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Engineering
Gain actionable insights into rolling stock strategy, railway electrification, tackling an ageing infrastructure, machine learning, climate resilience and more.
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Engineering TheatreAmidst all the political to-ing and fro-ing, High Speed 2 and its contractors have been getting on with building the UK's first intercity mainline in decades if not a century. Some spectacular enginee …
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Engineering TheatrePrivatisation has failed to deliver a coherent rolling stock strategy resulting in non standard stock, waste, incompatibility and boom and bust. How do we plan for a better future?
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Engineering Theatre
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Engineering TheatreDiscontinuous electrification, battery/hydrogen trains, overhead wires, third rail... this session will weigh up the options, costs and benefits of each for a sustainable railway
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Engineering TheatreHow does the railway deliver biodiversity and carbon reduction? Is the cost worth it?
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Engineering TheatreWith Network Rail's test tracks seeing a re-launch and a new strategy, GCRE building momentum and Porterbrook deploying their own testing facility literally around us, it is an exciting time for railw …
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Engineering Theatre
Policy & Leadership
Covering themes such as the role and priorities of the government, the future of open access, devolved responsibilities, accessibility, freight operations and more.
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Policy & Leadership TheatreThe role of Government in creating a sustainable, successful future for the railway - what are the priorities?
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Policy & Leadership TheatreHolding GBR to account: will GBR deliver real benefits for passengers and freight within a culture of innovation?
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Policy & Leadership Theatre
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Policy & Leadership TheatreHow will Wales, Scotland and the English Regions deliver their rail strategies within a new centralised system?
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Policy & Leadership TheatreIs open access the future for TOCs with nationalisation looming? With ORR considering a record number of open access applications, how will these be accommodated within a national structure and what w …
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Policy & Leadership TheatreCost versus sustainability trade off. It doesn’t always have to be a trade off, sustainable doesn’t have to mean expensive. The premise being that in a lot of cases clients are almost conditioned into …
Engineering
Gain actionable insights into rolling stock strategy, railway electrification, tackling an ageing infrastructure, machine learning, climate resilience and more.
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Engineering TheatreWithout using digital command and control systems – focussed around ETCS – it is not going to be possible to keep up with the rate of renewal of life-expiring signalling across the GB rail network. Di …
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Engineering TheatreNetwork Rail's Insight tool is a world leading tool in predictive maintenance. It uses AI to predict faults up to a year in advance, allowing teams to fix faults before they cause delays. This session …
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Engineering Theatre
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Engineering TheatreClimate change is here, so how are the railways adapting for resilience against extreme weather events that will becoming increasingly frequent. How do we strike the right balance between prevention a …
Policy & Leadership
Covering themes such as the role and priorities of the government, the future of open access, devolved responsibilities, accessibility, freight operations and more.
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Policy & Leadership TheatreWhat a roadmap for change should look like and what are the criteria and opportunities (financial, social, economic, etc) for a successful British railway
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Policy & Leadership TheatreWe talk to former managing director of Scotland's Railway and now director general, Rail Services, at the DfT about what GBR could learn from the partnership, cooperation and operation of the ScotRail …Chairperson
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Policy & Leadership Theatre
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Policy & Leadership TheatreIn all the talk of a passenger-focussed railway, freight operations get all too easily bumped into second place, yet expanding the volume of goods moved by rail is absolutely critical in reducing tran …Chairperson
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Policy & Leadership TheatreShould GBR deliver an accessible railway for all? From apps for disabled passengers to step-free stations and level boarding, how will it be funded and delivered? Will an accessible railway always rem …