Rail in the Midlands

Date/Time
Date(s) - February 23 2027
9:00am - 4:00pm

Location
Trent Conference Centre

09.30 Doors open

09.55 – 10.00 Introduction from the Chair, Anna-jane Hunter, Partner, Winder Phillips Associates

10.00 – 10.20 The East Midlands: the hub for the country’s rail network – Tom Moody, Director of Transport, East Midlands Combined Authority

10.20 – 10.40 East Midlands Railway prepares for the reshaped railway – Neil Grabham, Interim MD, EMR

10.40 – 11.00 Paper from sponsor, Alstom

11.00 – 11.10 Discussion

11.10 – 11.40 Coffee break

11.40 – noon Transport for the West Midlands plans for the future – Mal Drury-Rose, Director of Rail, TfWM

Noon – 12.20 Brave new world for the West Midlands – Denise Wetton, Integrated Managing Director, Great British Railways – West Midlands

12.20 – 12.40 TBC

12.40 – 12.50 Discussion

12.50 – Lunch

14.00 – 14.20 CrossCountry serving the Midlands – Shiona Rolfe, Managing Director, CrossCountry

14.20 – 14.40 Mini-Switzerland: integrating public transport in the Hope Valley – Thomas Ableman, Founder, Freewheeling

14.40 – 15.00 Cost-effective wagon manufacture in the East Midlands – Andy Houghton, Managing Director, W. H. Davis

15.00 – 15.20 Light rail revitalising Nottingham – Sarah Turner, Managing Director, Keolis Nottingham NET

15.20 – 15.30 Discussion

15.30 Conference closes