DIGINEXT boards the European Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking
"Shift2Rail" is an ambitious public-private partnership which will manage a 7-year work program of targeted research and innovation to support the development of better rail services in Europe. It will develop and accelerate the bringing to market of technological breakthroughs.
The S2R project involves all of Europe’s rail industry suppliers, including innovative small and medium enterprises as well as big rail equipment manufacturers and rail operators. DIGINEXT is participating to the research and innovation program to develop new IT solutions and services for the traveler during his journey. The modern traveler requires a complete door to door assistance covering assistance for the public transports as well as for the first and last mile with personal transports. Additional useful services based on the location and on the profile of the traveler are also in the scope of the S2R projects. The contributions of DIGINEXT is based on our experience on multimodal services with MobilitX and mixed reality for interactive and innovative assistance to the traveler.