Section Details

Chairman: Andy Franklin, mob: 07824 410762

Secretary: Andrew Wilson, Waunglyncath, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, SA18 2UP

mob: 07974 809639, e-mail: southandwestwales@thepwi.org

Meeting Venues

Network Rail's Offices, St. Patrick's House, Curran Road, off Penarth Road, Cardiff, CF10 5ZA at 17:15. 

Meetings will be held on the second Monday of each month unless otherwise stated.

Please follow link to events calendar for details of section meetings

Please click here to download the February 2019 newsletter

Please click here to view the miutes from the December 2018 meeting

Section Programme

Monday 10th September 2018 - Network Rail's Offices, St. Patrick's House, Cardiff

Track Buckling - How did we get where we are today? (Andy Franklin, Network Rail & South & West Wales Section Chairman)

Monday 8th October 2018 - Network Rail's Offices, St, Patrick's House, Cardiff

"Plant as was" (Steve Patterson)

Monday 12th November 2018 - Network Rail's Offices, St.Patrick's House, Cardiff

Trackbed: Investigations over the last 40 years and recent developments (Dr Phil
Sharpe & Alan Goff, AECOM)

Monday 10th December 2018 - Network Rail's Offices, St. Patrick's House, Cardiff

The new Wales Rail Franchise (Richard Briggs, Transport for Wales)

Monday 14th January 2019 - Network Rail's Offices, St. Patrick's House, Cardiff

Recent Developments in Rail Management - Eddy Current to Induction Welding (Brian Whitney, Engineering Expert (Track & S&C), Network Rail)

Tuesday 22nd January 2019 - The Friends House, Euston Road, London

Professional Registration Workshop - Please click here for full information

Monday 11th February 2019 - Network Rail's Offices, St. Patrick's House, Cardiff

The Use of Drones in the Rail Industry (Mark Jones, Head of Unmanned Aviation RUAS Newport)

Monday 11th March 2019 - Network Rail's Offices, St. Patrick's House, Cardiff

Barmouth Viaduct and the Major Works in CP6 (Andy Cross, Route Asset Manager (Structures), Network Rail Wales)

Monday 8th April 2019 - Network Rail's Offices, St. Patrick's House, Cardiff

Re-building the Railway to Broadway (Richard Johnson, Chairman, Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Steam Railway PLC)

Monday 13th May 2019 - Network Rail's Offices, St. Patrick's House, Cardiff

Reflections on a Railway Career on the other side of the Tunnel (Angharad Rees, Colas Rail & PWI Fellow)