Date/Time
Date(s) - March 26 2025
10:00am - 4:00pm
Location
STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon
ABOUT RAIL IN WALES AND THE WEST
Our Rail in Wales and the West conference celebrates developments across this extensive area which is steeped in railway history. With the exciting plans in Wales and the Borders and continuing developments on the Western there is much to reflect on and look forward to.
10.20 – Welsh rail services in the era of devolution – Jan Chaudhry van der Velde, Chief Operations Officer, Transport for Wales – Rail
10.40 – Welsh fleet renewal – Andrew Gainsbury, Rolling Stock Strategy Manager, Transport for Wales – Rail
11.00 – Discussion
11.10 – Coffee break
11.40 – Developing the cross-country network – Bethan Jelfs, Regional director – Western & Wales, CrossCountry
12.00 – Improving performance on the line out of Paddington – Marcus Jones, Western Route Director, Network Rail
12.20 – Great Western in the GBR era – Mark Hopwood, Managing Director, Great Western Railway
12.40 – Discussion
12.50 – Lunch
14.20 – Building freight traffic in Wales and the West of England – Greg March, Freight Business Development Manager (South), Network Rail, with Jess Lippett, Senior Regional Freight Manager, Network Rail
14.40 – Improving rail services around Bristol – Tom Belletty, Programme Manager, West of England Combined Authority
15.00 – Waterloo – Salisbury – Exeter: the future? Bruce Duncan, Chair, Salisbury – Exeter Rail Users’ Group
15.20 – Discussion
15.30 – Conference closes
Organised by Modern Railways and kindly sponsored by Porterbrook and Resonate, in association with the Rail Forum
BOOKINGS AND PRICING
The standard price of a ticket is £250 plus VAT. We are delighted to be able to offer our members an exclusive 10% discount on this price. Bookings can be made by contacting David Lane on 07795 031051 or by registering below. Please note that by reserving a place below you are consenting to us sharing your details with Modern Railways so they can confirm the booking and arrange payment. We are NOT able to take payment for this event at this time.
TABLES AND SPONSORSHIP
To enquire about booking a table or for sponsorship opportunities please contact David Lane on 07795 031051 or e-mail david.lane@keypublishing.com.
httphttps://www.modernrailways.com/events/rail-wales-and-west