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Who is behind MONOCAB?

Many of us wanted to be a train driver as a child. Today, research, industry, and public institutions are working together to develop new mobility solutions for rural areas.

The original initiator and ideas person for the project is the Lippe Regional Railway Association.. The association initiated the idea, but is no longer part of the project consortium.

Responsible for the technical development of the MONOCAB System:

The Lippe District supports the initiative as a patron. District Administrator Dr Axel Lehmann has accompanied the project as patron since its inception.

Furthermore, numerous Educational institutions, Clubs and The company in the joint project.

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Project management

Prof. Dr Ing.

Thomas Schulte


Overall Project Manager
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Dipl.-Ing.

Jens Elkenkamp


Technical Project Manager
<h2>Jens Elkenkamp</h2>
B.Sc.

Fabian Kottmeier


Technical Project Manager
<h2>Fabian Kottmeier</h2>

Project partners

The Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences is a university of applied sciences located in Ostwestfalen-Lippe in north-eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, with its main campus in Lemgo. Further campuses are situated in Detmold and Höxter. To the website
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The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V. (Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research) is the largest organisation for applied research and development services in Europe, with around 30,000 employees. To the website
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The Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences is the largest state university of applied sciences in Ostwestfalen-Lippe, with 11,005 students, 272 professors and special lecturers, and around 568 other employees. To the website
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