Dr Alan Peters, Ecosystem Director for Rail & Stations at Connected Places Catapult, says the Station Innovation Zone encourages the greater use of technology, and offers a glimpse into what a future vision of stations could be.
New group of station innovators gather in Bristol
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Giulia Lorenzini, SME Innovation Funding Team Lead at the Catapult explains that three innovators will be selected to progress to a trial phase this spring and will each receive £75,000 to develop their proposals.
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Network Rail’s Senior Programme Manager Brian Wortman explained that Bristol Temple Meads is undergoing a major regeneration, and that construction of a new Temple Quarter district will have a major impact on the station.
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Cohort members take part in interactive workshop sessions, exploring what makes a good trial, with representatives from Network Rail, Great Western Railway, the Rail Safety & Standards Board, Great British Railways Transition Team and Rail Data Marketplace.
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Network Rail’s Project Manager, Andy Rhodes takes members of the Station Innovation Zone cohort and other stakeholders on a tour of Bristol Temple Meads, showing them the platforms, concourse beneath the tracks and service spaces.
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Delegates at the Welcome Day inside the Engine Shed near Bristol Temple Meads station.
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Each of the SMEs explain their innovation on camera at the venue.
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Cohort members and stakeholders associated with the Station Innovation Zone gather outside Bristol Temple Meads.
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Photographs: Leigh Farmer