The Future of Rail - Overview

The Future of Rail brought together some of the industry's leading figures to debate and evaluate the key issues affecting the future of the industry. Capacity was a recurring theme, with discussion centred on how to improve the efficiency of existing infrastructure whilst increasing capacity to guarantee continued growth. Electrification and high speed rail were agreed to be essential considerations in developing strategies for the future. The conference took both a strategic overview of the sector's planned direction and development, whilst also diving into the details of how to improve its operational workings on a day-to-day basis.