MKY Meeting Report

At our meeting on 1st May Richard Crane, a well-known local rail campaigner and former Chairman of the Bedford-Bletchley Rail Users Association gave us a talk entitled “On the Route…

On 7th November 2024 the Milton Keynes Branch welcomed Christian Wolmar back to give his talk “The Liberation Line, the last untold story of the Normandy Landings” based on his…

We welcomed Simon Lomax from the RAIB (Rail Accident Investigation Branch) to our October meeting who provided us with an illuminating and interesting talk about his role and that of…

The Milton Keynes Branch welcomed Phil Read, Managing Director, Varamis Rail, who gave his presentation “Faster, Cheaper, Greener” outlining the company’s plans. Phil explained that Varamis Rail was targeting the…

We welcomed Fraser Pithie to our Milton Keynes Branch meeting on 4th July, an auspicious date for also being the date of the UK General Election. For the members that…

On the 2nd May the Milton Keynes Branch held a first ever joint meeting with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (I. Mech. E.) at Network Rail’s HQ, the Quadrant, to…

Our meeting in March was delighted to welcome back, well-known and respected photographer Jack Boskett, whose railway images have graced many of the leading railway magazines as well as national…

We had a double header at our February Zoom meeting with the first half taking us along East West Rail as the section between Bletchley and Oxford near completion, whilst…

We were joined by Chris Rowley, Network Rail’s Capacity Planning Director at our November meeting who took us on an engaging journey on the railway across the north Pennines from…