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  • Milton Keynes Branch Meeting – ‘The Works’ (Wolverton) by Mike Corbett

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    Join us for a presentation by Mike Corbett 'The Works', covering the rise and fall, ownership and organisation of Wolverton Works from its origins as a steam locomotive workshop facility followed by migration to carriage, wagon, EMU and road transport construction and overhaul including carriage technical developments. With the retirement of the Royal Train in…

  • Milton Keynes Branch Meeting – The Brian Morrison Collection

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    Richard Tuplin, editor of Railway Herald, presents a collection of images taken by the late photographer Brian Morrison.

  • ‘Community Rail Partnership – The Marston Vale Line’

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    Stephen Sleight, Transport Team Leader (Rail) Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership Officer, gives a talk on how the work of the Partnership brings people together to promote and develop our local railway.

  • Lineside observation at Bedford (Midland) station

    Bedford Station Ashburnham Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

    Lineside observation at Bedford Midland station from 17:00. This is the mainline station in Bedford, served by East Midlands Railway and GTR Thameslink services. An evening with like minded railway enthusiasts watching the railway scene. We expect that many of the new Class 810 units will be in service with EMR by August and there…

  • ‘Six Months at Stratford – Recollections from 1988’

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    Hugh Driscoll recounts his time at Stratford Depot, also covering the origins and development of the depot and its subsequent decline and closure.

  • ‘The Future of UK Locomotive Operations’

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    Karl Watts, founder and MD of Railmotive and also the founder, co-owner and former CEO of the Rail Operations Group (ROG) group of companies, talks about pioneering the development and procurement of the UK’s fleet of Class 93 tri-mode locomotives and a number of other revolutionary and game-changing initiatives to deliver rail industry modernisation.

  • ‘Eurostar – 30 Years & Counting’

    MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

    A presentation by Chris McCandless-Stone, Fleet Performance Manager, Eurostar. A look at what 30 years of Eurostar has done for connecting the UK with Mainland Europe before embarking on a high-speed journey into the future.