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Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 1 - MObility managemenT multImodal envirOnment aNd digitAl enabLers

Project description

Time to redefine rail transportation

To build a foundation for ongoing rail innovation, EU-Rail (Europe’s rail technology initiative) will focus on digitalisation, automation and connectivity. In this context, the FP1 MOTIONAL project will provide all rail industry players with digital access to a shared data system. It will enable the improved planning and operational management of services and offers and is therefore of paramount importance to meet the European ambitious target to make rail the preferred mode of transport in the future. Currently, rail traffic is managed on national/regional level and supported by legacy systems with a poor level of digitalisation. The project is in line with EU efforts to speed up the shift from road to rail.

Objective

“MOTIONAL” will enable the improved planning and operational management of services and offers and is therefore of paramount importance to meet the European ambitious target to make rail the preferred mode of transport in the future. It will enable the future European railway system to be interoperable, resilient, able to adapt capacity and able to integrate all involved services including last mile operations, exploiting the opportunities provided by digitalization. The “MOTIONAL” developments for the future European Traffic Management are key to achieve the foreseen Single European Rail Area. Today, rail traffic is managed on national/regional level supported by legacy systems with a poor level of digitalization and weak integration with systems of other actors participating in the overall traffic planning and management process. Through the development of functional requirements, associated specifications and operational or technological solutions and by taking advantage of the potential of digitalization, “MOTIONAL” will pave the way towards the implementation of the future European Rail Traffic Management System to make rail the backbone of a multimodal transport system for passengers and freight. The planned activities to achieve the objectives of Destination 1 are carried out in two major workstreams. Workstream 1 has the three major focus areas, Planning and Operation activities (dealing with the future interactively linked timetable planning and operational traffic management systems) and Integration activities (dealing with railway services to offer door-to-door mobility). Workstream 2 will deliver a set of digital enablers for all Europe’s Rail Destinations (i.e.“transversal”) to support the development of destination-specific digitalization solutions as Digitalization is a fundamental transformational process encompassing the Rail System as a whole.

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HORIZON-JU-IA - HORIZON JU Innovation Actions

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-ER-JU-2022-01

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Coordinator

HACON INGENIEURGESELLSCHAFT MBH
Net EU contribution

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€ 1 971 579,49
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LISTER STRASSE 15
30163 Hannover
Germany

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SME

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Yes
Region
Niedersachsen Hannover Region Hannover
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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