This document provides an overview of recent developments in European railway research and innovation funding. It discusses the establishment of Shift2Rail (S2R), a new Joint Technology Initiative that aims to direct over €1 billion towards transnational railway research projects. S2R is being established to help achieve the goals of doubling rail market share and tripling rail freight and passenger volumes by 2050 as outlined in the EU's Transport White Paper. The document also summarizes upcoming funding opportunities through Horizon 2020 open calls in late 2013 and outlines how S2R and the European Railway Technology Platform ERRAC will work together to guide European railway research priorities in the coming years.

1. ERRAC – Horizon 2020 Shift2Rail – Latest position
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2. What is ERRAC?
ERRAC is the European Technology Platform for rail. It was set up in
2001
ERRAC aims at revitalising the European rail sector and make it more
competitive, by fostering increased innovation and guiding
research efforts at European level.
Representatives from all the major European rail research
stakeholders are gathered:
q Operators,
q Infrastructure managers,
q Manufacturers,
q The European Commission,
q EU Member States,
q Academics,
q Users’ groups.
ERRAC covers all forms of rail transport: from conventional, high speed
and freight applications to urban and regional services.
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3. Vision and objectives of the railway sector
The 2011 EU Transport White Paper foresees a
global freight transport activity to increase, with
respect to 2005, by around 40% in 2030 and by
little over 80% by 2050. Passenger traffic
would grow slightly less than freight transport: 34%
by 2030 and 51% by 2050. The 2011 EU
Transport White Paper foresees a global freight
ransport activity to increase, with respect to 2005,
by around 40% in 2030 and by little over 80% by
2050. Passenger traffic would grow slighy less than
freight transport: 34% by 2030 and 51% by 2050.
Taking into account this general transport trend, the
ERRAC initial updated vision for 2050 is fully
matching the 2011 Transport White Paper : the rail
share of both the freight and passenger markets
will double by 2050, at the same time the rail
freight and passenger market volumes will more
than triple by 2050 as compared with 2000.
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4. Vision and objectives of the railway sector
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5. Vision and objectives of the railway sector
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6. Vision and objectives of the railway sector
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7. ERRAC ROADMAPS
• Roadmaps published in 2012: ERRAC-ROADMAPS
• Input developed in the following areas, all addressing the ERRAC SRRIA
priorities:
- Noise and vibration, energy
- Passenger and freight
- Urban mobility (in cooperation with ERTRAC)
- Safety and security
- Competitiveness
• Roadmaps: input for FP7 and Horizon 2020!
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8. ERRAC- Structure
New Terms of Reference
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9. FOSTER Rail: Strategic
objectives & structure
Ø FOSTER RAIL is a €1.6M EC funded project (CSA)
Ø Update of the Strategic Rail Research & Innovation Agenda (SRRIA)
Ø Project launched in May 2013
⇒ Expected publication = early 2014
Ø Defining implementation plans, including innovation roadmaps and
business implementation, based on the research agenda and roadmaps
and on the monitoring of the existing programmes
Ø Developing links and coordination strategies between the transportrelated ETPs and technology platforms existing at national level in MS/AS
Ø Building the interfaces between ERRAC and SHIFT²RAIL
Ø Increasing visibility of research and innovation activities, and contributing
to the dissemination of results
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10. EC Funding
Perspective
• Historically
– EC has provided significant Framework funding for transport
research but rail – only €20m / 30m per annum (projects in
TRL1-3)
– ERRAC has been influential in guiding the call topics to which the
UK has achieved significant involvement
– EC has been frustrated with low take up/implementation from
Framework projects
– EC developed together with the aerospace sector the JTI (joint
technology initiative) concept at TRL 4-7 to improve take up
– EC has provided VERY significant funding to Air and Road,
through JTI (Joint Technology Initiative) and PPPs. Clean Sky
JTI and SESAR and Green Car PPPs. Now it is agreeing Phase 2
for a number of these activities.
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11. EC Perspective
• ERRAC provides guidance to the EC on the future vision and role of
railways in Europe
• The European White Paper on transport sets challenging target for rail
• Horizon 2020 will provides a significantly increased budget for rail to
assist the development of the Single European Rail area
• UNIFE and a consortium of Railway companies have proposed a Rail
JTI to EC
• EC has made budget provision in Horizon 2020 for a Rail JTI
• This has now developed into a JTI proposal entitled SHIFT²RAIL
– Funding target €1.2B (usual 50% funding arrangement)
– Full scale demonstrators (TRL4-7)
– Existing framework project funding process to continue in Horizon
2020!
– ERRAC to run a Strategic Board - setting whole railway strategy
and measuring remit compliance
• The EC expects that most of this increased funding will be directed
through the Shift2Rail JTI – this is an on going discussion
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12. Horizon 2020 Update
• H 2020 includes for 2014 both Shift2Rail AND Open Calls
• ERRAC has provided topic areas for first call of the Horizon 2020
annual research programme to be launched on the 11th December
• At the moment there are 3 very general topics (see next slide)
• The call is expected to be circa €58PA but there is possibility of a 4th
topic to be added with more funding.
• The EC will allow a number of pre S2R projects (titled
Lighthouse projects) to be considered in the 3 topic areas
• The bad news is there is no funding for rail general H2020 open
calls planned for 2015, there will be calls but in the S2R process
• This is part of an unacceptable plan by EC to reduce rail
research funding to transfer it to aerospace sector
• ERRAC has its Plenary 15 Nov and will be initiating a consortium
building process
• This Seminar is a start to planning UK involvement!
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13. Proposed Open Calls
• MG.2.1-2014. – Intelligent Infrastructure
• MG.2.2-2014. – Smart Rail Services
• MG.2.3-2014. – New Generation of Rail Vehicles
• The details are on the document provided!
• *Note the topics could be Lighthouse projects to Shift2Rail
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14. Open calls
• How and where do we use the RTS/NRTS plans to develop
proposals?
• Other useful inputs
– Challenge 2050
– UIC Rail Technical Strategy Europe (in production)
– Other industry strategies?
• The sessions this afternoon to discuss
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15. So what is Shift2Rail?
A railway opportunity
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16. Shift2Rail Update
• In June 2012 14 companies signed a MOU to form an initial S2R
consortium and to make a proposal that would seek EC funding for a
rail JTI. (this included NR)
• The Consortium made proposals in July 2102, improved it in Jan 2103
and has sort its approval
• Politically the Commission (Vice President Kallas) has now committed
to Shift2Rail. DG Move will be responsible for the initiative.
• H2020 has high level budget provision for a rail JTI
• BUT Shift2Rail will follow the Institutional PPP SESAR model, which
makes the regulation easy, but does involve an additional step of an
open call for the major or core partners
• The Greek Presidency has agreed to sponsor through European
Parliament early next year
• SO IT IS HAPPENING!
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17. SHIFT²RAIL – ERRAC interface
ERRAC
SHIFT²RAIL
Strategic
Council
SHIFT²RAIL
Economic
and
Technological
Intelligence
Observatory
JTI
management
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InnovaAon
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IP1
IP2
IP3
IP4
IP5
JTI
members
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18. Updated status of the initiative:
Membership Status
Ø 21 major rail stakeholders have already
committed to providing significant
resources over the long-term to the S²R
objectives.
Ø 29 new industrial partners have signed a
MoU to contribute to the preparation
phase: Consorzio IBI, D'Appolonia, ELH,
ENOTRAC, ETF, Evoleo Technologies, FCC
Construction, Ferrovial, Indra, Ineco,
Interporto Bologna, OHL, Rhomberg Rail,
Robosoft, Saft, Selex ES, Strabag Rail,
Systra, Tata Steel, Technosite, UniControls,
VibraTec, VÚKV, Wascosa, Wiebe. Signature
is pending/expected from Ardanuy,
Bonatrans, LucchiniRS, Neopul, Newag,
Sirti and Skoda.
Ø 4 European Railway Undertaking and Infrastructure Managers have already
signed a MoU: ADIF, DB, FS and SNCF – as well as
Ø 1 Urban Operator: Wiener Linien.
In discussions with PKP and NS.
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19. Updated status of the initiative:
Membership Status
Ø 15 Research Centres have already signed a MoU: CEFRIEL, DLR,
Fraunhofer, Huddersfield University, IK, IK4, KTH, La Sapienza (Università
di Roma), Luleå Uni. of Technology, NewRail, Polimi & Fondazione
Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino, UNIGE (University of Genova),
Virtual Vehicle. Signature is pending/expected from FIDAMC, IFFSTAR,
Loughborough University, RSSB and Technalia.
Ø MoU signed with the European Network of Clusters of SMEs (ERCI) and
ongoing exchanges with the European rail research Network of Excellence
(EURNEX) and the European Association of Research and Technology
Organisation (EARTO)
Ø Collaboration with other rail sector associations in ERRAC: CER, EIM,
ERFA, UIC, UIP, UITP
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20. SHIFT²RAIL IPs/SPDs overview
(Innovation stream): R&I priorities
IP1 Energy & Mass Efficient
Technologies for High
Capacity Trains
IP2 Advanced Control &
Signaling Systems
Develop a new generation of signalling
and control systems, building on
current ERTMS, to enable intelligent
traffic management with automatically
driven trains and optimise capacity,
reliability and minimise life costs.
Develop the future generation of
trains that will be lighter, more
energy efficient while being able to
reduce today’s travelling times,
causing less track damage and less
impact on the environment, thereby
delivering a lower whole life cost.
IP5 Technologies for
Sustainable & Attractive
European Freight
Define all technological and process
breakthroughs necessary to
contribute to the realisation of one of
the key goals from the White Paper:
30% of road traffic switching to rail
and inland waterways by 2030 and
50% by 2050.
IP3 Cost Efficient High Capacity
Infrastructure
IP4: IT Solutions for a
Seamless Attractive Railway
Realise one of the key goals from the
White Paper: By 2020, establish the
framework for a European multimodal
transport information, management
and payment system. through the
development of open IT architecture
framework.
Deliver a new railway infrastructure
system (including both infrastructure
and energy subsystems) that provides
a breakthrough which will radically
improve capacity and performance and
reduce costs.
System management working groups across research priorities focusing on:
Environment Management (Noise & Vibration, Energy, etc.), Integration Mobility
Management, EMC/Interference Management, etc.
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21. Timescales
• S2R Consortium will submit a high level proposal to EC in early
November
• EC and Consortium to agree regulations around SESAR format
• EC will then submit to European Council in December
• The Proposal will go through European Parliament in Feb to April
sponsored by the Greek Presidency
• EC will make open call for TID members in April/May
• Recruitment and establishment of S2R JTI will commence in the
Summer 2014
• S2R will make open calls for Associate Members in summer
• S2R will start open calls for the initial 25% of the Research areas of
S2R in the autumn 2014
• Go live Jan 2105
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22. Technical Scope
• The S2R objectives are 100% aligned to the UK RTS
• The UK RTS and now the NRTS have been fully embedded in the
scope of S2R
• NR has been hugely influential in setting out the detailed work scopes
of the S2R to the benefit of UK Railway
• Some parts of the NRTS and the NR technology roadmaps could be
delivered by S2R, especially as S2R will focus on demonstrated and
test products
• The scale of funding available to S2R will enable the railway industry to
go significantly further than it has been able to do in the past, more
innovative, more radical, more able to make step change!
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23. Summary - what all this means for UK
railway
• In addition to all UK rail funding (RSSB, EIT, EPSRC etc)
• Represents a significant increase in rail research activity
• European Funding available
– Horizon 2020 Open calls (imminent!)
– Shift2Rail (2015)
• Open Calls
• NR Partner?
• BUT we now need to develop potential projects (with avenues to
solutions) and form consortium to bid!
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24. UK Position?
• NR will seek a full TID position in S2R.
• NR is discussing with the ORR for €30M of matched R & D funding in
CP5 (to make our part of a €60M commitment)
• TSLG has agreed that UK railway industry should try to develop a
combined UK input, and we have one!
• NR will act as umbrella and bring in all parts of UK industry as part of
its remit and offer
– NR will need to sub contract/partner with others to deliver its
activities (i.e. suppliers, SMEs, Universities etc)
• BUT UK supplier involvement low.
• Need for more UK partner companies, the risk of being left behind
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25. The Beginning!
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