The Future of High Speed Rail in the UK has now finished

Thank you to all of the delegates and speakers for making it a successful and informative day.

The Future of High Speed Rail attendees heard from key players in route planning and listened to discussions exploring new funding options from:

Paul Chapman, Managing Director, HS1
Cheryl Fisher, Head of Project Finance, Western Europe, EIB
Catherine Griffiths, Future Rail Research Centre researcher, Imperial College London
Richard Eccles, Head of Route Planning, Network Rail
Julie Mills, Director, Greengauge 21 

...amongst others! 

Delegates also listened to case studies including:

Highlighting the lessons from HS1 – what can we do differently for HS2? And High speed in Europe – learning the lessons from experience in other countries and enjoyed a successful networking lunch. 

Other upcoming conferences that you may be interested in are:

Station Design 2010
16th March, Prospero House, London SE1
www.stationdesign.co.uk

With Network Rail recently announcing that it will make £3.25bn available until 2014 to improve 2000 stations it is clear that the volume of station design and construction opportunities is immense. Attend this conference to understand how to achieve innovative design, hone your design techniques and explore best practice. 

Geotechnical Challenges in Urban Regenration
26-28th May 2010, Excel London
www.geotechnicalconference.com

The DFI and EFFC three day conference on Geotechnical Challenges in Urban Regeneration will be packed with technical sessions, study tours and presentations with debate and discussion on environmental and business issues. Now in its 11th year in the DFI series, the event is an established date in the geotechnical calendar. 

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