Connected Places Catapult supports businesses, public bodies, and infrastructure providers with impartial ‘innovation as a service’, helping them to improve the way people travel, work, and live. Focusing on transport, places, and cities, it helps leaders to access research that will facilitate innovation and new market growth.

Finally, its SME accelerators and technology demos enable businesses to launch and scale ground-breaking new solutions. Globally-connected and human-centred, Connected Places Catapult partners with major organisations – including Network Rail, HS2, and the Department for Transport.

Richard Carr has extensive experience working in the rail sector with a reputation for delivering results. Richard’s approach is focused on building relationships with key stakeholders and clients to build business growth.

Richard can help your business navigate the complexities of the UK rail sector, building better connections and intelligence to support your business

Using machine learning and automation, Cordel creates smart infrastructure monitoring solutions that benefit rail operators and networks alike. To date, it has managed 49km of railway, scanned 750km, and identified and monitored 12.2k tight structures, supporting clients like Network Rail, Meitetsu, and Amtrak.

Established in 1865, Costain Group PLC is a leading infrastructure solution company. Today, it works to improve people’s lives with sustainable, connected infrastructure, delivering a variety of transformative services that span the whole asset lifecycle.

Costain Group PLC employs 3,500 people across the UK, connecting clients with experts who understand their needs and objectives. In the rail industry, it’s supporting the development and transformation of strategic infrastructure, both local and nationally.

CPC is an established provider of project, cost and programme management services to the transport, infrastructure, property & construction industry.

British manufacturing company Craig & Derricott specialise in the design, manufacture and overhaul of rolling stock components.

Our rail rolling stock range includes LED lighting, rotary switches, driver key switches, panels, footswitches, passenger communication devices and a bespoke engineering service for project driven designs. Our design engineers can also support new and legacy projects to deliver a complete end to end solution, for both train rolling stock and infrastructure, in the UK and across the world.

Crayside Consulting is an engineering consultancy and genuine project partner, providing site intelligence, innovative designs, advice, and project management to direct and guide you to the best outcome for your project and assets.

Specializing in mechanical, electrical and Public Health (MEP), civils and structural engineering, earthing and lightning protection, surveys, BIM, energy efficiency, and sustainability services, we are a team of highly experienced engineers dedicated to making projects a success.

Creactive Design Transport – CDT – is an award-winning expert design and engineering consultancy, based in the UK.

Our experienced team design and engineer all aspects of railway vehicles, for rail operators and manufacturers for light rail, heavy rail, rolling stock, drivers cabs, branding inclusivity, ergonomics, manufacturing and engineering clients. This approach is driven by our knowledge of the customer. By understanding customer needs we can develop functional, enduring, attractive trains and transport products.