FP6 WP11 Face-to-Face Meeting: Advancing Regional Rail Services Solutions

The scope of Work Package 11 (WP11) of the FP6-FutuRe project is to demonstrate the multimodal travel solutions for regional rail services developed by the project. WP 11 is the successor of WP6 that focused on specification and requirements. 

The third face-to-face meeting for WP6/11 took place on the 30th of June and 1st of July 2025, in Trondheim, Norway. Hosted by NTNU and led by WP11 leaders, Ira Kataria and Matthias Walter (Hacon), the event brought together European partners including NRD, TRV, PKP, GTSP, and other consortium members and was attended also by the Flagship Project Manager of FP6, Stefan Weigl. 

The engaging and fruitful discussions held at this meeting focused on the planning, execution, and evaluation of the upcoming demonstrations of innovative regional rail solutions. 

The solutions to be demonstrated in Work Package 11 aim to enhance regional rail connectivity and accessibility, including demand-responsive transport (DRT) integration, real-time passenger information systems, accessibility features for persons with reduced mobility (PRM), multimodal journey planning applications, and first/last mile connectivity solutions. 

Hanne Rognebakke, Senior Research Scientist from the Norwegian Computing Center, joined the meeting to showcase their work on statistical modelling of passenger transport using APC data. 

The demonstrations will showcase how these integrated solutions address critical challenges in rural and underserved communities, supporting transforming the regional rail experience across European locations. 

Implementations are ongoing and the demonstrations will be held in the first quarter of 2026 in Germany and Italy. 

Special thanks go to Nils Olsson and Pranjal Mandhaniya from NTNU for hosting a productive meeting and giving all participants a pleasant stay at Trondheim.