Proteus - Flexible Rail Interior System

该项目是为了应对2019冠状病毒病后铁路行业的快速变化。它旨在为铁路车厢内部带来创新，为乘客提供好处和重新安排，并为租赁公司和运营商带来商业机会。由于自二零二零年初起实施多项封城措施，英国的列车服务目前以20%的载客量运作。虽然调查预计乘客会随着时间的推移而返回，但预计出行模式会有所不同，例如早晚高峰时间的轮廓更加平坦，通勤时间更长但频率更低，单腿旅程使用微型移动模式完成最后一英里的旅程，以及周末休闲市场的增加。《2021年交通焦点》研究表明，乘客对个人空间和距离的焦虑以及对卫生的担忧是影响乘客返回铁路旅行速度的两个关键因素。运营商还必须与新发现的对在家工作的依恋以及工作/生活平衡方面的相关好处进行竞争。然而，旅客回流的实际情况尚不清楚，并可能受未来疫情浪潮及经济表现等因素影响。因此，运营商需要内置的灵活性，以允许他们管理多种未来场景。由于自疫情以来并无新列车内饰投入服务，该项目旨在提供首个同类车厢环境及座位布局，以解决乘客的疑虑，并为运营商提供灵活性，让他们能够灵活调整车上的空间，以逐步恢复。主要特点包括：车厢内个人空间的新定义;便于清洁和减少污垢陷阱的座椅设计;内置功能，使乘客能够充分利用他们的时间在船上工作和生产;改进行李，自行车和其他微型移动模式的存储空间;一种具有“被动灵活性”的布局，允许运营商根据需求将座椅投入和停用，并能够立即或夜间在仓库内进行这些更改，而不需要使装置停止使用和需要工程支持。此外，铁路行业持续进行结构性改革，未来五年将进行非常密集的专营权再租赁工作，这将为我们提供千载难逢的机会进行车辆更新，并利用疫情带来的干扰，在我们从疫情中恢复过来的同时提供更高质量的乘客体验。

This project responds to the rapidly changing landscape in rail, post COVID-19\. It aims to bring innovation to rail carriage interiors that will offer benefits and reassurances to passengers and bring commercial opportunities to leasing companies and operators. As a result of the various lockdown measures introduced since early 2020, train services in the UK are currently running at 20% capacity. Although surveys anticipate that passengers will return over time, patterns of travel are predicted to be different such as a flatter profile of morning and evening peak hours, longer but less frequent commutes, single-leg journeys with micro-mobility modes used to complete the last mile of journeys, and an increased leisure market at weekends. The Transport Focus 2021 research indicates that passenger anxiety around personal space and distancing and concerns for hygiene are two of the critical factors influencing the speed at which passengers will return to rail travel. Operators must also compete against a new-found attachment to working from home and the associated benefits in terms of work/life balance. However, the actual profile of passenger return is unknown and could be influenced by factors such as future waves of the pandemic and economic performance. Therefore, operators need flexibility built-in to allow them to manage through multiple future scenarios. As there have been no new train interiors put into service since the pandemic, this project aims to deliver a first-of-a-kind carriage environment and seating layout that address passenger concerns and provide operators with flexibility, allowing them to flex onboard accommodation for a gradual return. Key features would include: New definition of personal space within carriages; Seat designs that facilitate easier cleaning and reduction of dirt-traps; Built-in features that allow passengers to make best use of their time onboard to do work and be productive; Improved storage space for luggage, bikes and other micro-mobility modes; A layout with 'passive flexibility' allowing operators to bring seats in and out of service according to demand and be able to make those changes immediately or overnight in-depot, without taking the set out of service and needing engineering support. In addition, the structural changes ongoing in the rail industry, with a very high intensity of franchise re-leasing work in the next 5 years gives a once in a generation opportunity to carry out vehicle refreshes and capitalise on the disruption of the pandemic to provide a higher quality passenger experience as we recover from it.