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« on: March 25, 2022, 13:05:15 »

MR (Midland Railway, or Motor Rail, depending on context) is hosting a one day conference on the above as part of its Fourth Friday Club,
The schedule is as below and can be followed on Twitter @Modern_Railways
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10.30 Introduction from the chair – Ian Walmsley

10.35 Taking TfW (Transport for Wales) Rail forward – Marie Daly, Chief Operating Officer, Transport for Wales

10.55 Modernising the Valley Lines – Nathan Sealy, Regional Engineering Director, Amey Consulting

11.15 Discussion

11.25 Coffee break

11.50 Great Western post-pandemic – Mark Hopwood, Managing Director, Great Western Railway

12.10 Improving the infrastructure – Bill Kelly, Route Director – Wales & Borders, Network Rail 

12.30 Luminate Traffic Management – Gavin Panter, Customer Engagement Director, Resonate

12.50 Discussion

13.00 Lunch 

14.20 Using British Innovation to Transform the Railway – Trish Shanahan, Business Development Director, Thales

14.40 Building a world class testing centre – Andy Doherty, Chief Technical Officer, Global Centre of Railway Excellence

15.00 Restoring Your Railway: the lessons from Okehampton – Christian Irwin, Industry Programme Director for the South West, Network Rail and Matt Barnes, Head of Strategic Service Development, GWR (Great Western Railway) 

Previous meetings can also be found on the MR website
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