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IRO
Diary of events
Irish Area
For information on Irish Area events contact
Hilton Parr at
i.chairman@railwayoperators.co.uk
Scottish Area
For further information on the IRO Scottish
Area please contact Jim Douglas on
0141 354 5684 or email at
s.events@railwayoperators.co.uk
North East Area
9 July: The Northern Hub
A talk by Rob Warnes, performance & planning
director, Northern. York.
Time: 17:00 for 17:30 start.
13 August: Managing the DB fleet
A talk by Martin Shaw, DB fleet director. York
Time: 17:00 for 17:30 start.
12 September: AGM and social evening
The North East Area Annual General Meeting
and social evening – save the date in your
dairy, full details will be confirmed in due
course.
8 October: Visit to a driving simulator
Save the date in your diary - full details of this
event will be confirmed in due course.
If you would like to attend any of these events
or for more information please contact David
Monk-Steel at
ne.secretary@railwayoperators.co.uk
North West Area
6 July: Family social event
The North West and North Wales Area council
is organising a trip to Llandudno and the Great
Orme Tramway and visit to the pier
11-13 October: Study tour Northern Ireland
If you would like to attend any of these events,
please contact Tricia Meade at
nw.events@railwayoperators.co.uk.
For general membership enquires please
contact Carl Phillips at
nw.chairman@railwayoperators.co.uk
Midlands Area
For information on Midlands Area events
contact Julia Stanyard on 0121 345 3833 or
email: midlands@railwayoperators.co.uk
Events start at 17.30 for 18:00.
South West Area
For information on South West Area events
contact Chris Prior by email:
southwest@railwayoperators.co.uk
South East Area
12 July 2013: ‘Farewell 55’ Summer drinks
party. The South East Area council is
hosting a farewell summer party as London
Underground leaves 55 Broadway at the end of
this year. Drinks and food will be served on the
10th Floor terrace (with spectacular views of
Westminster) for members and guests.
Time: from 18:00. Please note this is strictly a
ticketed event. Tickets are limited and must
be purchased in advance. Please contact David
Pinder at se.events@railwayoperators.co.uk for
further details.
22 July: Operating the Alliance
Mark Steward, operations director South West
Trains, will present how the ‘deep alliance’
between South West Trains and Network Rail
has gone thus far and what is to come.
Time: 18:00 – 19:30. Venue: NR Waterloo
General Offices, London. Please note due to
security you must register for this event.
Please contact David Pinder at
se.events@railwayoperators.co.uk for further
details.
16 September: Automatic train operation
on Thameslink. The Thameslink upgrade
programme is one of the biggest railway
infrastructure projects in the UK. To learn
more, we will be joined by Paul Bates, Network
Rail’s Thameslink High Capacity Infrastructure
project director and Mike Jacob, First Capital
Connect’s new trains project manager. Please
contact David Pinder at
se.events@railwayoperators.co.uk to register
your interest. For further information on the
IRO South East Area contact Jonathan Leithead
at se.events@railwayoperators.co.uk
Young Operators
6 August: Young Operators networking (at the
pub!) This networking event will be held at The
Merchant of Bishopsgate – Lower Concourse,
Liverpool Street Station. Drinks start at 18:00.
To register your interest in IRO Young
Operators events, please contact Petr Mikyska
at yo.events@railwayoperators.co.uk
More details of area events are listed on the
website at
www.railwayoperators.co.uk/whats-on
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