Section Details
Chair: Peter Veryard
Vice Chair: Les Fox
Secretary: Lynne Garner
Mob: 07494 753652, e-mail: lynnegarner79@icloud.com
Secretary: Alastair Roberts
Mob: 07768 210480, e-mail: a.roberts@aegis-cert.co.uk
Meeting Venues
The Town Crier Inn, City Road, Chester, CH1 3AE. Meeting from 18:15 for light refreshments for a 18:30 start.
***NEW VENUE & TIME*** Crewe Arms Hotel, Nantwich Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 6DN. Meeting from 16:15 to 17:45 with tea, coffee & biscuits.
Please follow link to events calendar for details of section meetings
Section Programme
Thursday 10th January 2019 - The Town Crier Inn
Confidential Reporting: An important part of your safety management system (Katie Healy, CIRAS)N.B. Change of paper & speaker!
Thursday 7th February 2019 - Atkins Rail Ltd, Technical Investigation Centre, Crewe
All Change at Crewe (David Gordon, Network Rail & Suzanne Mathieson, HS2) *Lunchtime meeting at new venue* ***Now Fully Booked***
Thursday 14th February 2019 - The Town Crier Inn
Rail Milling (Bob Hardwell, Senior Engineer, STE, Network Rail)
Thursday 7th March 2019 - *** CANCELLED***Atkins Rail Ltd, Technical Investigation Centre, Crewe
Infrastructure: A System of Parts (Roy Hickman, Fugro & Vice President, PWI) ***Cancelled due to venue being unavailable***
Thursday 14th March 2019 - The Town Crier Inn
Electrification Schemes: Technical, Delivery & Authorisation Challenges (John Fry, Technical Head E&P, Infrastructure Projects, Network Rail)
Thursday 4th April 2019 - Atkins Rail Ltd, Technical Investigation Centre, Crewe
Five Decades of Derailment Investigation (Mike McLoughlin, Managing Director, XDrail Ltd) *Lunchtime meeting, please book as spaces are limited*
Thursday 11th April 2019 - The Town Crier Inn
Level Crossings - Suitable & Sufficient Risk Assessments (Andrew Allen, Senior Engineer, Aegis)
Thursday 2nd May 2019 - Atkins Rail Ltd, Technical Investigation Centre, Crewe
Resignalling on Merseyside: Weaver - Wavertree Project (Peter Veryard, Network Rail & Les Fox, Atkins) *Lunchtime meeting, please book as spaces are limited*
Thursday 9th May 2019 - The Town Crier Inn
Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway Improvements (Ian Hartill, Project Manager, Ff&WHR)
Thursday 6th June 2019 - Atkins Rail Ltd, Technical Investigation Centre, Crewe
Level Crossings - Suitable and Sufficient Risk Assessments (Andrew Allen, Senior Engineer, Aegis) *Lunchtime meeting, please book as spaces are limited*
Thursday 13th June 2019 - The Town Crier Inn
21st Century Track Engineering: A Transport for London Perspective & PWI Chief Executive Officer Visit (Stephen Barber, CEO PWI)
Saturday 15th June 2019 - County Hotel, 9 Botchergate, Carlisle
Annual Intersection Quiz - with teams taking part from Edinburgh, Manchester & Liverpool, Lancaster, Barrow & Carlisle, North East, North Wales and Glasgow Sections