12th Annual Scottish Rail Conference: the future for rail in Scotland (online)
AGENDA
09:20 Chair's opening remarks
Judith Turner, Deputy Chief Ombudsman, Rail Ombudsman and Dispute Resolution OmbudsmanRailOmbudsman
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Session 1: Epidemic - impact and implications for rail
09:25 Ministerial keynote
Jenny Gilruth MSP, Minister for Transport, Scottish Government
09:40 Questions and discussion
09:50 Rail in Scotland now - service and infrastructure improvement
Alex Hynes, Managing Director, Scotland’s RailwayScotrail
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- Reflecting on two years of acute challenge
- What Scotland’s Railway now faces
- What we need to do next to meet the challenge ahead
10:05 Rethinking rail - post-pandemic
- The impact of pandemic - where do we stand?
- Mapping a post-franchise future
- Opportunities, threats and ambitions
10:20 Questions and discussion
10:35 Comfort break
Session 2: The picture on the ground - what is happening now?
10:50 Delivering new or reshaping existing services?
Matthew Lee, Commercial & Customer Experience Director, LumoLumoTravel
- What new or reshaped rail services are possible?
- What does Lumo tell us?
- Predicting what may come next
11:05 Understanding what passengers now think
Robert Samson, Senior Stakeholder Manager, Transport FocusTransportFocus
- The passenger experience through pandemic
- What passengers want next
- Can we go back or do we need to change expectations?
11:20 Thinking strategically about the future of Scottish rail
- Drivers of future demand - what kind of rail network and services do we need?
- Core factors in service and infrastructure development: funding, reviews and structures
- Stations and sustainable communities, planning and transport integration and Land Value Capture funding
11:35 Questions and discussion
11:50 Comfort break
Session 3: Planning ahead - what is coming next?
12:05 Innovation in rail
- Rail and net zero innovation
- Rail, economy, passengers and mobility innovation
- Rail innovation in a reshaped society
12:20 Decarbonising the rail system
- What is the scale of the decarbonisation agenda?
- Decarbonising - the plan and the delivery
- What’s happening now and what follows
12:35 Control periods, development and delivery - where are we now and what's next?
Catherine Hall, Head of Strategic Planning - Scotland, Network RailNetworkRail
- Assessing the impact of the pandemic response upon the Control Period
- Are we on target?
- Anticipating the remainder of this period - the big picture
12:50 Question and answer session
13:05 Chair's closing remarks
Judith Turner, Deputy Chief Ombudsman, Rail Ombudsman and Dispute Resolution OmbudsmanRailOmbudsman
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