Rail Innovation Challenge 7th
Rail Innovation Challenge 7th
Revolutionize everyday mobility with Ferrocampus and its partners! Win exceptional awards and meet to industry experts!
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SHAPE THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY FOR THE RAIL INDUSTRY!
What if your idea could transform the future of rail travel?
The Rail Innovation Challenge platform is coming very soon!
In the meantime, start observing, wondering, and imagining:
a need to be met, a process to be simplified, a practice to be improved, a more sustainable solution, or an innovation to be invented…
It’s up to you to come up with the idea that could revolutionize the rail industry!
TIMELINE
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APPLICATION
From 29/09/2025 to 01/12/2025
Register and submit your idea for tomorrow's rail mobility!
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DEEPENING
From 16/01/2026 to 10/04/2026
The selected teams will have the opportunity to be accompanied by railway experts to further develop their project.
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FINAL
May 18th 2026
Finalist teams will have the opportunity to pitch their project to the Final Jury.
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BUILD THE FUTURE
Create a team from 2 to 5 students, submit your ideas for transforming rail mobility and submit your CV to make yourself known to the Challenge's partner companies.
Together, we're creating solutions for a better passenger experience, optimised operations and cutting-edge technical systems!
Together, we're creating solutions for a better passenger experience, optimised operations and cutting-edge technical systems!
GET INSPIRED
You can address one of the six topics proposed by the sponsors, or suggest your own idea!
Railway air quality: how to measure and improve it
Urban mobility: smoothing passenger load during peak hours
Rail accessibility: better support for vulnerable people
Green travel: international standards and services for sustainable mobility
Sustainable freight corridors: accelerating through digital technology
Climate-resilient railways
Free topic: your ideas for the future of rail
PRIZES
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
1st
The winning team will receive a €4,000 voucher to spend on rail travel!
And a digital subscription to the magazine Ville, Rail & Transports!
2nd
The second team will receive a €3,000 voucher to spend on rail travel!
And a digital subscription to the magazine Ville, Rail & Transports!
3rd
The third team will receive a €2,000 voucher to spend on rail travel!
And a digital subscription to the magazine Ville, Rail & Transports!
The 4th Prize will be designated by the Public.
The Winning team will receive a €1,000 voucher to spend on rail travel!
Les dotations sont versées directement par FERROCAMPUS, association organisatrice du challenge, par virement bancaire au profit 'un représentant désigné par chaque équipe gagnante.
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About FerroCampus
The Ferrocampus association, based in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, is a centre of excellence for the railway industry in various aspects: training in railway trades, the attractiveness of the sector or innovation and the experimentation of new solutions for the train of the future.
Ferrocampus thus seeks to unite the railway players around structuring projects, such as specific training courses of the CAP at bac+5, major research and development projects such as the Innovative Light Rail, or events to boost the industry such as the Ferrocampus'Days.
Find out more about careers in the rail industry, as well as job and internship offers:
About the AFFI
The Association Ferroviaire Française des Ingénieurs et Cadres (French Railway Association of Engineers and Executives) aims to bring together all engineers and executives in the public or private sector who are or have been active in the various railway fields.
AFFI offers its members a place to meet, discover and exchange ideas, as well as the opportunity for ongoing personal enrichment through the cross-fertilization of knowledge between different railway disciplines. It regularly offers its 300-plus members - students, working or retired people, professionals - technical visits to construction sites, operational and industrial sites, as well as conferences and other informal exchanges.
Find out more about AFFI's activities: www.ingenieur-ferroviaire.net