Department for Transport Rail Industry Day
Earlier this month, the Department for Transport (DfT) held their Industry Day in London, UK.
Government Ambition for Rail
Speaking at the event, Secretary of State for Transport, MP Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin, declared the ambition and opportunity imbued by the record amounts of government funding being put into UK railways over the next 5 years; strengthening the focus on passengers, and building commercial expertise and innovation. (For speech transcript, visit .gov.uk website).
Improving Innovation in Rail
The event incorporated how this vision may apply to train and freight operating companies, and IXC UK is supporting the Department of Transport in improving such innovation in rail franchising.
IXC as Innovation Partner to Transport Sector
IXC UK (InnovationXchange) is recognised as a leading practitioner of Open Innovation and collaborative development, successfully delivering innovation initiatives to companies and organisations in the Transport, and other industry sectors.
In supporting the Department for Transport's (DfT) strategy for introducing innovation as a significant component of future rail franchises, IXC will utilise its transport domain expertise and track record in innovation and through working closely with the Future Railway plus the wider rail stakeholder network.
Find out More
To find out more how innovation can be enabled, incentivised and supported through the franchising process- at bid stage and beyond- visit the Innovation in Franchising page on the RSSB site.
To see how IXC work as trusted innovation partner to the Rail industry visit our Rail Sector page.
To find out how you can implement Innovation in your business, please contact our team on: 0121 250 5717 or email: [email protected].
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