Network Rail, through Innovate UK, are to invest £2.88 million in two SBRI competitions to improve the safety and efficiency of our railways. The competitions launch on Monday 2nd December and this briefing event is aimed at providing you with more information on the competitions and how to apply. It is also an opportunity to meet others, network and form collaborative partnerships.
Up to £720,000 (+VAT) is available to support the development of a demonstrator for automated structure gauging data processing. Gauging is the process through which Network Rail ensures adequate clearance between passing trains and lineside objects and features. The objective of this competition is to demonstrate innovations to Network Rail that will enhance the interpretation of point-cloud data, providing accurate information on the location and identity of trackside features to enable accurate gauging clearance processing. An extra £1,080,000m (+VAT) will be available for phase 2.
Find out more: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/news/live-now-webcast-network-rail-innovate-uk-railways-sbri-competition-briefing
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• Trespass (not resulting in fatality) costs Network Rail approximately £5m per
period
• Vandalism and theft cost approximately £1m per period
• The total cost of security incidents has risen from £43m per year in 2006/7 to
£130m per year in 2017/18.
• From 2017-2019, 85% of trespass incidents occurred within 250m of a train
station
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Our aims:
• Detect trespass in known problem areas
• Improve trespass data for better understanding of the issue
• Deter trespassers
• Allow for response to trespass
• Reduce trespass related delays
10. SBRI: innovation in railway
platform end and edge technology
Briefing Event
5 December 2019
Kelvin Davies / Steve Sopp
Rail / SBRI Team, Innovate UK
11. Aims of Today’s Briefing
Opportunity for Network Rail to brief on the
competition objectives
Additional
Set out the background for this competition
Bring the scope and guidance to life
Opportunity for you to ask questions
Highlight the roles of the Knowledge Transfer
Network (KTN), and Catapults in making
connections that may help you.
Provide networking opportunities
12. • Organisations can apply for a share of £1.08m + VAT
• The competition is eligible to:
• organisation of any size
• project work to be carried out in the UK
• organisations should be based in the UK, EU or the EEA
• 100% funding
• Total project costs between £200k and £360k + VAT
• Up to 16 month project duration (12 month trial)
• development and demonstration of a technological and/or
physical solution which will detect and deter trespass onto
the railway from platform ends and edges.
Competition Summary
SBRI: INNOVATION IN RAILWAY PLATFORM
END AND EDGE TECHNOLOGY
13. The competition objectives are :
to detect and deter trespass at platform ends and edges (such as fare evasion or shortcuts)
to detect and deter incursion over platform ends and edges to commit crime (such as cable theft
or vandalism).
to demonstrate the capability of physical and/or technological solutions to combat these
challenges.
Objectives
14. Your solution must be scalable to suit different station environments, including those with:
no station staff (referred to as basic)
some station staff or other ability to respond (medium)
live station response available (advanced)
When a trespass is detected, your solution must have the ability to deter physically, visually or
audibly. In addition, it must be able to send an alert to a designated person or system to enable a
response.
Objectives
15. Your project must trial a solution in 2 live station environments for 12 months to account for
seasonal fluctuations in trespass. Your application must describe the expected costs for:
development
installation at 2 stations
monitoring over a 12-month period
The goal is to install trespass reduction solutions that work for the end user. The objective is to
enhance safety and reduce the number of minutes of delay resulting from trespass. Network Rail
aims to create a detailed report on the projects’ findings.
Objectives
17. Your solution must:
demonstrate RIRL 3 at the time of application
be able to demonstrate RIRL 4 after 3 months of R&D
provide evidence required for trial product acceptance by Network Rail
develop an installation scheme plan for approval by Network Rail
demonstrate RIRL 6 and provide information for product acceptance at the end of the trial
Objectives
18. Your proposal must show:
whether you have experience of implementing similar systems
that you can develop your technology to the scope requirements
the maturity of your technology
how you will work with local engineering teams and Network Rail Telecom before the live trial for
safety assurance
how you will work with station staff to develop user processes (for medium and advanced
implementations)
that you will build in reviews during the trial to ensure quality
Objectives
19. In relation to scalability you must:
create a solution that is adaptable to different station environments (such as different sized or
shaped platforms or varying light levels)
create a solution that allows for varying levels of staff involvement
show how scalability will affect performance
Objectives
20. Operational capabilities and technical requirements
Your proposal must demonstrate that your solution:
can be installed along a platform end and/or edge (meeting applicable Network Rail standards)
to detect trespass in those areas
does not interfere with lineside equipment
does not interfere with passing or stopping trains (for example, all equipment must be certified
for electromagnetic compatibility where applicable)
does not mistake trains for trespassers
is not triggered when passengers are getting on or off a stopped train
Objectives
21. Operational capabilities and technical requirements
Your proposal must demonstrate that your solution (continued):
can be programmed to limit false alarms
can differentiate between animals and people
can be turned off when workers are in the area
does not interfere with medical devices, violate human rights, or discriminate against any group
of people, and is compliant with the Equality Act 2010
resets itself when the trespass is no longer detected
meets Network Rail specifications for use on the railway
Objectives
22. Your solution must:
record the number of triggered trespass incidents
record the time and location of trespass incidents
User requirements - Your solution must:
be in use all day, every day
be able to send alerts to a designated responder when a trespass is detected, either by text,
email or another agreed method
be able to include alerts that identify the location of the trespass detected
include the ability to easily control or turn off alerts, such as when no staff are present to respond
record data to allow for future planning and monitoring
Objectives
23. Interfacing
Your solution must comply with Network Rail security, technical and data standards.
Additional information on Network Rail standards and specifications will be available on our secure
site when you apply.
Objectives
24. Desirable (non-essential) capabilities (1/2)
We would prefer solutions that can:
detect trespass off the edge of the platform
link to existing CCTV to start recording when a trespass is detected
combine with other technologies to lower false alarm rate
record the specific location and time of trespass
be battery powered, with consideration of battery life, easy maintenance and the ability to
remotely report battery status (if applicable)
activate escalating deterrence when a trespasser continues into an unauthorised area
Objectives
25. Desirable (non-essential) capabilities (2/2)
allow any pre-recorded deterrence messages to be over-ridden by a member of staff and
replaced with live speech
system self-check
automatically report fault codes
provide real time reports
provide reports on alerts locally to station staff
provide information on the outcome of alerts
record the time it takes staff to respond or close an alarm
Objectives
26. Required outputs from development stage
Teams will have 3 months to research and develop solution before installing it at stations
Trial stations will be announced when projects are offered funding
Teams will have one month to demonstrate solutions can operate without interfering with the
operational railway
Teams must be able to demonstrate RIRL 4 and provide evidence for trial product acceptance
Teams must develop an installation scheme plan for approval by Network Rail and work with end
users to develop training materials for station staff
Objectives: Development Stage
27. Required outputs from trial stage
Your installation and trial must demonstrate that the system can:
detect trespass, initiate an automatic deterrent and alert station staff (if applicable)
deliver correct alerts with minimal rates of false positives and missed events
integrate with existing Network Rail procedures and operations
After 9 months of trialling, you must be in a position to:
evidence that capability exists to produce the system in a representative production environment
show that performance in a representative station environment is repeatable and verifiable
show that qualified production standard system elements are available for system integration,
test, verification and validation
Objectives: Trial Stage
28. Required outputs from trial stage
provide information to the project team required for safety assessments and product approval
At the end of the trial, if asked by Network Rail, you must make the prototype, product or service
available at the demonstration site. This will be for continued evaluation purposes only and
should be at zero cost and for as long as required and should include the rights to use, test and
maintain the prototype.
After this, you will take responsibility for ongoing licence agreements for system use and data
analysis outside the initial trial, and subsequent open procurement activities may follow.
Objectives: Trial Stage
29. Required outputs from trial stage
You must produce a final research report with evidence to support your findings, showing how
the technology performed in the railway environment. It must include:
an installation and maintenance guide
staff or user training materials
information on successes and failures
evidence of deployment readiness
safety and integration details
evidence that the system is scalable
performance specifications of the system
Objectives: Trial Stage
30. Network Rail will give all applicants:
a list of stations representative of those to be used for the trial
Rail Industry Readiness Levels guidance
access to specific Network Rail standards (on request)
This supporting information is available on the secure file upload site and available to those who register
Network Rail will give successful applicants:
access to trial stations
access to applicable Network Rail standards
product acceptance guidance
contact with Network Rail installation and maintenance teams
contact with Network Rail Telecom resource
Objectives
31. We discourage teams from focusing on:
surveillance analytics
facial recognition
alerts driven by social media mood and/or geo-location
mobile phone analysis
Objectives
32. We are not funding projects that:
are not likely to be successfully exploited by the rail industry to deliver benefits to rail or light-rail
organisations and their customers
are not within a year of being ready for market
do not create a significant change in the level of innovation available in the rail industry
are not high maturity
have high technical risk
cannot effectively deliver a demonstration within a railway environment
do not deliver an immersive innovative demonstrator in a railway context
do not feature a demonstration phase, offering the customer a chance to use the innovation and
give feedback
Projects we will not fund
33. Lead Organisations must:
be an organisation of any size
carry out its project work in the UK
be based in the UK, EU or the EEA
Your organisation can work alone or, if you do not have all the required expertise,
you can work with others as subcontractors
Eligibility
34. Specific SBRI requirements:
Applications must have at least 50% of the contract value attributed directly and
exclusively for research and development (R&D) services. R&D does not include:
commercial development activities such as quantity production
supply to establish commercial viability or to recover R&D costs
integration, customisation or incremental adaptations and improvements to existing
products or processes
Eligibility
36. Competition Opened 2 December 2019
Briefing Event 5 December 2019 London
Registration Close noon 22 January 2020
Application Close noon 29 January 2020
Interviews week commencing 9 March
Applicants Notified 20 March 2020
Contracts Awarded 17 April 2020
Projects Start 1 May 2020
Competition Dates
37. Competition Themes:
SBRI: innovation in rail security surveillance analytics, phase 1
SBRI: innovation in automated tunnel examination
Competition Information (security analytics / tunnel examination)
Competitions Opened : 16 September 2019
Competitions Closed : 6 November 2019
Budget Available : £968k / £1.5M
Total project costs : up to £121k (£250k phase 2) / £ 350k - £500k (plus VAT)
Competition Type : SBRI
Project Duration : 3 months (12 months phase 2) / 12-18 months
Projects to be Funded : 8 (2 for phase 2) / up to 3
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38. Typical Application Errors
Incomplete application
Inappropriate Budget
Project costs too high
Project costs too low
VAT to be included in costings (but is not included in the stated budgets available)
Wrong collaborators
Lack of evidence of being able to deliver demonstration in a railway environment
Broken Application Format (must not convert format, note page limits, no figures in main application)
Inappropriate level of maturity
Late application
Application submitted to the wrong competition
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40. Read carefully the scope document and the guidelines
(see particularly: scope documents & guidance for applicants)
When you have finished your application, re-read these documents
Pay attention to the expected outcomes in the priority areas
Is there a need for your project? What’s the challenge? (business need, citizen need, technological challenge, or
market opportunity)
Is your project within scope?
Does it address Network Rail’s requirements?
Why is it innovative?
What’s the route to market?
Take particular care not to go beyond the eligibility criteria (budget, application format, teaming requirements,
requirement for innovation)
Top Tips
42. For questions on scope please contact
Or contact
0300 321 4357
To improve your chances of success, you can discuss your
application with the KTN
support@innovateuk.ukri.org
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Fare evasion at level crossings
Trespass to get down the tracks i.e. to viaducts
Existing measures – witches hats, fence, signage
Challenges – signal sightings, OLE, platform construction, connectivity, non-standardised rolling stock
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