Event Type: Talk or debate

18 January 2024 17:30 to 18:45

The talk will be on: • West Coast franchise bid and the fleet strategy. • The specific challenge of replacing tilt with non-tilt trains while maintaining journey times, including the line speed project. • New Class 805/807 fleets. • Refurbished 390 fleet.

Industry: Railway

Event Type: Talk or debate

14 December 2023 17:20 to 18:45

1. An Introduction to HS2, what why and how we’re delivering Europe’s largest infrastructure project, 2. What does integration mean, why and how we’re doing it, 3. Present some real-life integration challenges that the project has dealt with over the past 12 months.

Industry: Railway

Event Type: Talk or debate

19 October 2023 17:30 to 18:45

Andrew provides his perspective on his career experiences and events he has been involved in. He explores how these have had an impact on not only his engineering career but also working within a system which is the rail industry

Industry: Railway

Event Type: Talk or debate

18 May 2023 17:30 to 19:00

The talk will give a brief history of trainborne infrastructure monitoring at Network Rail, covering both fleet and technology. It will also give an overview of recent developments and outline our future strategy.

Industry: Railway

Event Type: Talk or debate

20 April 2023 17:30 to 18:45

Rory will talk about the conception and delivery (and challenges) of a special test train at Great Central Railway which could be divided at speed or slipped, to demonstrate a radio-based train division detection system and automatic train length determination system developed as part of Work Package 7 of the X2Rail4, Shift2Rail European research programme.

Industry: Railway