Section Details

Deputy Chairman:  Craig Green

Secretary:  Richard Quigley

e-mail: richard.quigley@networkrail.co.uk

Meeting Venues

The Wellington Pub, 37 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham, B2 5SN at 17:00 

2nd Floor, Network Rail, Baskerville House, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2ND.  

Lunchtime meetings 12:30 for a prompt 12:45 start - 14:00 finish. Evening meetings at 17:00.

Booking preferred for each event!

Please follow link to events calendar for details of section meetings

Section Programme

Wednesday 9th January 2019 - Reading

Annual Joint Meeting with IMechE - The California High-Speed Rail Project - from Planning to Construction (Matthew Savastano, FPWI, WSP Group)

Thursday 10th January 2019 - Network Rail, Baskerville House, Birmingham

Derailment Investigation (Dr Mark Burstow, Principal Vehicle Track Dynamics Engineer, Network Rail) Booking preferred!

Thursday 7th February 2019 - Network Rail, Baskerville House, Birmingham

Platform Train Interface (Richard Quigley, Senior Gauging Engineer, LNW) Booking preferred!

Thursday 14th March 2019 - WSP Offices, The Mailbox, Birmingham

Environmental Impact of HS2 (Melanie Knight, Managing Consultant, Ramboll) & HS2 Curzon Street Project (Carol Stitchman, Technical Director, Stations, WSP) N.B. Change of venue and slightly earlier time. Booking preferred!

Thursday 11th April 2019 - Network Rail, Baskerville House, Birmingham

The History of CWR & Hot Weather Management (Andy Franklin, Principal Project Engineer, Network Rail) Booking preferred!

Thursday 9th May 2019 - Network Rail, Baskerville House, Birmingham

Young Engineer's Evening, Graduates & Apprentices - Click here for 'call for papers' flyer. Booking preferred!

Thursday 13th June 2019 - Network Rail, Baskerville House, Birmingham

Dudley Very Light Rail Project (Speaker TBC) Booking preferred!

Thursday 12th September 2019 - Network Rail, Baskerville House, Birmingham

Train-borne Rail Depth Measurement (Damon Goulding, Engineer (Mobile Monitoring), Network Rail)