Section Details

Chair: Jeremy Smith

Secretary: Richard Antliff

mob: 07804 329497, e-mail: richard.antliff@gmail.com

Meeting Venue

Network Rail’s Davidson House Offices, Forbury Square, The Forbury, Reading, RG1 3EU from 17:00 for 17:45 start.

Please follow link to events calendar for details of section meetings

Click here to download the December 2021 section newsletter

Section Programme

Wednesday 8 September 2021 - Online Meeting

Application of the Modified Rational Method to a railway drainage system - Oaksey Cutting - Mark Howells, Senior Asset Engineer (Drainage & Lineside), Network Rail

Wednesday 6 October 2021 - Reading

Cardiff Intersection Bridges Part 2: Very Reduced Electrical Clearances - Phil Holbourn, Holbourn Engineering Ltd & Network Rail

Wednesday 3 November 2021 - Reading/Online Meeting

The Debate - Becoming a track engineer; Theory and practice, past, present and future - Tyrone Williams, Rodney Pinchen, Malcolm Pearce, Tony Roberts, James Field and Paul Ebbutt

Wednesday 8 December 2021 - Reading Railway Club

Annual Social Event & Christmas Railway Quiz - hosted by Colin Brading & David Brace

Wednesday 5 January 2022 - Online/Network Rail Offices, Reading

Joint meeting with IMechE - On Train Infrastructure Measurement - Jason Saxon, Director Asset Information Systems, Network Rail and David Eveleigh, Great Western Railway

Wednesday 2 February 2022 - Online/Network Rail Offices, Reading

PWI Presidential Visit and presentation - Nick Millington, Safety Task Force Leader, Network Rail and President, PWI 

 Wednesday 2 March 2022 - Online/Network Rail Offices, Reading

Rivers, Railways and Floods at Cowley Bridge Junction - Richard Watts, PWI Fellow, CEng, MICE, (retd.) 

 Wednesday 6 April 2022 - Online/Network Rail Offices, Reading

 Details TBC & Section AGM

Wednesday 4 May 2022 - Online/Network Rail Offices, Reading

Details TBC

Wednesday 1 June 2022 - Online/Network Rail Offices, Reading

Details TBC