Date/Time
Date(s) - November 1 2019
9:30am - 3:15pm
Location
Hallmark Hotel
Modern Railways offer a number of 4th Friday Club events through the year. With both East and West Midlands having new franchises in place, new rolling stock on order and a series of ongoing infrastructure developments underway, the November event will focus on Rail in the Midlands.
At this networking and learning day, you will learn about:
• devolution of responsibilities
• investment in the network
• passenger service improvements
Draft Itinerary
09.30-09.45 Welcome coffee
09.45-09.50 Introduction from the Chair, Jonathan Chatfield, Head of Policy (Freight & Stations), Rail Delivery Group
09.50-10.00 The Midlands: the UK’s lynchpin – Welcome speech from Sir Peter Soulsby, Mayor of Leicester
10.00 A new franchise for the East Midlands – Julian Edwards, Interim MD, East Midlands Railway (invited)
10.20 Midland main line electrification – Gary Walsh, Network Rail Route Director – East Midlands (invited)
10.40 CrossCountry in the Midlands – Tom Joyner, MD, CrossCountry (invited)
11.00-11.10 Discussion
11.10-11.40 Coffee break
11.40 Paper to be advised
Noon – 12.20 Rail devolution in the West Midlands – Malcolm Holmes, Director of Rail, Transport for the West Midlands
12.20 -12.40 Rail infrastructure for the Midlands – Tim Shoveller, MD North West and Central, Network Rail
12.40-12.50 Discussion
12.50 Lunch
14.00-14.20 West Midlands franchise developments – Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde, MD, West Midlands Trains
14.20 -14.40 Developing the Midlands economy with transport – Maria Machancoses, Director, Midlands Connect
14.40 – 15.00 Rail sector deal, Midlands pilots – Elaine Clark, Chief Executive, Rail Forum Midlands
15.00 – 15.10 – discussion
15.10 Close
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