Section Details
Chair: John Parker, mob: 07921 881915, email: johnhcparker@hotmail.com
Secretary: Philip Benzie, email: p.benzie@yahoo.co.uk
Meeting Venues
Station Hotel, Butler Street, Preston PR1 8BN 17:30 for 18:00
Royal Station Hotel, Market Street, Carnforth LA5 9BT 17:30 for 18:00
Network Rail, North Shore Road, Whitehaven CA28 6AX at 1600 for 1630
Network Rail, Upperby Yard, Tyne Street, Carlisle CA1 2NP 16:00 for 16:30
Please follow link to events calendar for details of section meetings
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Section Programme
Tuesday 8th October 2019 - Carnforth
The Kaikoura Job: Rebuilding KiwiRail's Main North Line in New Zealand (Phil Kirkland, Head of Maintenance Delivery, Nexus and PWI Vice President North England)
Tuesday 12th November 2019 - Carlisle
High Output Track Renewals - Ready for CP6 (Neil Sunner, Network Rail)
Tuesday 10th December 2019 - Preston
The Work of the Historical Railways Estate (Lee Holland, Highways England)
Tuesday 14th January 2020 - Carnforth
Edinburgh Waverley Remodelling (Will Storey, Story Rail)
Tuesday 18th February 2020 - Preston
Track and Structures Maintenance on the Talyllyn Railway (David Ventry, Talyllyn Railway) N.B Note the date!
Tuesday 10th March 2020 Carlisle
Details TBC
Tuesday 14th April 2020 - Whitehaven
Far North Track Maintenance Partnership (Jamie MacPherson, Stobart Rail) & Presidential Visit (Joan Heery, President, PWI)
Annual Intersection Quiz - with teams taking part from Edinburgh, Manchester & Liverpool, Lancaster, Barrow & Carlisle, North East, Cheshire & North Wales and Glasgow SectionsSaturday 13th June 2020 - County Hotel, 9 Botchergate, Carlisle