May 2014 Newsletter

Meeting Venue: Office, George Stephenson House, 1 Toft Green, , YO1 6JT.

Access the Network Rail Office from the Railway Memorial entrance, top of Station Rise past West Office, or through the White Gate opposite the York Railway Station main entrance. Meeting Room 0.1 & 0.2

Thursday May 8th 2014 ( NOTE THE MEETING DATE HAS CHANGED ) Design of High Speed Track

A Presentation by Niall Fagan, Head of Track Engineering, HS2 Limited A technical paper, especially useful for track designers and as a credit for CPD. The presentation will explain - Track System Design Principles; Integrated Systems Engineering; Switches and Crossings; Earthworks; Noise and Vibration; Track System and Track Form for high speed track systems.

Thursday June 5th 2014

T he new ECML Chord lines and Bridge Projects at Hitchin and North (Joan Croft)

A Joint Presentation by Nick Hilton and Adrian Elliott Alliance Managers at Network Rail, York A recent project describing the building of two new rail flyovers and chord lines, plus a road bridge replacing a level crossing, over the ECML

Advance Notice - on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 in the new training centre at Network Rail’s Regional Control Centre, York Station:17.00 for 18.00 North East Railway Engineers’ Forum (NEREF)

Four Technical papers on: Strategy, Tram Trains, HS2 North Update, and Regional Control Centres. (Light refreshments prior to the meeting )

Visitors to PWI events please sign in at George Stephenson House Reception on arrival. The meeting room 0.1 & 0.2 should be available from 17.30. Meetings start at 18.00 and we have the room booked until 20.00. Visitors and prospective members are most welcome – there is no charge to attend. See PWI website or next newsletter.. PWI Membership Secretary York PWI Chairman: Ian Kitching Kate Hatwell York PWI Section Secretary: Ken Aiston Tel: 01277 230031 Tel: York 01904 656991 email: [email protected] email: [email protected]