Join Rail Forum on 13th March for their 5th joint ‘rail freight day’ with strategic partner, Rail Freight Group and explore what is happening in freight!
This event returns to Loughborough, and this time will feature a site tour of Tarmac’s facility as a post event activity!
Rail Forum are thrilled to host a variety of speakers ensuring that your attendance will bring you up to date on freight developments, challenges and opportunities:
Session 1
This session will set context of wider freight activity and introduce some user perspectives as well as explore freight in uncertainty with unique insight on the aid-train.
- Maggie Simpson OBE, Rail Freight Group
- Zoe McLernon, GBR TT
- Vincent Barry, General Manager – Operational Quality, Groupe CAT UK
- Peter Gibbons MBE, Network Rail
Session 2
Following the break, a selection of speakers will explore topics including speeding up freight, ETCS and its impacts on drivers, as well as a stepping into innovation with an update on the Freight Innovation Cluster and how digital solutions are opening up freight path availability.
- Dave Burley, Rail Operations Group
- Nicolas Edwards, Deutsche Bahn, and RSSB Rail Freight Operations Group
- Chris Swan, Tarmac
- Alisdair Ritchie, Connected Places Catapult
- Martin Gleadow, Velociti Solutions
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