Great progress from our colleagues at Vivarail, helping to deliver alternative traction power options. Innovate UK vivarail.co.uk/vivarail-launc…

This #WorldEnvironmentDay we're getting ready to plug solar panels directly into a rail network this July. This is a world first - thanks to Innovate UK and Department for Transport for making it possible #RidingSunbeams #BeatAirPollution

InnovateUK is very proud to support our colleagues in the Department for Transport. #innovateuk gov.uk/government/new…

InnovateUK's Rhianne Montgomery featured in the reporting of SmartRail 2019. #innovateuk smartrailworld.com/top-9-highligh…

The human visual system is amazing but occasionally it does make errors. These illusions offer insight into how our vision works!

Launch of the First of a Kind 2020 competition worth £9.4m: briefing events in London (21 Jan), Manchester (23 Jan) and Cardiff (29 Jan). See …for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/52…

How can we accelerate uptake of innovation in our UK Rail sector? Through the work of Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Network @KTNUK & #FirstOfAKind #FOAK Department for Transport we are funding a range of UK #RailTech projects #FOAK2020 is now open💥 Apply here: …for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/52…

A summary of the FOAK2020 competition briefing event and Rail Innovation Exhibition, delivered by InnovateUK on behalf of the Department for Transport on 21st Jan.. Thanks again to all who attended. For competition details see …for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/52…. #Innovateuk #FOAK2020

We are urgently looking to provide business-led innovation solutions to the global disruption caused by #Covid19. This fast response competition will be open until noon on 17 April – ow.ly/emtk50z4h7V @beisgovuk @KTNUK UK Research and Innovation

Congratulations to the 'First Of A Kind' class of 2020 👏   We’ve awarded a share of £9.4m to projects which are transforming rail travel including a seat-switching app and concrete which de-ices platforms. 🚆   Find out more 👉 bit.ly/2BdWPB6 Innovate UK #FOAK2020

News on the continuing partnership between InnovateUK and Network Rail, and the activities being supported. Celebrating this great collaboration! networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/network-r…

A major milestone has been marked for the UK with the first #hydrogen train running on our rail network! 🚊 🔋 I’m delighted to have ridden the HydroFlex train – another example of our investment in hydrogen tech as part of our ambitious #SustainableTravel and net-zero goals 🍃

UK's first hydrogen train #HydroFLEX takes to the mainline marking major step towards decarbonising Britain's railways Read more about its success here: bham.ac.uk/HydroFLEXMainl… @PorterbrookRail Innovate UK

First of a Kind Innovation programme sees - First hydrogen train on a UK rail network & first passenger picked up from a UK station by hydrogen train was Transport Secretary Rt Hon Sir Grant Shapps. ow.ly/VemN50BFh90 #HydroFLEX Department for Transport @PorterbrookRail Uni of Birmingham

Help the UK build back better! The Geospatial Commission with the help of Innovate UK  and @KTNUK  are launching a new £2m competition to look at how #geospatial data can support our transport challenges. Find out more & apply here: ow.ly/N1KA102nZfk Geospatial Commission

Don't forget to register with @KTN_Transport for the Innovate at HS2 Ltd briefing event on 12th November, in partnership with Innovate UK. Sign up and find out more here: lnkd.in/edZqcUN Kelvin Davies, @manomilda, Catherine Appleby, @alexcburrows #innovation #transport #rail

Congratulations to the latest First of a Kind competition winners! 🥳 These cutting-edge ideas will #decarbonise the railways and improve journeys. 🚄 Find out which projects have received a share of the £9m investment 👉 gov.uk/government/new… #FutureOfTransport

Thx for the article Daisy @KTM_Rail

With innovation at the heart of our #PlanforRail, it was great to see such ground-breaking projects at the Rail Innovation Exhibition🚆 Working with Innovate UK, we’ve already spent £35m of our #FirstofaKind fund enhancing railways across the country.

Today I've been at Marylebone Station admiring @Priestmangoode's new 'Proteus' rail interior which offers more flexibility & improved comfort💺 Through our #FirstofaKind scheme I'm investing in projects like this nationwide, revolutionising the future of rail experience🚆