The Railway Challenge, organised by our Railway Division, provides a brilliant opportunity for aspiring teams to compete in yet another challenging industry-specific competition, showcasing their skills, expertise, knowledge, and business acumen.
Each annual Challenge cycle kicks-off in October, ending with a final event in late June/early July of the following year.
The Challenge, now in its thirteenth successive year, continues to bring together teams of university students, as well as apprentices and graduates working in industry across the world to test their business knowledge, design ability and technical skills in a live test environment.
Participants are required to design and manufacture a miniature (10¼” gauge) railway locomotive in accordance with a set of strict rules and a detailed technical specification. The locomotives will be tested live at the competition weekend, which takes place in June/July at Stapleford Miniature Railway in Leicestershire, where several categories of winners and an overall Railway Challenge champion will be crowned.
Railway Challenge 2024 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
Network Rail and Colas Rail
Newcastle University
Newcastle University Locomotive Team
Poznan University of Technology
PUTrain
Siemens Mobility Limited
Siemens Mobility
The University of Sheffield
Railway Challenge at Sheffield
Transport for London
University of Birmingham
UofB HIVE TRAIN
University of Derby/Alstom
The University of Edinburgh
EdRail
University of Huddersfield
HUDRail
University of Warwick
Warwick Rail
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