Railfuture Conferences and Webinars

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 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, 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.

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Future Events

Click HERE For a list of rail-related events including free-to-attend Railfuture branch meetings

2020/Webinar - RAILFUTURE WEBINAR [link]

• Sat 03/10/2020 Attracting passengers back to rail [Why Attend?] [Article]

• This is a free-to-join event but please register in advance (see below)
  • [How to use Zoom]
• Chris Page, Railfuture chair says: "Britain's railway faces its greatest threat since the Beeching Cuts in the 1960s. Because of COVID-19 patronage fell through the floor and has only partially recovered.
  "The government will not be willing to keep the railway afloat at vast cost indefinitely. Fare income from passengers is vital. The public must use the railway or risk losing it.
  "Rail travel must be safe, value for money, punctual, convenient and enjoyable.
  "We have five speakers from the rail industry representing organisations that can offer expert advice and/or take the necessary actions to encourage the public to use our railway."
• Social media hashtag (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) for this event: #ReturnToRail
• Join from 10:45, webinar starts at 11:00 and finishes at 12:30
• Speakers: [Read Speaker Biographies]
• Charlene [Charley] Wallace, Director for National Passenger & Customer Experience, Network Rail
• Jacqueline [Jac] Starr, Chief Operating Officer (formerly Managing Director Customer Experience), Rail Delivery Group
• Linda McCord, Senior Stakeholder Manager, Transport Focus
• Ali Chegini, Director of Systems and Systems and Health, RSSB
• Malcolm Holmes, Executive Director, West Midlands Rail Executive
• Chaired by Mark Valleley, Technical Lead, Transport for the South East
• The above is the full list of speakers. All are confirmed, although Jacqueline Starr's contribution will be limited to a specially-produced video at the start. After presentations there will be a Q&A
• For further details about the webinar please email webinar at railfuture.org.uk.
• Places are still free to book - but bookings for this webinar will close on Fri 02/10/2020
• Click to book using

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Organisations that have spoken at Railfuture national events

Abbotsford House - home of Sir Walter Scott :

• 2016/Scottish Borders: Giles Ingram

Anglia Railways:

• 2000/London: Jonathan Denby

Arriva Cross Country :

• 2012/Birmingham: Richard Gibson

Arriva Trains Wales (2 events) :

• 2010/Wrexham: Ben Jones
• 2005/Barry: Malcolm Howitt

Association of Community Rail Partnerships (3 events) :

• 2009/Corby: Brian Barnsley
• 2005/Manchester: Neil Buxton
• 2003/London: Paul Salveson

Association of Train Operating Companies (4 events):

• 2010/London: David Smith
• 2008/London: Chris Austin
• 2008/Coventry: Jim Morgan
• 1998/London: James Gordon

Bedford Commuters Association:

• 2007/Ely: Andy Long

Bedwyn Trains Passenger Group:

• 2013/Taunton: Steve Smith

Birmingham City Council:

• 2012/Worcester: Cllr Timothy Huxtable

Broxtowe Borough Council :

• 2015/Newark: Steve Barber

Cambridge Cycling Campaign :

• 2014/Cambridge: Jim Chisholm

Cambridgeshire County Council :

• 2014/Cambridge: Bob Menzies, Jeremy Smith

Campaign for Better Transport (3 events) :

• 2016/Birmingham: Stephen Joseph
• 2011/Bletchley: Stephen Joseph
• 2011/Brighton: Alexandra Woodsworth

Campaign for Borders Rail :

• 2018/Carlisle: Simon Walton

Cardiff International Airport :

• 2005/Barry: Steve Hodgetts

Cardiff University :

• 2019/Cardiff: Professor Mark Barry

CAST.IRON:

• 2005/Peterborough: Tim Phillips

Centro :

• 2012/Birmingham: Toby Rackliff

Chester to Shrewsbury Rail Partnership:

• 2004/Birmingham: Sheila Dee

Chester-le-Track:

• 2013/Durham: Alex Nelson

Chiltern Railways (4 events) :

• 2013/Oxford: Stephen Barker
• 2012/Birmingham: Richard Harper
• 2004/Birmingham: Alan Dare
• 2001/London: Adrian Shooter

Corby Borough Council :

• 2009/Corby: Cllr Mark Pengelly

Corus:

• 2007/Glasgow: Howard Pack

Conservative Party :

• 2006/Reading: Stephen Hammond MP

Cotswold Line Promotion Group:

• 2007/Ely: Derek Potter

CrossCountry Trains :

• 2019/Bristol: Richard Gibson

Delta Rail :

• 2014/London: Anna Matthews

Department for Transport:

• 2014/London: Trevor Birch

Derbyshire County Council :

• 2017/Leicester: Jim Seymour

Don Valley Railway :

• 2014/Sheffield: Chris Bell

East Coast :

• 2014/London: Karen Boswell

East Lancashire Railway :

• 2009/Northallerton: Andy Coward

East Midlands Trains (2 events) :

• 2017/Leicester: Jake Kelly
• 2009/Corby: Tim Shoveller

East Suffolk Travellers Association:

• 2011/Manchester: Trevor Garrod

East West Rail Consortium (2 events) :

• 2013/Oxford: Patrick O'Sullivan
• 2010/London: Patrick O'Sullivan

Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway:

• 2009/Northallerton: Stephen Walker

Esk Valley Railway Development Company:

• 2019/Darlington: Alan Williams

European Passengers' Federation:

• 2012/Stirling: Trevor Garrod

Eurostar :

• 2008/London: Simon Montague

Fen Line Users' Association:

• 2007/Ely: Robert Stripe

FirstBus :

• 2015/Bristol: James Freeman

First Capital Connect :

• 2014/Cambridge: David Statham

First Great Western (3 events) :

• 2010/Taunton: John Bird
• 2007/Ely: Bob Breakwell
• 2006/Swindon: Glenda Lamont

First Transpennine Express :

• 2009/Leeds: David Mallender

Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line :

• 2018/Carlisle: Mark Rand

Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways :

• 2013/Taunton: Bernard Lane

Friends of the West Highland Lines (2 events) :

• 2018/Edinburgh: Fraser McDonald and Norman McNab
• 2011/Manchester: Peter Tomlinson

Furrer + Frey GB :

• 2017/Leicester: Rob Daffern

Grand Central (2 events) :

• 2009/Northallerton: Tom Clift
• 2006/Stoke: Ian Yeowart

Great Central Railway (2 events) :

• 2017/Leicester: Tom Ingall
• 2015/Newark: Tom Ingall

Great Western Railway (2 events) :

• 2019/Bristol: Matt Barnes
• 2015/Bristol: Matthew Golton

Greater Anglia :

• 2017/Peterborough: Jamie Burles

Greengauge 21 :

• 2008/London: Julie Mills

Green Party (3 events) :

• 2018/Edinburgh: John Finnie MSP
• 2008/London: Caroline Lucas
• 2001/London: Jennie Jones

Halifax and District Rail Action Group :

• 2018/Carlisle: Stephen Waring

Hampshire County Council:

• 2008/Salisbury: Peter Murnaghan

Heathrow Southern Railway :

• 2018/Reading: Graham Cross

Hertfordshire County Council :

• 2010/London: Trevor Mason

Hitachi Rail Europe (2 events) :

• 2019/Darlington: Tim Rutter
• 2013/Durham: Andy Rogers

HS2 (2 events) :

• 2015/Blackpool: Stephen McFarlane
• 2011/Bletchley: Prof. Andrew McNaughton

Intermodality:

• 2010/Taunton: Nick Gallop

Kilbride Group:

• 2013/Taunton: John Chapman

Lancashire County Council :

• 2011/Manchester: Richard Watts

Labour Party (2 events) :

• 2014/Sheffield: Mary Creagh MP
• 2011/Manchester: Lilian Greenwood MP

Leicestershire County Council :

• 2017/Leicester: Dr Terri Eynon

Levenmouth Rail Campaign :

• 2016/Scottish Borders: Dr Allen Armstrong

Liberal Democrats :

• 2008/London: Norman Baker MP

London Midland :

• 2012/Birmingham: Nicola Moss

London Overground Railway Operations:

• 2010/London: Darren Hockaday

Merseytravel:

• 2001/Liverpool: Neil Scales

Midlands Connect :

• 2016/Birmingham: Maria Machancoses

MyTestTrack.com:

• 2006/Stoke: George Watson

Network Rail (10 events) :

• 2020/Webinar: Charlene [Charley] Wallace
• 2019/Bristol: Lorna Brown-Owens
• 2018/Reading: Anna Holbrook, Jill Poyton
• 2015/Newark: Graham Botham
• 2014/Cambridge: Paul McMahon
• 2013/Oxford: Chris Aldridge
• 2012/Birmingham: Mick Miller
• 2012/Stirling: Geoff Cook
• 2010/Taunton: Charles Varey
• 2005/Barry: David White

New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership :

• 2014/Cambridge: Chris Starkie

New Somerset and Dorset Railway :

• 2013/Taunton: Dean Cockwell

Nexus:

• 2019/Darlington: Philip Meikle

Newark and Sherwood District Council :

• 2015/Newark: Roger Blaney

Northern Rail :

• 2011/Manchester: Barry Graham

Northern (Arriva Rail North) :

• 2017/Leeds: Paul Barnfield

North West Leicestershire District Council :

• 2017/Leicester: John Legrys, Sean Sheahan

North Yorkshire County Council :

• 2009/Northallerton: Richard Owens and Andrew Eason

North Yorkshire Moors Railway:

• 2009/Northallerton: Phil Bustard

Nottingham Express Transit:

• 2002/Nottingham: Colin Lee

Nottinghamshire County Council (3 events) :

• 2010/London: Jim Bamford
• 2009/Corby: Jim Bamford
• 2002/Derby: Jonathan Hall

North Cheshire Rail Users Group:

• 2011/Manchester: Cedric Green and Janet Briggs

Oxfordshire County Council (2 events) :

• 2013/Oxford: Martin Tugwell
• 1996/Bicester: Dick Helling

Parry People Movers (2 events):

• 2015/Bristol: John Parry
• 2006/Stoke: Caspar Lucas

Passenger Focus :

• 2014/London: Sharon Hedges

Passenger Transport Networks:

• 2011/Bletchley: Jonathan Tyler

Portishead Railway Group :

• 2013/Taunton: Alan Matthews

Port Of Sunderland :

• 2019/Darlington: Matthew Hunt

Rail Delivery Group :

• 2020/Webinar: Jacqueline [Jac] Starr

Rail Freight Group (3 events) :

• 2016/Birmingham: Lord Berkeley
• 2013/Oxford: Lord Berkeley
• 2008/London: Lord Berkeley

RAIL Magazine :

• 2014/London: Stefanie Browne

Rail North :

• 2017/Leeds: David Hoggarth

Railway Mission :

• 2017/Leeds: Angela Levitt-Harwood

Reading Borough Council (2 events) :

• 2018/Reading: Cllr Tony Page
• 2006/Reading: Ruth Leuillette

RSSB :

• 2020/Webinar: Ali Chegini

ScotRail Alliance :

• 2018/Edinburgh: Alex Hynes

Scottish Borders Council :

• 2016/Scottish Borders: Cllr David Parker

Scottish Mining Museum :

• 2016/Scottish Borders: Representative

Severnside Community Rail Partnership:

• 2010/Taunton: Keith Walton

Silvertip Design:

• 2006/Stoke: Carl Henderson

Skipton East Lancs Railway Action Partnership:

• 2007/Ely: Andy Shackleton

SLC Rail :

• 2018/Reading: Ian Walters

South East Northumberland Rail User Group :

• 2013/Durham: Dennis Fancett

South West Trains :

• 2008/Salisbury: Philip Dominey

St Andrews Railway Campaign :

• 2016/Scottish Borders: Jane Ann Liston

Steer Davies Gleave :

• 1996/Bicester: Jim Steer

Sussex Community Rail Partnership:

• 2011/Brighton: Sam Bryant

Tarka Rail Association:

• 2013/Taunton: John Burch

Thameslink and Great Northern :

• 2017/Peterborough: Phil Hutchinson

Transpennine Express :

• 2017/Leeds: Graham Meiklejohn

TramPower:

• 2008/London: Prof. Lewis Lesley

TRANSform Scotland :

• 2007/Glasgow: Paul Tetlaw

Transport Focus (2 events) :

• 2020/Webinar: Linda McCord
• 2017/Leeds: Jordan Sargeant

Transport for London:

• 2007/Ely: Dave Wetzel

Transport for London (Crossrail) :

• 2018/Reading: Howard Smith

Transport for Wales Rail :

• 2019/Cardiff: Colin Lea

Transport Salaried Staffs' Association :

• 2006/Stoke: Manuel Cortes

TravelWatch East Midlands:

• 2009/Corby: Steve Abbott

UK Rail Leasing:

• 2017/Leicester: Mark Winter

Vale of Glamorgan Council :

• 2005/Barry: Cllr Michael Harvey, Emma Harvey

Virgin Trains :

• 2002/London: Chris Green

Virgin Trains East Coast:

• 2015/Newark: David Horne

Vivarail:

• 2016/Birmingham: Alice Gillman

Welsh Assembly Government:

• 2010/Wrexham: Tim James

Welsh Highland Railway:

• 2009/Northallerton: Tony Smare

Wensleydale Railway (2 events) :

• 2009/Northallerton: Ruth Annison
• 2006/Stoke: Ruth Annison

West of England Local Enterprise Partnership :

• 2015/Bristol: James White

West Midlands Rail Executive :

• 2020/Webinar: Malcolm Holmes

West Midlands Trains :

• 2019/Bristol: Jon Harris

Other organisations are: ASLEF, Adtranz, Borders Rail Campaign, Calderdale Council, Central Rail Users' Consultative Committee, Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership, East London Line Group, First Great Eastern, First Group, Former BR Operations Manager now transport advisor to Newark Business Club, Great Western Trains, HMRI, Halcrow Transmark, Huddersfield Penistone Sheffield Rail Users Association, Imperial College, London, Leeds-Lancaster-Morecambe Community Rail Partnership (LLMCRP), London Lines, MP for Milton Keynes South, Parliamentary Transport Select Committee member, Melksham rail campaign, National Assembly, North West Public Transport Users' Forum, North West Rail Campaign, Piggyback Consortium, Rail Passenger Council, Rail Passengers Council, Railfuture, Railfuture (and former Managing Director of TfL London Rail), Railfuture Directors, Railfuture Scotland, Railtrack, Railtrack Property, Railway Forum, Redland Aggregates, SRA, Save Our Sleeper, Shadow SRA, South East England Regional Assembly, South West Public Transport Users' Forum, Stagecoach Rail, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, Taith, Tees Valley Combined Authority, TfL London Rail, Tramlink, Trans Wilts, Transport 2000, Transport Wales, TravelWatch SouthWest, University of Birmingham, WAGN, Wales Transport Research Centre, Wales and West Railway, Welcome to Yorkshire, Wensleydale Rail Association and West Midlands Combined Authority

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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.

2020	Birmingham (AGM)
2019	Cardiff (AGM)	Darlington	Bristol
2018	Edinburgh (AGM)	Carlisle	Reading
2017	Peterborough (AGM)	Leeds	Leicester
2016	Milton Keynes (AGM)	Scottish Borders	Birmingham
2015	Blackpool (AGM)	Newark	Bristol
2014	Sheffield (AGM)	Cambridge	London
2013	Durham (AGM)	Taunton	Oxford
2012	Worcester (AGM)	Stirling	Birmingham
2011	Brighton (AGM)	Bletchley	Manchester
2010	Wrexham (AGM)	Taunton	London
2009	Leeds (AGM)	Northallerton	Corby
2008	Coventry (AGM)	Salisbury	London
2007	Preston (AGM)	Glasgow	Ely
2006	Swindon (AGM)	Stoke	Reading
2005	Peterborough (AGM)	Barry	Manchester
2004	Newcastle (AGM)	Birmingham
2003	Birmingham	Cardiff (AGM)	London
2002	Nottingham (AGM)	Derby	London
2001	Liverpool (AGM)	Poole	London
2000	Croydon (AGM)	London
1999	York (AGM)	Walsall	Colchester
1998	Shrewsbury (AGM)	Cambridge	London
1997	Norwich (AGM)	Halifax	London
1996	Mansfield (AGM)	Bicester	London
1995	Exeter (AGM)	Bathgate	London
1994	Lincoln (AGM)	Clitheroe	London
1993	Ashford (AGM)	Maesteg	London
1992	Birmingham (AGM)	Nottingham	London
1991	Edinburgh (AGM)	Birmingham
1990	Manchester (AGM)	London
1989	Southampton (AGM)	London
1988	Leicester (AGM)	London
1987	Newcastle (AGM)	London
1986	Cardiff (AGM)	London
1985	Wakefield (AGM)	London
1984	Ely (AGM)	London
1983	Crewe (AGM)	London
1982	London	Reading (AGM)
1981	Sheffield (AGM)	London
1980	Bristol (AGM)	London	Peterborough
1979	Peterborough (AGM)	London

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Click HERE to see a full list of past events. Looking for something else? Check the LIBRARY

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