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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? How do we prepare f …
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Engineering Theatre
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Engineering TheatreAs often gets raised by the public frustrated by noisy, unreliable or polluting trains - if the alternatives to electrification are so good, why is electrification almost universally the right answer …
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Engineering TheatreCarmont has not been the only recent event where the secondary effects of climate change on the operation of the railway became tragically evident. Potentially the most critical element of this respon …
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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 TheatreCulture war baiting to one side, all of the evidence shows that more diverse teams are more effective and efficient at operating and rising to challenges - and appealing to greater diversity widens th …
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 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?Chairperson
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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 TheatreWith just 5 years to go until 2030 ' the date by which signatories of the Paris Agreement commit to having reducing carbon emissions by 45% - sustainably and carbon reduction are now written into Publ …
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 isn't a future problem. Today's railway is facing rapidly increasing pressures from what is often termed as global "weirding" as weather patterns change - and the railway is consequentl …
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 Theatre
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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 …
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Policy & Leadership TheatreThe role of Government in creating a sustainable, successful future for the railway - what are the priorities?ChairpersonSpeakers
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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 …
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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 …
