Concept Development of a System for Pods and Pod-Carriers to be used as Moving Infrastructures mainly for Rail, but as well for Road and Ropeways: Pods4Rail

Programme(s):
HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility 
HORIZON.2.5.8 - Smart Mobility

Topic(s): HORIZON-ER-JU-2022-FA7-01 - Conceptual development of Automated Multi-Modal Mobility-Systems (“Moving Infrastructures”)

Call for proposal: HORIZON-ER-JU-2022-02

Funding Scheme: HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions

Grant agreement ID: 101121853

Objective:

Two major issues of secondary lines rail transport are need to change the train for many destinations and to be bound to a timetable. Pods can be used to adopt rail transport better to the users demand by higher flexibility and efficiency as well as realising on-demand rail transport. The Project Pods4Rail aims to develop a concept for Pods and Pod-Carriers on Railway in order show the approach. Pod-carriers are serving as a moving infrastructure and the pods are loaded and locked on them for the transport. The main focus in Pods4Rail is the rail pod-carrier, which is presented in detail. Nevertheless, Pod-Carrier for Road and Ropeways are taken into consideration on a conceptual level to ensure the transferability of the concept. Related use cases and business cases are identified and analysed.