18-19 June 2025
Porterbrook’s Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre

The need for a rolling stock strategy

18 Jun 2025
Engineering Theatre
Engineering
Privatisation 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 for an uncertain future regarding train control and ETCS? How do we ensure all future fleets enable level boarding? A panel of speakers from across the industry joins Gareth Dennis to consider where we are at today and what a strategy might look like.
Chairperson
Gareth Dennis
Gareth Dennis, Strategy Lead, Test tracks | Engineering Services - Network Rail
Speakers
Ian Prosser CBE
Ian Prosser CBE, Former HM Chief Inspector of Railways and Director - Double O Safety Consulting
Graeme Clark
Graeme Clark, Head of Business Development Rolling Stock - Siemens Mobility UK&I