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IUK Announces £3.5 Million Demonstrating Tomorrow’s Stations and a Greener Railway ‘First of a Kind’ SBRI Competition
19/09/2018
This new ‘First of a Kind’ competition is seeking ideas to decarbonise the railway and improve the passenger experience in rail stations.
Innovate UK (IUK) is launching a new £3.5 million competition as part of a larger ‘First of a Kind’ demonstrator initiative, on behalf of the Department for Transport (DfT). The aim of the ‘Demonstrating Tomorrow’s Stations and a Greener Railway’ SBRI competition is to establish how proven technologies can be integrated into a railway environment for the first time. It aims to stimulate innovation in the UK rail industry.