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Europe’s Rail Partnership aims to accelerate development and deployment of innovative technologies (especially digital andautomation) and deliver on European Green Deal objectives (e.g. shift substantial part of the75% of inland freight carried today by road to rail and inland waterways). Outputs wouldbecome a mandatory part of the target rail system. Develop solutions with broad supportacross EU–up to 75% market uptake by 2030, improving the competitiveness of rail andsupport the European technological leadership in rail. For details of Europe’s Rail Partnership, please visit https://rail-research.europa.eu/.

For details please examine the following the documents:

Europe’s Rail Call for Proposals 2025-01

Projects worth €3 million, are expected to be funded under the Europe’s Rail Call for Proposals 2025-1, now open for submissions until 7 May 2025 at 17:00 CET.

This call seeks potential solutions to address current transport challenges and enhance the performance of the existing rail system through the introduction of Maglev-Derived Transport Systems (MDS). The call aims to further evaluate and address the technical open points of maglev-derived technologies. Additionally, the call focuses on advancing the design concept based on the most promising use cases, resolving technical issues, analysing the system’s economic viability, and proposing a fully automated, full-scale MDS application concept.