Overview
Thank you to those who attended the FT Executive Forum: Meeting Passenger Railway Challenges, on 21 June. Photos and the audio podcast from the event are now available to download here. The summary report from the event is available to download here.
Hosted by the Financial Times in partnership with Hitachi Rail Europe, the FT Executive Forum: Meeting Passenger Railway Challenges, brought together key government officials, rail industry experts and business leaders to examine and discuss the policies, strategies and investments that are needed to meet German and European passenger railway challenges.
Critical issues that were explored included:
- Overview of the German rail industry: current challenges and future opportunities
- Strategies and investments needed to increase the reliability of rolling stock and to minimise current technical concerns
- Maintaining reliability, safety and performance in German rail
- Gaining public acceptance in light of efficiency-related complaints, for new infrastructure projects and system improvements
- Lessons learned from global rail operators
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The Forum was chaired by: Robert Wright |
SPEAKERS INCLUDED
| Dr Volker Kefer, Member of the Management Board, Rail Technology and Services, CTO, and Member of the Management Board, Infrastructure, Deutsche Bahn Prof Andrew McNaughton, Vice Chairman, EU Transport Advisory Group and Chairman, European Rail Research Advisory Council Michel Quidort, President, European Passenger Transport Operators (EPTO) and Director, External Relations and European Affairs, Veolia Transport Group Prof Klaus-Dieter Scheurle, Permanent State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany Nick Watson, Head of Commercial and Business Planning, Hitachi Rail Europe |
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