Who won Sustainable Competitive Digital Green Rail Freight Services 2022? 63 companies funded

Grant topic: Sustainable Competitive Digital Green Rail Freight Services

The European Commission funded 1 project under the Horizon Europe topic HORIZON-ER-JU-2022-FA5-01, with €40.6M in total EU contribution. 63 private companies from 14 countries took part, and 7 of them are SMEs. Below is who they are, what they are building, and how much each received.

At a glance

• Funded projects: 1
• Total EU contribution: €40.6M
• Of which to companies: €34.5M (85%)
• Companies / of which SMEs: 63 / 7
• Average consortium size: 83.0 organisations
• Projects coordinated by a company: 1 of 1
• Top countries (company participations): Germany (16), Italy (11), Austria (9), France (6)

Most company participations came from Germany, Italy and Austria. Here is where every winning company is based:

Where the winning companies are based

Companies that received funding

These are the 12 companies that received the most EU funding under this topic, largest first. The chart compares the top amounts; blue bars are SMEs.

Where the money went

Deutsche Bahn AG

Berlin, Germany · project coordinator · website

Received €4.7M as a coordinator in FP5 – TRANS4M-R: Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 5 - Transforming Europe’s Rail Freight (2022-07 to 2026-12).

Rail Cargo Austria AG

Vienna, Austria

Received €4.2M as a participant in FP5 – TRANS4M-R: Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 5 - Transforming Europe’s Rail Freight (2022-07 to 2026-12).

J. M. Voith SE & Co. KG

Heidenheim An Der Brenz, Germany

Received €3.1M as a participant in FP5 – TRANS4M-R: Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 5 - Transforming Europe’s Rail Freight (2022-07 to 2026-12).

Knorr-Bremse Global Rail Holding GmbH

Munchen, Germany · website

Received €3.1M as a participant in FP5 – TRANS4M-R: Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 5 - Transforming Europe’s Rail Freight (2022-07 to 2026-12).

Faiveley Transport SAS

Gennevilliers, France

Received €3M as a participant in FP5 – TRANS4M-R: Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 5 - Transforming Europe’s Rail Freight (2022-07 to 2026-12).

Siemens Mobility GmbH

Munchen, Germany

Received €2.8M as a participant in FP5 – TRANS4M-R: Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 5 - Transforming Europe’s Rail Freight (2022-07 to 2026-12).

Dellner Couplers Aktiebolag

Falun, Sweden

Received €2.3M as a participant in FP5 – TRANS4M-R: Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 5 - Transforming Europe’s Rail Freight (2022-07 to 2026-12).

OBB-Infrastruktur AG

Wien, Austria · website

Received €2.3M as a participant in FP5 – TRANS4M-R: Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 5 - Transforming Europe’s Rail Freight (2022-07 to 2026-12).

Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane SpA

Roma, Italy

Received €2M as a participant in FP5 – TRANS4M-R: Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 5 - Transforming Europe’s Rail Freight (2022-07 to 2026-12).

Alstom Transport SA

Saint Ouen, France · website

Received €1.2M as a participant in FP5 – TRANS4M-R: Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 5 - Transforming Europe’s Rail Freight (2022-07 to 2026-12).

Osterreichische Bundesbahnen-Holding AG

Wien, Austria

Received €841K as a participant in FP5 – TRANS4M-R: Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 5 - Transforming Europe’s Rail Freight (2022-07 to 2026-12).

Hitachi Rail Gts Deutschland GmbH

Ditzingen, Germany · website

Received €828K as a participant in FP5 – TRANS4M-R: Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 5 - Transforming Europe’s Rail Freight (2022-07 to 2026-12).

Also funded: Ceske Drahy AS (CZ), INDRA Sistemas SA (ES), Prorail BV (NL), Fret Sncf (FR), Voestalpine Tubulars GmbH & Co KG (AT), Hitachi Rail Sts SpA (IT), Kombiverkehr Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Kombinierten Guterverkehr mbH &co KG (DE), Union Internationale des Societes de Transport Combine Rail-Route Scrl (BE), Interporto Bologna SpA (IT), Procter & Gamble Services Company NV (BE), Bane Nor Sf (NO), DB Systemtechnik GmbH (DE), Cargonet AS (NO), Oltis Group AS (CZ), Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (IT), M.zero Og (AT), Protostellar GmbH (DE), Railpool 7 GmbH & Co KG (DE), Faiveley Transport Amiens (FR), DB Infrago AG (DE), Faiveley Transport Czech AS (CZ), Siemens Mobility Unipessoal Lda (PT), Rail Logistics Europe (FR), Faiveley Transport Nordic AB (SE), Schweizerische Bundesbahnen Sbb Cargo AG (CH), Procter and Gamble Polska sp. z o.o. (PL), SMP Svensk Maskinprovning AB (SE), Cofren SRL (IT), Innofreight Solutions GmbH (AT), Faiveley Transport Witten GmbH (DE), Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal SRL (IT), DB Cargo Aktiengesellschaft (DE), Mercitalia Rail SRL (IT), Alstom Ferroviaria SpA (IT), HACON Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH (DE), Faiveley Transport Leipzig GmbH & Co. KG (DE), Terminali Italia SRL (IT), ALSTOM Transportation Germany GmbH (DE), Oebb-Technische Services-Gmbh (AT), Indra Factoria Tecnologica SL (ES), and 11 more.

The funded projects

The project started in July 2022, and it is due to finish in December 2026.

When the funded projects run

FP5 – TRANS4M-R: Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 5 - Transforming Europe’s Rail Freight

€40.6M EU contribution · 83 partners · 2022-07 to 2026-12 · coordinated by Deutsche Bahn AG (DE)

The rail freight sector is facing a multitude of challenges such as lack of network capacity and productivity. Manual processes still entail worker’s safety risks. Rail must adopt the emerging digital technologies to meet the customer needs.

Project page on CORDIS

What the winning consortia had in common

• Consortia averaged 83.0 organisations, and companies held 63 of 83 seats (76%).
• 11% of company seats went to SMEs, so smaller firms clearly had room in these consortia.
• 1 of 1 projects were coordinated by a company; the rest were led by universities, research organisations or public bodies.

Here is how all 83 organisations in these consortia break down by type:

Who sits at the table

See the original call on Grantalist.

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Source: CORDIS Horizon Europe open data, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Figures are the EU contribution recorded at grant signature; data as of 2026-08-28.