COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTER

I-Trans, the railway industry at the heart heart of innovative transport 

The I-Trans competitiveness cluster, operating under the aegis of the Transports Terrestres Promotion Northern France association, brings together industry leaders and key players in research and education relating to rail, automotive, intermodal logistics and intelligent transport systems and services in the Nord-Pas de Calais and Picardy regions of Northern France. Together, they aim to build international recognition for Northern France as a unique focus of excellence and innovation in terrestrial transport.

A leading European region in the railway, automotive and logistics sectors, Nord-Pas de Calais has indeed all the major assets required to design tomorrow's transport systems and services and meet the needs of emerging markets. I-Trans aims at supporting all projects that could contribute to the evolution of the transport systems of the future as regards the following four issues:

Interoperability
Intermodality in the transport of goods and people
Intelligent transport systems and services
Innovation driving economic development

Today, I-Trans regroups 80 companies - totalling 15,000 jobs, 23 research and training institutions - with 1800 public researchers- and more than 2,000 students who are directly involved.

New stakeholders should also soon join the competitiveness cluster.