Work Stream II: Interior Design

Innovative plug & play systems (WP6)
To design & develop a hyper flexible and intelligent new “plug & play” system and single solutions for train operators, who wish to be able to reconfigure the interior layout of a train as well as the service offerings & elements that add to passenger comfort.
Work package plug & play presents a new and innovative technology structure, that allows for low voltage, seamless provision of energy, communication and sensory to act as a cost-effective offering to user and operator demands.
Driven by consumer needs, this grid solution can be easily changed and upgraded. Based on printed electronic foiling that work as a final ply and the new coil connection, the energy tiles will generate a paradigm of interior space usage. Refit dynamics and behaviour zoning drive the various energy and sensory tile offerings.

Innovative seats (WP7)
Work package super light seat system offers a radical change of seating technology structures and seating flexibility and much more,  reducing seat weight by 60%. New structural and informal layout principles as well as new way of manufacturing and material application will be able to create this new standard. Reflecting consumer needs for comfort and privacy, the design solution and functional prototype developed within work stream 7, proves this in a sustainable, circular-economic, flexible and visually new manner.

Innovative driver's desk (WP8)
With increasing grades of automation, the requirements for train drivers’ desks are changing completely. After analysing the different industry stakeholder needs, Mat4Rail´s WP8 focuses on proposing novel design concepts for cabin.
Innovative technologies and a modular design are applied in order to enable new on-demand modes of driving and the application of visionary human-machine-interfaces, while offering passengers new perspectives.