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First of a Kind competition offers innovators £5m to fund railway projects

Deniz Huseyin
17 April 2025
 

The DfT is offering £5m in funding to innovative projects for testing on the railway as part of the First of a Kind (FOAK) competition. Run in partnership with Innovate UK, the venture will support projects to give them a better chance of being bought by train operators, freight companies and Network Rail.

Innovate UK consulted with industry to identify the top challenges it faces. This year’s competition will be funding projects that focus...

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