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A Round up of Recent Activities in Our Sections Section Activities A round up of recent activities in our Sections AS PUBLISHED IN The Journal January 2017 Volume 135 Part 1 Sections BIRMINGHAM CROYDON & BRIGHTON DARLINGTON & NORTH EAST EDINBURGH Our online events calendar holds all GLASGOW of our Section meetings. IRISH LANCASTER, BARROW & CARLISLE You’ll also find full contact details on LONDON our website. MANCHESTER & LIVERPOOL MILTON KEYNES NORTH WALES NOTTINGHAM & DERBY SOUTH & WEST WALES THAMES VALLEY WESSEX WEST OF ENGLAND WEST YORKSHIRE YORK INSTITUTION MATTERS IRISH SECTION NOTTINGHAM & DERBY SECTION Chairman Nick West Chairman Andy Packham Secretary Joe Walsh Secretary Stacey Johnson 00 353 872075688 07587 086220 CONTACTS [email protected] [email protected] MEETING VENUE MEETING VENUES The Ashling Hotel, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8, Aston Court Hotel, opposite Derby station, Ireland; The Prince of Wales Hotel, Church Derby at 18:30 Sections BIRMINGHAM Street, Athlone, Co.Westmeath - located in the Jurys Inn Hotel, Station Street, Nottingham Co-Chairman Paul King/David Webb centre of Athlone Station; The Brookfield Suite, at 18:30 Secretary Richard Quigley Hilton Hotel, 4 Lanyon Place, Belfast - located 07715 132267 across the road from the main entrance to SOUTH & WEST WALES [email protected] Central Station Chairman Andy Franklin MEETING VENUES Secretary Andrew Wilson The Wellington Pub, 37 Bennetts Hill, LANCASTER, BARROW & 07974 809639 Birmingham, B2 5SN at 17:00 CARLISLE [email protected] 2nd Floor, Network Rail, Baskerville House, MEETING VENUE Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2ND Chairman John Parker Secretary Philip Benzie Network Rail Office, Fifth floor, 5 Callaghan Lunchtime meetings 12:30 for a prompt 12:45 Square, Cardiff at 18:00 start - 14:00 finish 01704 896924 Evening meetings at 17:00 [email protected] MEETING VENUES THAMES VALLEY Station Hotel, Butler Street, Preston, PR1 Chairman Jeremy Smith CROYDON & BRIGHTON 8BN (adjacent to Preston station) 17:30 for Secretary Malcolm Pearce Chairman Mike Curthoys 18:00; Royal Station Hotel, Carnforth, LA5 9BT 01635 550326 / 07967 667019 Secretary Martin Cresswell (adjacent to Carnforth station) 17:30 for 18:00; [email protected] 07815 968245 Network Rail, North Union House, Christian MEETING VENUE [email protected] Road, Preston, PR1 2NB at 1600 for 16:30; Network Rail’s Davidson House Offices, MEETING VENUE Network Rail, Upperby Yard, Tyne Street, Forbury Square, The Forbury, Reading, RG1 Mott MacDonald House, Sydenham Road, Carlisle CA1 2NP at 1600 for 16:30 3EU at 17:45 refreshments available from Croydon, CR0 2EE, at 17:30 for 17:45 start. 17:00 Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month LONDON Chairman Jonathon Bray WESSEX Secretary Thomas Utley Chairman Vacancy DARLINGTON & NORTH EAST 07885 732231 Secretary Kenneth Newell Chairman Glenn Melvin [email protected] 07771 668044 Secretary Walter Clarke MEETING VENUE [email protected] 07866 268637 10th Floor, London Underground, 55 MEETING VENUES [email protected] Broadway, London, SW1H 0BD, above St. The Rose and Crown, Columbo Street, MEETING VENUES James Park tube 17:30 for 18:00 Waterloo, London, SE1 8DP from 17:15 for Railway Athletic Club, Brinkburn Road, 18:00 Darlington at DL3 9LF at 18.30 refreshments The Eastleigh Railway Institute, 2 Romsey from 18:15 MANCHESTER & LIVERPOOL Chairman David Woods Road, Eastleigh, Southampton, SO50 9FE, Newcastle College Rail Academy, William from 17:15 for 18:00 Street, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 0JP at 16:45 Secretary Rob Cummings refreshments from 16:00 07585 994906 [email protected] WEST OF ENGLAND MEETING VENUES Chairman: Steve Pearson EDINBURGH SECTION MMU–John Dalton Building, Manchester Secretary: Harshini K.V.Janaki Chairman Andrew Blakeley Metropolitan University, Chester Street, 01793 516968 07771 670585 Manchester, M1 5GD at 17:00 for 17:30 [email protected] [email protected] Mott MacDonald, Spring Bank House, 33 MEETING VENUE Secretary Bob Gardiner Stamford Street, Altrincham, Manchester, Room 3.9, Network Rail’s SN1 Offices, Station 07771 828811 WA14 1ES at 17:00 for 17:30 Road, Swindon SN1 2DH [email protected] SQ1–Network Rail Offices, Square One, 4 Arup Auditorium, 63 St Thomas Street, Bristol MEETING VENUE Travis Street, Manchester, M1 2NY at 12:30 for BN1 6JZ Upstairs function room of The Scots Guards 13:00 or 17:00 for 17:30 Great Western Hotel, 73 Station Road, Club, 2 Clifton Terrace, opposite Haymarket Swindon, SN1 1DH Station, Edinburgh, EH12 5DR at 18:00 MILTON KEYNES Chairman James Dean WEST YORKSHIRE GLASGOW SECTION Secretary Kevin Thurlow Chairman Morris Smith Chairman Tom Wilson 0121 345 3158 / 07802 890299 Secretary: Martin Wooff Secretary Jack Scott [email protected] 07487 652622 01419 522562 / 07789 765291 MEETING VENUE [email protected] [email protected] Auditorium, The Quadrant, Network Rail, Elder MEETING VENUE MEETING VENUE Gate, Milton Keynes, MK9 1EN at 17:00 The Pullman Room, The Cosmopolitan Hotel, WSP Offices, 7th Floor, 110 Queen Street, 2 Lower Briggate, Leeds, LS1 4AE from Glasgow, G1 3BX at 17:30 refreshments from 18:00 and are held on the third Tuesday of 17:15 NORTH WALES Chairman Alastair Roberts each month from September to May. Secretary Lynne Garner 07771 672274 YORK [email protected] Chairman Ian Kitching MEETING VENUE Secretary Vacany The Town Crier Inn, City Road, Chester, CH1 MEETING VENUES 3AE at 18:30 light refreshments at 18:00 Network Rail, George Stephenson House, 1 Toft Green, York, YO1 6JT, 17:30 for 18:00 3 SECTION ACTIVITIES FEBRUARY 2017 1st February (Wednesday) THAMES VALLEY SECTION 13th February (Monday) Farnworth Tunnel Reconstruction SOUTH & WEST WALES SECTION (Beth Dale, J Murphy & Sons) Switch Protection using Friction Modifiers Network Rail’s Davidson House Offices, Forbury (Jay Benson, JB Rail) Square, The Forbury, Reading, RG1 3EU Network Rail Office, 5th Floor, 5 Callaghan Square, Cardiff, CF10 5BT 2nd February (Thursday) MILTON KEYNES SECTION 13th February (Monday) Intelligent Infrastructure (George Walker, Network Rail) LONDON SECTION Auditorium, The Quadrant, Network Rail, Elder Gate, Acton Dive Under (Philip Holbourn, Crossrail) Milton Keynes MK9 1EN 10th Floor, London Underground, 55 Broadway, London, SW1H 0BD 2nd February (Thursday) YORK SECTION 14th February (Tuesday) Details TBC LANCASTER, BARROW & CARLISLE SECTION Network Rail Meeting Rooms, George Stephenson Recent Developments on the Isle of Man Railway House, 1 Toft Green, York, YO1 6JT Network (Jeremy Reece, Isle of Man Transport) Network Rail, North Union House, Christian Road, 2nd February (Thursday) Preston, PR1 2NB EDINBURGH SECTION Lamington Viaduct Recovery Works 15th February (Wednesday) (Craig Robertson, Network Rail) GLASGOW SECTION Upstairs Function Room,The Scots Guards Club, Design of Depot P/Way in the North West 2 Clifton Terrace, Opposite Haymarket Station, (Greig McMillan, Arcadis) Edinburgh, EH12 5DR WSP Offices, 7th Floor, 110 Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3BX 7th February (Tuesday) DARLINGTON & NORTH EAST SECTION 16th February (Thursday) PLPR (Plain Line Pattern Recognition) - (Speaker TBC) MANCHESTER & LIVERPOOL SECTION Newcastle College Rail Academy, William Street, Details TBC Felling, Gateshead, NE10 0JP Manchester 7th February (Tuesday) 16th February (Thursday) WESSEX SECTION NOTTINGHAM & DERBY SECTION Details TBC Innovations in High Output Track Renewals Eastleigh Railway Institute, 2 Romsey Road, (Ben Brooks, Network Rail) Eastleigh, Southampton, SO50 9FE Jurys Inn Hotel, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3BJ 9th February (Thursday) 21st February (Tuesday) BIRMINGHAM SECTION WEST YORKSHIRE SECTION Summer in the Saloon - Track and Track People, not Details TBC Rye Whiskey and Cowboys (David Godley, Chief Track The Pullman Room, The Cosmopolitan Hotel, and Lineside Engineer, Network Rail) 2 Lower Briggate, Leeds LS1 4AE 2nd Flr, Network Rail, Baskerville House, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2ND 28th February (Tuesday) GLASGOW & EDINBURGH SECTIONS 9th February (Thursday) Developing Professionals Presentation Competition CROYDON & BRIGHTON SECTION REF Scotland Meeting – Joint Meeting with the IRSE, Quattro Plant (Bob Browning) CILT, ICE, IRO, IET and IMechE Mott MacDonald House, Sydenham Road, Croydon, Sloans Restaurant, 62 Argyll Arcade, 108 Argyle Street, CR0 2EE Glasgow, G2 8BG 9th February (Thursday) NORTH WALES SECTION Details TBC The Town Crier Inn, City Road, Chester, CH1 3AE 4 SECTION ACTIVITIES MARCH 2017 1st March (Wednesday) 13th March (Monday) THAMES VALLEY SECTION SOUTH & WEST WALES SECTION S&C Design Good Practice (Dr Sin Sin Hsu, The Route Managing Director Reflects Programme Engineering Manager, Network Rail) (Andy Thomas, Route Managing Director Wales) Network Rail’s Davidson House Offices, Forbury Network Rail Office, 5th Floor, 5 Callaghan Square, Square, The Forbury, Reading, RG1 3EU Cardiff, CF10 5BT 14th March (Tuesday) 2nd March (Thursday) LANCASTER, BARROW & CARLISLE SECTION EDINBURGH SECTION Reconstruction and Reconnection of Horton (Arcow) Multipurpose Stone Blower (Network Rail Speaker TBC) Quarry Sidings (Chris Sidwell, Story Rail) Upstairs Function Room, The Scots Guards Club, Network Rail, Upperby Yard, Tyne Street, Carlisle CA1 2 Clifton Terrace, Opposite Haymarket Station, 2NP Edinburgh, EH12 5DR 15th March (Wednesday) 2nd March (Thursday) LONDON SECTION MILTON KEYNES SECTION The Sustainability of Railway Structure Reuse (Molly Section AGM & Climate
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