Railway Challenge 2024: Confirmed teams and advice session recording

Competitors at Railway Challenge 2023 receiving advice from volunteers

We are pleased to announce that fourteen teams have confirmed their participation in our Railway Challenge 2024 competition.

Registered teams:

University Name	Team Name	Application Level
FH Aachen & Reuschling	Molly loves J.I.M.	Standard Level
Heriot-Watt University	HW-Rail	Entry Level
IIT Kharagpur	TeamTRAK	Entry Level
Network Rail and Colas Rail	Network Rail and Colas Rail	Standard Level
Newcastle University	Newcastle University Locomotive Team	Standard Level
Poznan University of Technology	PUTrain	Standard Level
Siemens Mobility Limited	Siemens Mobility	Entry Level
The University of Sheffield	Railway Challenge at Sheffield	Standard Level
Transport for London	Transport for London	Standard Level
University of Birmingham	UofB HIVE TRAIN	Standard Level
University of Derby/Alstom	University of Derby/Alstom	Standard Level
The University of Edinburgh	EdRail	Entry Level
University of Huddersfield	HUDRail	Standard Level
University of Warwick	Warwick Rail	Standard Level

A Team Advice session took place for them on 5 December 2023 which covered:

Main challenges
Optional challenges
Common pitfalls
Judge's perspective
Presentations from past competing teams sharing best practice
Q&A session with some of the Railway Challenge committee members and judges

The recording is now available to view on-demand on the Institution’s YouTube channel.

All participants are encouraged to follow the Railway Challenge’s Twitter and Facebook social media channels and Challenge website for updates on the competition and teams’ locomotives, and we wish all teams who have registered the best successes with their projects.

Railway Challenge 2024: Confirmed teams and advice session recording

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