Every year, ERCI honours pioneering innovation projects of European rail industry companies with the yearly ERCI Innovation Awards.
Innovation Awards are organized and attributed by the clusters, members of ERCI, to European companies that provide products, systems, technologies, processes or services, with proven innovative features. The contest is first organized at a national or regional level (according to ERCI clusters’ geographical scope of action) to select companies. Then, the contest is organized at a European level. Winners are selected by a European jury of independent experts representing industry, research and public authorities.
Selection of winners is based on the following criteria:
Three innovations addressing some of rail’s most concrete challenges – from intelligent infrastructure management to more efficient freight and next-generation signalling – have been selected as the winners of the 12th
ERCI European Railway Clusters Initiative ASBL Innovation Awards 2025. During EXPO Ferroviaria in Milan last week, the European Railway Clusters Initiative (ERCI) announced the winners of their 2025 Innovation Competition
The European Railway Clusters Initiative (ERCI) gathered industry leaders, innovators, and stakeholders for the highly anticipated 10th ERCI Innovation Awards 2024 and the ERCI Achievement Award 2024 ceremonies. These awards
ERCI intends to nominate and reward a person which has performed activities in the railway and intermodality and/or has been near ERCI.
The Award is organized by ERCI (European Railway Clusters Initiative), the European network of Innovative Railway Clusters.
The UIC International Railway Research Board (IRRB) has received the 2026 ERCI Achievement Award for its contribution to building a more connected and inclusive model for railway research and innovation worldwide. The Award was
Background The European Railway Clusters Initiative (ERCI) aims to nominate and reward a person or an organisation which has performed activities in the railway and intermodality relevant for the members
The first ERCI Achievement Award has been assigned in 2022 to Mr Jean Verrier (1st President of ERCI at the beginning of this enterprise since 2010). The Award aims to
