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SECTIONS UKRIA 2014 p20-61
All the news, photos, winners, speeches and excitement from the inaugural UK Rail Industry Awards, held at The Brewery in London on 20 February. The hugely successful event was also a fundraising extravaganza for the UK Rail Industry Training Trust (UKRITT).
TRACK & WORK SITE TECHNOLOGY p62-71 Network Rail’s Sentinel Enhancement Programme, Nexus’s head of rail infrastructure Raymond Johnstone gives an update on the ‘Metro: all change’ programme, plus RTM hears about the new Centre for Innovation in Rail.
GEN Y RAIL p72-77 Coverage from the fi rst Gen Y Rail event in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, helping to engage and inspire schoolchildren and college pupils about the great range of career opportunities in the rail industry.
TICKETING & FARE COLLECTION p78-83 RTM hears from ITSO chief executive Lindsay Robertson, plus Cubic Transportation Systems vice president of strategic initiatives David Dekozan on the revolutionary possibilities of NFC.
THAMESLINK p84-87 RTM reports from the launch of the new Thameslink rolling stock, including interviews and speeches from key fi gures at First Capital Connect, Siemens and the Department for Transport.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT & BIM p88-96
HS2 head of management systems Jon Kerbey speaks to RTM about the importance of BIM to the project and the way it opens up the use of technologies like 4D modelling and augmented reality, and we interview Crossrail strategic projects director, Transcend’s John Pelton.
CABLES & OLE TECHNOLOGY p97-102
A rundown of some of the latest technological innovations helping improve overhead line equipment and power supply cables, plus Network Rail’s £2bn electrifi cation framework contract award.
SAFETY & PASSENGER INFORMATION p103-109 The RSSB’s Colin Dennis talks to RTM about safety trends in the industry, and we also hear from a security expert on what the railways can learn from airports.
103-109 72-77
GEN Y RAIL
SAFETY & PASSENGER INFORMATION
78-83 TICKETING & FARE COLLECTION EDITORIAL BOARD
Andy Mitchell is the Programme Director for Crossrail. He also directed the Southern Power
Upgrade project and secured funding and consents for the Thameslink programme. Mitchell is also a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers.
2 | rail technology magazine Feb/Mar 14
Lord Tony Berkeley chairs the Rail Freight Group. He is the Secretary of the All- Party Parliamentary
Rail Group, a board member of the European Rail Freight Association, member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport.
Dave Mullin is Innovation Programme
Manager at Network Rail. Mullin is also
the non-executive director for SITC (Security Innovation and Technology Consortium).
Neil Andrew
is Head of Systems and Technology at Balfour Beatty Rail. Balfour Beatty is
an international rail engineering, design and construction business.
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