IRO Diary of events
19 April: IRO Annual Members’ Lunch 2013 Our Annual Lunch for Members and Guests will be held at The Mermaid, Puddle Dock, London with guest speaker, the Rt. Hon. Simon Burns, Minister of State for Transport. Visit our website at
http://www.railwayoperators.co.uk/whats-on/title/ iro-annual-dinner/ for further details on how to book, or contact Lynda Dixey on 01785 248113. Irish Area For information on Irish Area events contact Hilton Parr at
i.chairman@
railwayoperators.co.uk Scottish Area 21 March: System Integration for High Capacity Railways. A talk from London Underground. Venue: Glasgow Caledonian University. Time: 17:30 For further information on the IRO Scottish Area please contact Jim Douglas on 0141 354 5684 or email at
s.events@railwayoperators.co.uk North East Area 12 March: Transpennine – a forward look A talk by Chris Nutton, programme director, Transpennine Express. This will take place in Leeds – time and venue to be confirmed. 9 April:Visit to a live engineering possession The North East Area Council are organising a visit to a live engineering possession – time and location to be confirmed. 25 April: Social Event The North East Area Council are organising a social event in York – venue to be confirmed. Time: from 17:00. 14 May:NDS T&RS depot visit (Holgate) and talk Visit the Holgate depot. Time: 13.30 to 15.30. Depot talk by Martin Elwood, NDS director describing the success and challenges for NDS. Time: 17:00 for 17:30 start. If you would like to attend any of these events or for
more information please contact David Monk-Steel at
ne.secretary@
railwayoperators.co.uk All North East Area meetings normally take place at 17:30 for 18:00, at York. North West Area 12 March: Railways in the North – refranchising, investment, devolution and opportunities Presentation by Stephen Clark, rail programme director, Transport for Greater Manchester. Location: Manchester. Time 18:00. Light refreshments will be available. 10 April: Trafford Park depot Visit Visit to Trafford Park depot – Freight Liner Terminal Operations. 11– 12 May: Study tour Northern Ireland If you would like to attend any of these events, please contact Tricia Meade at
nw.events@railwayoperators.co.uk For general membership enquires please contact Carl Phillips at
nw.chairman@
railwayoperators.co.uk Midlands Area 4 March: Tram-train developments Presentation on Tram-train developments. Time: 18:00, Location: The Quadrant, Milton Keynes. 8 April:Visit to The Lamp Block, Birmingham New Street Station An introduction and tour of the new Cross Country train crew accommodation block at Birmingham New Street Station. Time: 17:30 If you would like to attend any of these events or for information on Midlands Area events contact Julia Stanyard on 0121 345 3833 or email:
midlands@railwayoperators.co.uk Events start at 17.30 for 18:00. South West Area For information on South West Area events contact Chris Prior by email:
southwest@railwayoperators.co.uk
South East Area 18 March: Social media debate: to tweet or not to tweet? The next in our series of debates will be looking at the pros and cons of using social media to inform pas- sengers, with guest speakers Paul Bentley and David Whitley. Venue: London. Time: 18:00 to 19:30 1 May:Anglia Control Centre visit Learn how Network Rail and Greater Anglia work together to keep the commuter service in and out of London Liverpool Street, the intercity services to Norwich and rural train services within East Anglia running. Booking is required for this event due to limited places. 20 May:No more passing signals at danger? Tom Joyner, Network Rail’s principal operations specialist, will give an insight into how the rail network will operate in the future and how it will affect operators. For further information on the IRO South East Area contact Jonathan Leithead at
se.comms@
railwayoperators.co.uk Young Operators 23 April: IRO Young Operators presentation IRO Young Operators presentation and discussion with Patrick Hallgate, route managing director for Western at Paddington Station, London. Time: 6pm start. 15 May:Young Operators networking (at the pub!) This networking event will be held at the Betjeman Arms, St Pancras Station. The drinks start at 18:00. To register your interest in IRO Young Operators events, please contact Petr Mikyska at
yo.events@railwayoperators.co.uk
Further information More details of area events are listed on the website at
http://www.railwayoperators.co.uk/whats-on/
“The benefi t is not only getting to see something that is relevant to the railway industry, but just as much about who you fi nd yourself on visits with. I’d recommend anyone to just try an IRO event, you can benefi t and enjoy yourself at the same time.”
Kylee Brown
Area Delivery Assistant N.R. Scotland
4 Ireland Area:
Thank you to Dick Fearn – Dublin January 2013.
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3 North East Area:
Talk on Devolution with Phil Verster – York. January 2013.
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