Grants & Funding
Government grants and funding awarded to the company
Railway 200 Exhibition Train
We want to develop a touring exhibition train which will contain activities and content that tell the pioneering historical and cultural story of the railway. It will use expert and innovative storytelling and activities to engage and inspire young people, raise awareness of the UK’s cultural and engineering heritage, and encourage them to consider a career in rail and STEM. It will spend twelve months travelling across the UK to mainline connected venues in locations that don’t currently have access to exhibitions of this type and will focus on encouraging visits from diverse communities and with school groups in KS2 and KS3. In addition to telling interesting stories to new audiences that might not previously have engaged on this topic it will also support heritage railways by acting as a new and unique visitor attraction when it visits in summer 2025 and beyond.
Single Photon Infrared Imaging, Detection and Ranging (SPIDAR)
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=44835
Real-time AI enabled rail track inspection and analysis [RAPPID]
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=44929
FORSE - Fibre Optic Railway Sensing Equipment
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10018143
NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Transport Infrastructure Efficiency Strategy Living labs
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=106171
Apprenticeships Participation 18+
To fund the provision of apprenticeship training.
Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18
To fund the provision of apprenticeship training.
Prometheus - A reconfigurable robotic platform(s) with advanced sensing for confined spaces
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=104824
ALB - UKRI - Smart-X: A remote-condition monitoring technology for voids, nose impact and switch movement at S&C's
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=104247
ALB - UKRI - PErpetual Track Sensors (PETS)
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=105049
ALB - UKRI - VALISE - the 'video balise' for precise low cost train positioning
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=104239
ALB - UKRI - Vehicle Internet Links using Infra-Red transmission of Information (VILIRI)
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=104240
ALB - UKRI - Industrial research of a disruptive technology to monitor the health of rail subsurface infrastructure (hidden) assets in real time using innovative radar and visualisation technologies - Infrastructure Monitoring System (INFRAMONIT)
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=104245
ALB - UKRI - SAFRON: Safe Operational Radio Network for mixed-priority communications to trains using a shared architecture.
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=104241
ALB - UKRI - RODIO: Railway Optical Detection of Intrusions and Obstacles
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=104244