UK RAIL SUMMIT

3RD MARCH 2025

KPMG
15 CANADA SQUARE
LONDON E14 5GL

AGENDA

  09:30-10.00      

  Keynote Address: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE, Minister of State for Transport (invited)    

  10:00-11:00

  Session 1: The new face of rail: working together to deliver for passengers

  Chaired by Anthony Smith, Director, Consumer First Partnership

  • Laura Shoaf, Chair, Great British Railways (invited)
  • Vernon Everitt, Transport Commissioner for Greater Manchester
  • Martijn Gilbert, Managing Director, Lumo (invited)
  11.00-11:30

  Refreshment Break

  11:30-12:45

  Session 2: Doing the basics well - accessibility, affordability and reliability

  • Marcus Jones, Western Route Director, Network Rail (invited)
  • Caroline Stickland, Chief Executive, Transport for All
  • Cllr Liam Robinson, Leader, Liverpool City Council (invited)
  • Natasha Grice, Director, Transport Focus
  12:45-13:45

  Lunch

  13:45-15:00

  Session 3: Ramping up rail freight to de-carbonise transport

  Chaired by Ian Clarke, Director, Infrastructure Advisory Group at KPMG

  • Kathryn Oldale, Head of Strategy, Policy and Communications, DB Cargo
  • Maggie Simpson OBE, Director General, Rail Freight Group
  • Richard Moody, Programme Director (freight reform), GBR Transition Team
  15:00-15:30

  Refreshment Break

  15:30-16:30

  Session 4: New funding models and revenue sources for future rail schemes

  Chaired by Ed Thomas, Partner, UK Head of Transport, KPMG

  • Claire Mann, Chief Operating Officer, Transport for London 
  • Prof Mark Barry, Professor of Practice in Connectivity, Cardiff University
  16:30   Close
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