BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Near You Event - Renewing the Great Western Railway Fleet. An e vent jointly organised by the IMechE and the RAes\n\nEvent Type: Talk or d ebate\n\nIndustry Sector: Railway\n\nSpeak Details: Andy Mellors\, BEng (H ons) FIMechE. MIET has been Engineering Director at Great Western Railway since March 2007 and is responsible for leading the engineering function o f over 1\,200 employees\, the majority of whom work in GWR's seven mainten ance depots.. Andy is also Deputy Managing Director.\n\nDescription : TITL E:  \; \;Renewing the Great\nWestern Railway Fleet\n \;\nSumma ry of Talk\nOver the next few years the Great\nWestern Railway will see a rolling stock transformation with the introduction\nof new Electric Multip le Units in the Thames valley and new bi-mode Hitachi Intercity\nExpress T rains for use on long distance services. Andy Mellors\, GWR Deputy\nManagi ng Director and Engineering Director\, will give an insight into the\nroll ing stock plans and the challenges of introducing these new fleets as well \nas the resultant cascade of existing rolling stock elsewhere within the\ nfranchise.\n \;\nBiog. for Presenter\nAndy Mellors\, BEng \;(Hons ) FIMechE.\nMIET has been Engineering Director at Great Western Railway si nce March 2007\nand is responsible for leading the engineering function of over 1\,200\nemployees\, the majority of whom work in GWR's seven mainten ance depots. The\ncompany currently maintains and operates a fleet of over 900 rail vehicles.\nAndy is also Deputy Managing Director.\n \;\nHe j oined the railway industry in 1988\nas a sponsored student and has held a number of posts since graduation. He\njoined First Group in 2002 and was E ngineering Director at First\nNorth \;Western(2003 to 2004) and Engine ering Director and Deputy Managing\nDirector at First Scotrail (2004 to 20 07).\n \;\nHe has been a Fellow of the IMechE\nsince 2007. \;\n\nA ttendees should park in the visitors car park outside the security gate at the entrance to the Leonardo works. A visitors pass and access  \;to the site will be given in the security lodge.\n\nContact Details: DTEND:20170517T210000 DTSTAMP:20260618T105418Z DTSTART:20170517T183000 LOCATION:Leonado Works\, Lysander Road\, Yeovil\, Yeovil\, BA202YB\, United Kingdom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Renewing the Great Western Railway Fleet. An event jointly organise d by the IMechE and the RAes UID:f1ad1eea-e917-4997-99cc-646e7d408ab3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR