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First Rail Holdings Limited

UK company 05154485, incorporated on 15 June 2004.

First Rail Holdings Limited is a UK company with status active founded in 2004.

Company number

05154485

Incorporated

15 Jun 2004

Companies House status

Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated

15 June 2004

Company number 05154485

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Legal name

FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED

Company type

LTD

Region

Unknown

Registered address

Unknown

Insolvency history

Corporate ownership

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Company Active LTD

First Rail Holdings Limited

CRN 05154485

Direct and ultimate controller Active PLC

Firstgroup PLC

CRN SC157176

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

1 event

15 Jun

2004

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

1 award

First funded

2018

Funded years

2018

Age at first award

13 years

Projects

2018 Collaborative R&D

VALISE - the 'video balise' for precise low cost train positioning

1 Apr 2018 to 31 Mar 2020

Awarded

£2,526

Total cost £5,058

Precise train positioning is key to the vision for an innovative railway presented by the Rail Capability Delivery Plan 2017\. GPS is problematic for rail and currently the industry relies heavily on signs, transponders and balises in the track to locate a train at a specific point on its path. These are expensive to install and maintain. Each new applica...

Product types

Collaborative R&D