Attendance at this conference will offer the transport and rail professional an insight into established strategies that will help them with their service delivery. Very often there is little that can be done in the current framework to change regional rail services for the better. This conference aims to show what can be done and how to do it to the greatest effect.

A wide-ranging line-up of speakers from local government, the rail authorities and other important agencies gives this conference a mix that will leave the delegate with improved knowledge for the application and formulation of a local rail strategy, together with practical advice from practitioners in many of roles that operate to make regional rail effective.

Speakers include:

Vernon Barker, Managing Director, First North Western; Brian Johnson, Director, Industry Affairs, Virgin Trains; Chris Cheek, Editor, Rail Industry Monitor; Mark Lambirth, Director, Railways, DfT; Jim Steer, Managing Director - Strategic Planning, SRA; Dr Malcolm Reed, Director General, Strathclyde PTE; Neil Buxton, Development Officer, Association of Community Rail Partnerships; Peter Cotton, MD, ScotRail; Scott Handley, Chief Executive, Wensleydale Railway; Douglas Medrisch, Analyst, The Railway Consultancy Ltd; Jonathan Tyler, Director, Passenger Transport Networks; Claire Haigh, Project Director, Journey Solutions Plus