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“BY THE END OF THIS FRANCHISE EVERY PIECE OF ROLLING STOCK WE HAVE WILL EITHER BE NEW OR FULLY REFURBISHED.” - Gerry McFadden, fl eet director at Southern, p33


39-44


CIVIL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION


18-29 TRAINING, JOBS & SKILLS 66-71 SIGNALLING, POWER & TELECOMS 30-38 ROLLING STOCK THE LAST WORD 88


45-65 PERMANENT WAY & INFRASTRUCTURE


Professor Felix Schmid is the Programme Director for the MSc in railway systems


engineering and is a Professor at the School of Engineering in the Centre for Railway Research and Education at the University of Birmingham.


John Glover is a board member at the Institute of Railway Operators (IRO) and is deputy


chairman of the CILT Strategy Rail Forum. The IRO works to improve operations within the rail industry.


Howard Smith Howard Smith is operations director at Crossrail. Until March 2013, he


was Chief Operating Offi cer for London Rail at TfL. He previously led on major DLR upgrades.


Sara Nelson is Head of


Communications at Passenger Focus, the independent,


offi cial consumer watchdog for Britain’s rail passengers and England’s bus, coach and tram passengers (outside of London).


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