Railfuture now holds one major national conference each year, in late summer/early autumn (in addition to its AGM for members). We aim only to cover our costs. The conferences are competitively priced, to be within rail users' price range, and are open to everyone. Railfuture members are usually offered a chance to attend at a discounted rate. We also produce free-to-attend Webinars.
Speakers come from a variety of backgrounds. Some of the organisations who have spoken at conferences and webinars include Anglia Railways, Arriva Cross Country, Arriva Trains Wales, Association of Train Operating Companies, Cardiff International Airport, Centro, Chester-le-Track, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry Trains, Delta Rail, East Coast, East Midlands Trains, East West Rail Consortium, Eurostar, First Capital Connect, First Great Western, First Transpennine Express, Furrer + Frey GB, Grand Central, Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT), Great Western Railway, Greater Anglia, Heathrow Southern Railway, Hitachi Rail Europe, HS2, London Midland, London Overground Railway Operations, Merseytravel, MyTestTrack.com, Network Rail, Northern Rail, Northern (Arriva Rail North), Nottingham Express Transit, Parry People Movers, Port Of Sunderland, Rail Delivery Group, RSSB, ScotRail Alliance, SLC Rail, Southeastern, South West Trains, Thameslink and Great Northern, Transpennine Express, TramPower, Transport for Wales Rail, Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, UK Rail Leasing, Virgin Trains, Virgin Trains East Coast, Vivarail and West Midlands Trains.
Click HERE to see a list events and speakers for each organisation.
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Future Events
Click HERE For a list of rail-related events including free-to-attend Railfuture branch meetings
Additional Railfuture National Events - Dates for your diary
- Sat 12/07/2025 - Details to be confirmed (AGM)
Sorry but there are no future events available to book yet - please re-visit this website later.
Selected past event
2013/Oxford [link] - [View / Download Conference Report]
- Sat 02/11/2013 Rail Users' Conference
- Plus presentation of 2013 Rail User Group Awards
- A short Extraordinary General Meeting was held immediately after Lunch.
- See www.railfuture.org.uk/EGM2013 for further information
- Reason for Oxford: East West Rail and Evergreen 3 projects
- Hosted by Railfuture Thames Valley branch
- It was held at Oxford Town Hall
- Further Info: Click [Download] or [Display] for the AGM notice and agenda (PDF format)
- Read a [Press Release] about the conference and EGM
- Christian Wolmar
, Railfuture Honorary President, Conference Chairman
- Stephen Barker, Chief Project Engineer, Chiltern Railways
(talked about: Oxford-Marylebone 'Evergreen 3' scheme) - Lord Faulkner, Co-author of Holding the Line: How Britain's Railways Were Saved (talked about: his book and about the Cotswold Line Promotion Group of which he is President)
- Lord Berkeley, Chairman, Rail Freight Group
- Chris Aldridge, Principal Strategic Planner, Network Rail (talked about: Looking forward 20 years on the Western Region)
- Martin Tugwell, Deputy Director (Strategy and Infrastructure Planning), Oxfordshire County Council (talked about: Rail Revival in Oxfordshire and local best practice by the County Council)
- Stood in for Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Leader
- Patrick O'Sullivan, Project Manager, East West Rail Consortium
- Welcome by the Lord Mayor of Oxford
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Past events for each year
Up to three national events are held each year. Click on the location to see the details.
Click HERE to see a full list of past events. Looking for something else? Check the LIBRARY