion
Belgian start-up to test freight train ATO on Betuwe Route
Five innovators to work at HS2 contractor sites
Funding available for rail construction innovation projects
Bristol Temple Meads to host Station Innovation Zone
Rail innovation cluster launched by the University of Birmingham
MTR Corp to invest in start-ups
Shape-changing wayfinding and self-deploying flood barriers among innovation funding recipients
MainRail to digitalise ADIF maintenance records
Structure monitoring system developed