IRO
Irish Area For information on Irish Area events, contact Hilton Parr:
hilton.parr@
railwayoperators.org Scottish Area For further information on the IRO Scottish Area, please contact Jim Douglas on 0141 354 5684; email
jim.douglas@
URS.com or email Jim Gillies at
scottish@railwayoperators.org North East Area 11 December: Christmas Social. The North East Area Christmas social event will take place in York Taps at York station. Time: from 17:00. If you would like to attend this event, please contact
northeast@railwayoperators.org For information on North East Area events, contact David Monk-Steel at
northeast@railwayoperators.org or by telephone on 01751 473799 during office hours. North East Area meetings normally take place at 17:30 for 18:00, in York. North West Area 6 December: Debate and Christmas Social. Are Safety Rules Impacting on Performance and Efficiency? Debate followed by social. Time: 17:45 for 18:00 start. Venue: TBA Contact Tricia Meade at
ironw.booking@
railwayoperators.org to book a place. Light refreshments will be available. 16 January: Talk: Train Planning – Transpennine Express 2014 Timetable Change. Location: Network Rail offices, Travis Street, Manchester. Time 17:45 for 18:00 start. Contact Tricia Meade at
ironw.booking@
railwayoperators.org to book
Diary of events
a place. Light refreshments will be available. All North West Area event enquiries should be via Tricia Meade at
ironw.booking@
railwayoperators.org For general membership enquires, please contact Carl Phillips at
northwest@railwayoperators.org Midlands Area 10 December: Christmas Drinks. Time and venue TBA. Contact Julia Stanyard on 0121 345 3833 or email
midlands@railwayoperators.org 7 January: Presentation: London Midland ‘Project 110’ – an industry-wide collaborative project to increase capacity on the WCML. Time: 17:30 for 18:00. Location: The Mailbox, Birmingham. Contact: Julia Stanyard on 0121 345 3833 or email
midlands@railwayoperators.org For information on Midlands Area events contact Julia Stanyard on 0121 345 3833 or email
midlands@railwayoperators.org Unless otherwise indicated, events start at 17:30 for 18:00. South West Area 3 December: Christmas Quiz and Social Event will be held at the Queen’s Tap Hotel, Swindon. Time 17:30 Entry fee is £5 per team, with proceeds to the Railway Children charity. A buffet will be provided. Contact: Chris Prior at
chris.prior@
firstgroup.com for details and to enter a team. 28 December: Annual Christmas visit to the West Somerset Railway. Further details will be confirmed in due course. For information on South West Area events, contact Chris Prior by
email
chris.prior@
firstgroup.com South East Area 1 December: IRO South East Area and Young Operators Dinner and Dance – a black tie three- course dinner, drinks and subsequent merriment. Venue: Hotel Russell, London. Tickets cost £40 (inc VAT) per person. Time: 18:00 to 23:45. For booking details, please contact Martin Ward at
dinner@railwayoperators.co.uk 25 January: Golden Whistle Awards The awards will be held at the Hotel Russell and will include the areas of performance, safety and managing disruption recognising both the best and most improved UK operators. Contact:
modern.railways@googlemail.com 28 January: Event: What is the Franchising Process for? Speakers: Arthur Leakley, communications director of Virgin Trains, and Gary Backler, former head of service delivery at the Department for
Transport.Contact
se.events@railwayoperators.co.uk For further information on the IRO South East Area, contact Jonathan Leithead at
se.comms@
railwayoperators.co.uk Young Operators 1 December: IRO South East Area and Young Operators Dinner and Dance. See the South East Area for details. If you would like to register your interest in IRO Young Operators events, please contact
youngoperators@railwayoperators.org More details of area events are listed on the Rail Professional website.
Book the date in your diary…
Check the Area events online on the new IRO website
Wednesday 27th February 2013 REF Seminar 2013
REF Railway Engineers Forum
Full details of Area events are now on the new website. Take a look and login to see and do lots more too. If you haven’t received your login details get in touch with us.
‘Turning the Southern Upside Down – the Conversion of the SR 3rd Rail Network to 25kV Overhead’ at the IMechE, London. Tickets £98 – book at
www.theref.org.uk
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