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[Read more...] 25 October 2011 Scottish Area AGM: October 2011 Minutes of IRO Scottish Area AGM 19 October 2011 North West Area:Stay out of Gaol - October 2011 Susan Nichol attended the recent speaker event held by the North West Area in Manchester. Susan is a student on the IRO diploma course in rail... [Read more...] 14 October 2011 Midlands area: Presentation by Steve Knight, Network Rail Head of Operations Development – October 2011 This occasion was a major “first” for the Midlands Area as it marked the first event to be held at Network Rail’s Milton Keynes Central offices, home ... [Read more...] 12 October 2011 Joint Midlands & SE area event: Presentation by Steve Knight, Network Rail Head of Operations Development - Oct 2011 A 21st century vision Andrew Robinson talks about the Network Rail vision for operating Strategy, traffic management and future trai... [Read more...] 13 September 2011 South East Area: Traincrew Resource - A Critical Measure - September 2011 Tim Shoveller introduced Mark Steward (Safety & Operations Director, EMT) at this well-attended event by describing him as an expert in the field ... [Read more...] 12 September 2011 Midlands Area: Presentation by Richard Inglis, Senior Project Manager, Invensys Rail Ltd: September 2011 An eager audience packed the board room at Network Rail’s Mailbox offices to hear Richard Inglis talk on the subject of Modular Signalling and its app... [Read more...] 23 August 2011 South West Area: Regulation of Heritage Railways on 3 Continents - August 2011 A Churchill fellow travels the world The IRO South West Area was privileged to have Peter Anderson as guest speaker at a recent talk.... [Read more...] 15 July 2011 North East Area: Visit to Tunstead Quarry - July 2011 A LONDON ‘BUS SEEN IN DEEPEST DERBYSHIRE Members of the North East area took a trip to Tunstead in Derbyshire on 14th July. Thi... [Read more...] 12 July 2011 South East Area: Railway Operations during the Olympics - July 2011 IRO South East Olympics Talk With a year to go until the Olympics, the IRO South East welcomed a lively and stimulating presentation provided... [Read more...] 23 June 2011 Scottish Area: Visit to Shields Depot - June 2011 Exploring a revamped depot On 22 June members of the Scottish area were the guests of ScotRail at their train maintenance depot at Sh... [Read more...] 17 May 2011 South East Area: IRO London Midland Open Day – May 2011 IRO members from the South East area recently had an opportunity to learn more about the running of a large Train Operating Company (TOC) when... [Read more...] 11 May 2011 NORTH EAST AREA GROUP VISIT TO YORK I.E.C.C. : MAY 2011 The North East Area Group and visiting guests assembled at around 17.30 hours outside the Pumpkin Café, York Station of which we adjourned t... [Read more...] 29 April 2011 Scottish Area: Sustainable railway investment – April 2011 Nigel Wunsch of Network Rail Scotland gave an excellent presentation to the Scottish Area group on Wednesday 27 April. Nigel began by explaining the s... [Read more...] 12 April 2011 SE AREA: Ffestiniog fun Operating skills and emergency exercise weekend – April 2011 In April, a group of IRO members undertook another Operating Skills weekend at the Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales. IRO members shadowed front line ... [Read more...] 11 April 2011 Scottish Area: All aboard at Bo’ness – April 2011 On Saturday 9 April the Scottish Area group were focusing on Heritage Railways, starting with a presentation at Edinburgh Waverley led by Mark Smith, ... [Read more...] 11 April 2011 North West Area: Visit to signalling training centre Manchester Victoria – April 2011 The trainee signaller stood perplexed for a moment as two trains approached Hornby junction – should he let the local to Stopham go first, as it was a... [Read more...] 11 April 2011 South West Area: Return to Didcot - April 2011 On Friday 8 April eleven members of the Institution or Railway Operators visited the Thames Valley Signalling Centre at Didcot. This was the Area’s se... [Read more...] 21 March 2011 South West Area: A Successful Operation - March 2011 Following the success of the Operations Experience Day in 2010, the IRO South West Area and Avon Valley Railway organised another Operations Experienc... [Read more...] 11 March 2011 North West Area: Visit to Warrington PSB – March 2011 In March a dozen members from the North West area undertook a very thorough and informative visit to Warrington PSB on the West Coast Main Line. The g... [Read more...] 10 March 2011 North West Area: Visit to Warrington PSB March 2011 A very thorough and informative visit to Warrington PSB on the West Coast Main Line took place on a dark and windy evening in early March. A dozen mem... [Read more...] 08 March 2011 North East Area Talk by Andrew Penny “Maintaining the Network” March 2011 The event was well supported with fourteen delegates. Andrew started with a brief résumé of his career as an engineer, which started on the ... [Read more...] 22 February 2011 North West Area: Talk by Vernon Baker, MD First TransPennine Express February 2011 For their 2011 keynote address, the North West IRO members were treated to a unique insight into the development First TransPennine Express (FTPE) by ... [Read more...] 01 February 2011 North East Area: Talk by Clive Fletcher-Wood OBE, 'How to Keep The Railway Running & Stay out of Gaol’– “How Safety Law has Developed in Great Britain since Privatisation” The event was very well supported with twenty five delegates. Clive’s illustrated talk was captivating, and authoritative, and he de... [Read more...] 31 January 2011 South West Area: Operations Best Practice, Bristol January 2011 The South West Area’s first event of 2011 saw a panel present on the subject of Worldwide Operations Best Practice. Tom Birch FIRO, Operatio... [Read more...] 21 January 2011 South East Area: Jubilee Line Control Centre & Driver Simulator – January 2011 For many, opportunities to experience Control Centres and Driver simulators are few and far between. The day job takes precedence and being ab... [Read more...] 14 January 2011 Visit to Neville Hill, January 2011 Neville Hill Train Care Depot is situated east of Leeds and is leased by East Midlands Trains and sub-leased by Northern Rail. The depot maintains and... [Read more...] 07 December 2010 South West Area Pre Christmas Social The Christmas period saw the South West stage the first of what it hopes will be a regular event with a railway themed pub-quiz. Despite the ... [Read more...] 22 November 2010 First IRO SE Area 'Careers Development Workshop' November 2010 The IRO SE Area ran this first careers development workshop following numerous requests from delegates who asked for support and advice in dev... [Read more...] 27 September 2010 Technical Visit To Dublin, Autumn 2010 Members of the IRO North West Area Council with a Dublin Dart The IRO’s North West Area Council crossed the Irish Sea when ... [Read more...] 13 September 2010 Visit to Corus Steelworks, Scunthorpe, Autumn 2010 Scunthorpe’s Corus Steel Works played host to members of the IRO North East Area Council when they paid a visit in September. Such is the siz... [Read more...] 03 July 2010 Visit to Aggregate Industries Torr Quarry and Mendip Rail Facility July 2010 On the 3rd July 2010 nine members of the institution and guests visited Torr Quarry and associated railhead at Merehead, near Shepton Mallet in Somers... [Read more...] 22 June 2010 LUL Good Practise Workshop June 2010 Following member feedback, IRO South East have developed a series of ‘Good Practice’ workshops, aimed at members wishing to develop their knowledge an... [Read more...] 21 June 2010 IRO Family Day, Crich Tramway Village, Summer 2010 The Family Day is something a bit different - a day to relax and to share a little of our professional interest with family and friends. So i... [Read more...] 10 June 2010 North East Area Visit to Ireland, June 2010 As guests of the Irish Council, and as the first part of an exchange visit, members from the North East area visited Ireland and were given conducted ... [Read more...] 09 March 2010 South West Avon Valley Railway Visit: March 2010 On Saturday 6th March 2010 10 members of the IRO, ranging from Fellows through to Affiliates and mainly from the South West Area, pa... [Read more...] 09 March 2010 South West Branch visit to the Thames Valley Signalling Centre at Didcot – Friday 5th March 2010 On Friday, 5th March 2010 the South Wales & West branch of the Institution of Railway Operators held a site visit to the soon to be commissioned T... [Read more...] 04 March 2010 Visit to Network Rail's signalling simulator at Perth: March 2010 On 3rd March we had a visit to Network Rail's signalling simulator at Perth. The simulator is an exact replica of a traditional leve... [Read more...] 01 February 2010 North East Area News: Jan 2010 The North East Area meeting was held on 28 January 2010 at Northern Rail Area Office, Aintree House York Place, Leeds at which ten members were in att... [Read more...] 04 January 2010 North West Christmas Quiz December 2009 "North West Area Members held their Christmas Social Event in the Queen Hotel, Chester, where the highlight of the evening was a Quiz on Railway Opera... [Read more...] 01 November 2009 North West Area Study Visit to Liverpool South Parkway and Sandhills IECC: Nov 2009 North West Area Members and students were given the opportunity to enjoy a tour of the new Parkway station which replaced the former Allerton and Gars... [Read more...] 05 July 2009 North West Family Day: Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: July 2009 The North West Section’s summer visit this year was on 4 July to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. This 5 mile long singl... [Read more...] 13 May 2009 IRO North West Area, Annual General Meeting: 2009 North West area members convened at the unique surroundings of the Briton’s Protection in Manchester to review the year’s events and develop our area plan for the 2009/10 year. [Read more...] 01 October 2008 IRO North East Area – AGM and visit to Wensleydale Railway: Sept 2008 Chris Leah updates NE area members [Read more...]