IRO

IRO: Operating Skills Weekend at the Mid-Hants Railway

Participants will have the opportunity to undertake the following roles: Signaller, Guard, & Train Dispatch. This opportunity is available to a team of 20 members who would like to develop their operating skills in a real-time operating environment, and support their IRO academic program where applicable.

iMechE: UK Techincal Visit - Energy conservation

The UK Technical Visit offers an opportunity to participate in site tours at Bombardier and Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station with an evening presentation at Rolls Royce. The site tours will focus on how each industry implement their energy conservation processes and how effective this is.

Election 2010 - The Rail Debate

With transport, and in particular railways, high on the political agenda, the 2010 General Election looks like it will be one of the most exciting for many years. MPs and Peers from each of the main political parties will debate future rail policy at this invitation only event in Westminster.

Network Rail emergency exercise at Long Marston

Network Rail and the West Midlands Fire Brigade have invited IRO South East Area members to a full scale emergency exercise at the Network Rail base near Long Marston.

Young Railway Professionals: Black Tie Dinner & launch event

This is the first event of the Young Railway Professionals, a group formed from the young members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Institution of Railway Operators, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Institution of Railway Signalling Engineers. The dinner in open to all young professionals in the railway industry.

IMechE: Christmas Lecture - New Electrification

The presentation initially reflects on the inception of mainline AC electrification in the UK and examines the evolution of the different system designs as applied to the main routes.

IRO: Operating Skills Weekend at the Ffestiniog Railway

The IROSE are offering our members the opportunity to operate the Ffestiniog Railway for the weekend of 11th-13th September in the roles of Signaller, Guard, Controller, Shunter and Permanent Way.

IRO: c2c Open Day

The c2c Open Day on 18th October was a great opportunity to gain a greater insight into the day to day running of a Train Operating Company, and was attended by a wide variety of people both within and outside the rail industry.

IRO: Patrick Hallgate, Network Rail

The IRO Young Professionals were delighted that Patrick Hallgate, Route Director for Network Rail's Anglia region, accepted the invitation to speak to us during March 2008.

IRO: Docklands Light Railway

In 1987, a transport revolution occurred in London, yet few imagined just what it would become. For £77 million, the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) opened as the first driverless railway in the UK.

IRO: Adrian Shooter, Managing Director, Chiltern Railways

Adrian Shooter, Chairman of Chiltern Railways and Laing Rail, spoke to a packed crowd at the 9th July Young Professionals Meeting.

IRO: Siemens Factory and Test Track, Germany

A group of IRO Young Professionals departed the UK and set off on what promised to be an exciting and enjoyable two night trip to Germany to visit the Siemens train building factory and train test centre.

IRO: Eurostar North Pole Depot

On Monday 19th February, 18 IRO Young Professionals travelled to White City , West London for a chance to visit Eurostar's North Pole train maintenance depot.

IRO: Iain Coucher, Deputy Chief Executive, Network Rail

The Young Professionals enjoyed an extremely informative talk by Network Rail’s Deputy Chief Executive, Iain Coucher on delivering the railway for 2030.

IRO: Slade Green Depot

The Young Professionals made the journey to Slade Green Depot, on the edge of south-east London, hoping to get an insider’s view of one of London’s biggest maintenance depots, supporting one of Europe’s busiest commuter railways.

IRO: Stella Morris, Head of Guards, South West Trains

On Monday 18th September, The IRO Young Professionals were treated to a talk from Stella Morris, Head of Guards at South West Trains.

IRO: London Bridge Area Signalling Centre

Sixteen members of the IRO Young Professionals descended upon London Bridge stationto see what life was like inside one of the busiest signal boxes in the Britain.

IRO: SWT Simulator, Basingstoke

On Monday 31st July 2006 ten Young Professionals had the chance to visit the South West Trains driver simulator based in Basingstoke.

IRO: Andrew Haines, Managing Director, FirstGroup Rail Division

Andrew Haines, Managing Director of the Rail Division of FirstGroup addressed a healthy crowd from the Young Professionals on July 10th. He started by charting his own railway career, rising from the lost luggage office at Victoria to the MD of the country's largest train operating group with some 23% of the passenger market.

IRO: New Measurement Train, St Pancras to Bedford

Network Rail's New Measurement Train (NMT) was the setting for the IRO Young Professionals second field-trip. Eddy Locke, NMT manager, was host on a return trip between London St Pancras and Bedford on Thursday 8 June 2006, and explained what the NMT was capable of.

IRO: David Reynolds, Chief Signalling Inspector, Network Rail

Our second speaker of the Young Professionals 2006 programme was David Reynolds, Chief Signalling Inspector for Network Rail, who gave us an introduction to railway signalling.

IRO: Eurostar simulator, Waterloo

On Monday 24th April a group of fifteen IRO Young Professionals were invited to visit the Eurostar driver simulator at Waterloo.

IRO: Mark Hopwood, Operations Director, LondonLines

The inaugural event of the IRO Young Professionals took place on Monday 20th March, when Mark Hopwood, Operations Director of LondonLines spoke to us about his career and what had driven his success.