{"id":53542,"date":"2015-02-06T15:32:24","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=c1952b65ffa685afcdc6fd9c4de39d5a"},"modified":"2015-02-06T15:32:24","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:32:24","slug":"news-story-business-contracts-alternative-railway-signalling-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=53542","title":{"rendered":"News story: Business contracts: alternative railway signalling systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>If your business has an idea that you think could keep rail traffic on the move, you could win a contract to do a  feasibility study, develop a prototype and demonstrate it to industry experts.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"signalling-intent\">Signalling intent<\/h2>\n<p>This SBRI (small business research initiative) competition is part of Phase 2 of the Combined Positioning Alternative Signalling System (COMPASS) programme being developed to: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>enable trains to continue to move when the existing signal system fails <\/li>\n<li>provide signallers with an alternative and more accurate view of a train\u2019s position, speed and direction of travel <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Successful applicants will be funded to carry out an initial feasibility study to investigate the technical and commercial viability of their proposed solutions. <\/p>\n<p>On the basis of this study applicants will be selected to demonstrate their solutions to a panel of industry experts including representatives from train operating companies (TOCs),  and competition sponsors Network Rail and RSSB.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>the competition is now open<\/li>\n<li>there\u2019ll be a briefing event on 10 February 2015, potential bidders can register by emailing compass@futurerailway.org<\/li>\n<li>the deadline for receipt of applications is 1pm on Friday 27 March 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The competition is sponsored by <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.networkrail.co.uk\/\">Network Rail<\/a> and<br \/>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.futurerailway.org\/competitions\/Pages\/default.aspx\">FutureRailway<\/a><br \/>\nand run by Network Rail.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/sbri.innovateuk.org\/competition-display-page\/-\/asset_publisher\/E809e7RZ5ZTz\/content\/combined-positioning-alternative-signalling-system-compass-\/1524978?p_p_auth=NFFbP7oz\">Find out more about COMPASS and apply for funding<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/case-studies\/3d-scanning-measuring-how-wounds-heal\">Read about how another business has benefited from SBRI support<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/interact.innovateuk.org\/\">See Innovate UK\u2019s current funding opportunities<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you keep trains moving when existing signal systems fail? \u00a34 million in contract funding is available to help find a solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}