BRIDGE project at ALICE Innovation Theatre

Overview

BRIDGE is a European project supporting the intermodal freight community in the implementation of the newly adopted TSI Telematics, taking a full door-to-door perspective.

The project addresses key digitalisation challenges in combined and intermodal freight transport by improving how data is shared, integrated and used across the logistics chain. Its ambition is to make intermodal freight transport more efficient, interoperable and attractive for the market, while supporting the wider growth of European rail freight.

Objectives

BRIDGE focuses on three main areas:

• Seamless data-sharing integration across the intermodal freight ecosystem
• Harmonisation and standardisation of physical and digital processes
• Data interoperability between intermodal stakeholders, with particular attention to intermodal transport operators and terminal managers

By strengthening predominantly rail-road-maritime data sharing, BRIDGE aims to improve the operational performance of door-to-door intermodal freight services. This will help deliver better services for end-customers, including logistics service providers and shippers, while contributing to a more competitive and resilient European freight transport system.

What BRIDGE will deliver

BRIDGE will analyse the current state of data sharing in intermodal freight transport through:

• a state-of-the-art review
• process analysis
• identification of existing gaps and barriers

Building on this assessment, the project will test and deploy implementable solutions by upgrading telematics applications used in daily operations by a wide range of intermodal stakeholders, with a particular focus on:

• end-customers
• intermodal operators
• terminal managers

The project will also develop:

• governance and business models
• standardisation recommendations
• cost-benefit analyses
• implementation guidelines
• a realistic roadmap aligned with the TSI Telematics framework

A strong emphasis is placed on SME inclusion and on lowering entry barriers to digital adoption across the sector.

Building on previous CEF projects

BRIDGE builds on the standardisation, harmonisation and interoperability advances achieved through previous European CEF-funded projects such as:

• EDICT
• Digital Train 1.0
• Digital Train 2.0

In this context, BRIDGE will further support the exchange and integration of key Telematics TSI messages into the intermodal digital freight ecosystem, helping improve digital maturity and deployment from a door-to-door perspective.

Consortium

Coordinated by UIRR, BRIDGE brings together a consortium of 20 project partners representing the full range of intermodal stakeholders, including:

• logistics service providers
• terminals
• intermodal operators
• railway undertakings
• port authorities
• IT providers

This broad representation ensures that the project addresses real operational needs and supports practical, scalable solutions for the sector.