COULD YOUR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORM A BILLION JOURNEYS?

Over a billion journeys are enabled by Go-Ahead trains and buses every year. As one of the UK’s leading public transport providers, we’re passionate about delivering a great experience for our passengers – and we’re on the hunt for innovative businesses to help us get there. Could you be one of them? The Billion Journey Project will be at the heart of our vision to improve customer experience through transport innovation.

A 12 week scale-up transport innovation programme focused on helping you scale your company with Go-Ahead and our partners. You’ll receive mentoring from industry leaders, access to Go-ahead data, insights from industry experts and the opportunity to network with Go-Ahead leaders and partners. You’ll get under the hood of the UK’s leading public transport provider and gain deep insights into the opportunities and challenges within the bus and rail industry.

Demo Day Two

The Billion Journey Project is the UKs largest privately funded multi-modal transport innovation programme. Following the success of Go-Ahead’s 2nd proof of concept programme for 2018 and Demo Day in 2019 we are very excited to announce that we will be committing to ongoing work with eight out of the ten innovative companies from the cohort. These are:

  • Axon Vibe– A smart journey planning service that provides personalised real-time transport updates across a range of modes of transport
  • FAIRTIQ – A smartphone-based contactless ticketing service that allows passengers to use a variety of transport on a sole virtual pass
  • Route Reports– An intelligent service enabling transport operators to monitor road conditions, onboard environments and passenger numbers
  • Ordoo– A mobile phone ordering app that allows customers to order and pay for food and drink ahead of their arrival, saving time and offering personalised loyalty rewards
  • Citi Logik– An information service that helps passengers understand how busy their services are likely to be both before and after their boarding
  • iGeolise– API that makes location-based data searchable by travel time rather than distance
  • Enterprise Bot– An artificial intelligence platform that can resolve roughly 60% of inbound customer enquiries
  • Dovu– A blockchain based rewards system that allows passengers to redeem tokens earned by using public transport services

We look forward to developing these ongoing partnerships and continuing our ambition to deliver innovation across rail and bus within the Go-Ahead Group.

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Rail Innovation
FAIRTIQ
Axon Vibe
Dovu
Citi Logik
Route Reports
TravelTime Platform
Enterprise Bot
Ordoo

“The Billion Journey Project is the next level of Innovation in the Transport Sector, linking Bus and Rail for the first time with the ability to positively impact one billion passenger journeys , this is not only exciting for Go-Ahead Group but represents a truly unique and exciting opportunity for any business scale up.”

Ian McLarenCFO - Govia Thameslink Railway

“This is a fantastic and unique opportunity for scale-ups looking to break into the Rail and Bus sector to learn from us and for us to learn from them - all for the benefit of passengers.”

David GornallGovia Thameslink Railway

“The Billion Journey Project gives Go-Ahead and our operating companies the opportunity to work with great innovators that deliver new and exciting services that benefit our passengers.

With our passengers taking over one billion journeys a year, we are always looking at how we can better meet and exceed their needs.

Since the start of the Billion Journey Project, we have confirmed contracts with a number of companies like Airportr and Citi Logik. With the new cohort starting later this year, we look forward to meeting the new companies and their ideas to improve the journeys of our passengers. ”

Katy TaylorGroup Commercial and Customer Director - Go-Ahead

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The Companies In Cohort Two

AxonVibe

Axonvibe

nabling public transport operators to orchestrate their customers’ door-to-door, multi-modal and on-demand mobility.

Bright Yellow

Brightyellow

Interactive 3D indoor positioning and navigation platform connecting commuters to retail rewards and incentives.

Citi Logik

Citi Logik

Understanding transport demand patterns derived from anonymised mobile phone network and other location data.

Dovu

A unified blockchain token, wallet and marketplace for earning and spending mobility related rewards.

Enterprise Bot

Enterprise Bot

AI based plug and play chatbots powered by NLP to better the customer experience for your business.

Fairtiq

Fairtiq

A mobile Check In - Assisted Checkout app for public transportation

iGeolise

iGeolise

The TravelTime platform API makes location-based data searchable by travel time rather than distance.

Ordoo

Enabling commuters to order ahead at cafes / retail to beat the queues and earn loyalty rewards.

Route Reports

Providing end-to-end data solutions in smart hazard detection for buses and train

Wluper

NLP and Deep Learning platform delivering conversational intelligence for transport and navigation.

”“We are very proud to be backing some of the UK’s most exciting transport start-ups and scale-ups as they continue to grow and thrive. Go-Ahead has an excellent track-record in bringing new technology to consumers, and we’re committed to building on that through the Billion Journey Project, the sector’s largest innovation programme.

“The project supports start-ups with mentoring from industry leaders, access to Go-ahead data, and the opportunity to build invaluable relationships, getting under the hood of the UK’s leading public transport provider. But in return, we get to learn from some of the most dynamic young businesses out there and join them in exploring exactly what the future of transport looks like.

“These are nimble, creative partners for Go-Ahead, who exemplify the very best of small business culture in their ability to disrupt the received wisdom of long-established industries. It’s a hugely exciting programme, and it is critical to keeping Go-Ahead at the tip of the spear when it comes to innovation.”

David GornallInnovation Lead
Billion Journey Project Innovation Cohort Two

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