Global Railway Review Issue 2 2023

• ROUNDTABLE: IMPROVING ONBOARD EXPERIENCES

Moderated by Guy Dangerfield, Head of Transport User Strategy, Transport Focus

With participation from: Mike Butler, Head of Innovation, Nomad Digital; Tracy Barr, Head of Customer Experience, Northern; Claire Ansley, People & Customer Experience Director, London North Eastern Railway (LNER); and Christophe Fevre, Vice President, Information and Safety Business Unit, Wabtec Corporation.

• MINISTER STATEMENT

Trains will be the backbone of tomorrow’s mobility

Georges Gilkinet, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mobility, Belgium

• PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Introducing a new era of rail in America

Laura Mason, Executive Vice President, Capital Delivery, Amtrak

• ETCS

ETCS milestone reached on Belgium’s railway network

Benoît Gilson, CEO, Infrabel

• FRMCS

The second phase of the FRMCS introduction begins

Dan Mandoc, Head of FRMCS, UIC

• IN-DEPTH FOCUS: MANAGING OPERATIONAL COMPLEXITIES

Keeping services going throughout the difficulties of COVID-19

David Simpson, Service Delivery Director, ScotRail

• IN-DEPTH FOCUS: MANAGING OPERATIONAL COMPLEXITIES

Upgrading systems to provide greater levels of capacity and resilience

Billy Gilpin, Director, Railway Undertaking, Irish Rail

• IN-DEPTH FOCUS: MANAGING OPERATIONAL COMPLEXITIES

Challenging the norm: DB Cargo UK’s Solutions Design team

Rosemary Aldous, Lead Solutions Design Manager, DB Cargo UK

• IN-DEPTH FOCUS: RAIL ASSET MANAGEMENT

Utilising digitalisation to streamline asset management

Marco Pagani, Head of Asset Management, BLS Cargo

• IN-DEPTH FOCUS: RAIL ASSET MANAGEMENT

The approach to asset management at the East West Rail Company

Joao Rocha, Head of Asset Management and Maintenance, East West Rail Company

• IN-DEPTH FOCUS: RAIL ASSET MANAGEMENT

Riding the ‘Metaverse Express’: the future of railway transportation in a virtual world

Professors Diego Galar and Uday Kumar, Luleå University of Technology