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DESCRIPTION:Near You Event - Aurora: A New Dawn for the East Midlands\n\nEv
 ent Type: Technical lecture\n\nIndustry Sector: Railway\n\nSpeak Details: 
 Rachel Turner\, Head of New Trains\, East Midlands Railway\n\nDescription 
 : Rachel joined British Rail Engineering as an Undergraduate Engineering M
 anagement Trainee in 1990 and graduated from Sheffield University in 1994.
  On graduating\, Rachel worked for BRML then Adtranz\, moving from Doncast
 er to Derby and Crewe. She moved to Atkins Rail in 2000 as a Project Manag
 er\, before joining Porterbrook Leasing in 2007 where she fulfilled roles 
 in logistics and new trains. Moving to East Midlands Trains as Head of Fle
 et &ndash\; Regional in 2018\, she took her current role of Head of New Tr
 ains in 2019 in the newly formed East Midlands Railway.\n\nThe Class 810 &
 ldquo\;Aurora&rdquo\; is the new Hitachi built Intercity train for the Mid
 land Mainline\, while building on the class 80x IEP trains platform it is 
 a new design of train.&nbsp\; It has been designed in Pistoia Italy and bu
 ilt in Newton Aycliffe (including assembly of the aluminium bodyshell from
  parts delivered from Italy and Europe). It is the first Hybrid intercity 
 train with the same performance in both electric and diesel modes.\n\nRach
 el has managed the procurement of the new class 810 &ldquo\;Aurora&rdquo\;
  trains and will describe the project and its many challenges from the sta
 rt to the current position\, the experience of introduction of the early&n
 bsp\; units into passenger service and what work is remaining to complete 
 to get the whole fleet delivered and operational.\n\n&nbsp\;\n17:00 for a 
 17:30 Start\nComplimentary teas and coffees are kindly provided by EMR.\nA
 s always\, our events are free for all to attend\, and please do circulate
  with your colleagues who may not be on this distribution.\nBelow is a lin
 k to all our upcoming events\, via the IMechE website:\nMidlands RD Centre
  - Institution of Mechanical Engineers (imeche.org)\n\nContact Details: Kr
 isztian Kormanyos
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LOCATION:East Midlands Railway\, Locomotive House\, Locomotive Way \, Derby
 \, DE24 8PU\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Aurora: A New Dawn for the East Midlands
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