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Title: Railfuture, Birmingham, 12th November 2016 Post by: grahame on July 12, 2016, 07:28:12 http://www.railfuture.org.uk/conferences#2016_birmingham
Quote Hosted by Railfuture West Midlands branch Reason for Birmingham: Completion of Birmingham New Street modernisation and Midland Metro extensions Begins at 10:45, registration from 10:00, finishes by 17:00 Speakers: * Toby Rackcliff, Rail Policy and Strategy Manager, West Midlands Combined Authority * Maria Machancoses, Programme Director, Midlands Connect * Lord Berkeley, Chairman, Rail Freight Group * Alice Gillman, Communications, Vivarail (talking about The Class 230- a new train for a new franchise) * Stephen Joseph, Executive Director, Campaign for Better Transport * Professor Clive Roberts, University of Birmingham (talking about The digital age of railways) * Railfuture President Christian Wolmar opens the conference and welcomes Lord Mayor of Birmingham The above is the full list of speakers - it is a packed programme. There is also the annual Rail User Group Awards This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |