The Institution of Civil Engineers is hosting an event called Great Western Electrification on Wednesday 12th November 2014 at 18.00 (Refreshments) for 18.30 at Reading Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading RG1 1QH



During this presentation our speaker will talk about the electrification of the Western Route, discussing the technical challenges of breaking in a new system, making it work in the timescale, to a budget and over the distance without hitting anything! This includes technical interfaces with the wires, piles, bridges, tunnels and track. It will update the route for the new Intercity Express trains and future freight requirements.



Martin Veale of Network Rail has been the Project Engineer (Track) on the Electrification Project since September 2013. Prior to that he worked on Crossrail and Acton Divunder/Stockley Flyover. He has previous experience on the railways from 2003 as a Track Designer, specialising in software/CAD, survey integration and track.



Attendance is free of charge - Book Online via the ICE website:



http://www.ice.org.uk/Event?ID=3136



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