DfT Launch Competition to find '21st Century Brunel'

[Starmill]

First of a Kind 2020 launches to find this century’s Brunel
Department for Transport and Innovate UK launch competition to drive innovation on the railways.

Organisations developing cutting-edge technology focused on making rail journeys faster, cleaner and greener could receive a share of £9.4 million to bring their ideas to life.

The Department for Transport is working with Innovate UK to launch the 2020 First of a Kind (FOAK) competition to accelerate innovation in rail. Now in its fourth year, the competition will help transform rail travel for passengers and decarbonise the network.

To mark the launch, Future of Transport Minister George Freeman will be visiting former competition winner Riding Sunbeams today (13 January 2020), a project connecting solar directly to the railway. The pilot, based near Aldershot station in Hampshire, is supplying power to Network Rail’s infrastructure on its line to Alton and could pave the way for the world’s first ever solar-powered train.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-of-a-kind-2020-launches-to-find-this-centurys-brunel

 

[stut]

The pilot, based near Aldershot station in Hampshire, is supplying power to Network Rail’s infrastructure on its line to Alton and could pave the way for the world’s first ever solar-powered train.

Ahem!

https://byronbaytrain.com.au/

 

[Jorge Da Silva]

Spelt Century wrong in the title @Starmill

 

[Dr_Intoxicated]

Spelt Century wrong in the title @Starmill

But most people will still understand.

 

[sprunt]

Wonder what Thomas Heatherwick's terrible winning entry will be?

 

[matt_world2004]

Wonder what Thomas Heatherwick's terrible winning entry will be?

Boris Johnson is going to enter a design for a bridge between Northern Ireland and the UK it will win in the under 8s category.

 

[Speed43125]

Ahem!

https://byronbaytrain.com.au/

Exactly!
Not likely to be any realistic use for a solar train in blighty though, well, maybe summer rush or something but otherwise seems impractical and pointless. You'd be much better off lining the track bed with solar panels than lining a train roof with them! /s