IRSE Bulletin – October 2021

5 major institutions and the Railway Industry Association bring together expert speakers from across engineering and operational disciplines to present a vision of “High Performing Flexible Railway Systems for the Future”

High Performing Railways Seminar

First live session 13 October “System Capacity”

The first batch of presentations for our online seminar are now available for ticket holders to view online in advance of the first live Q&A session on 13th October.

IRSE members receive a 33% discount at check out using member code IRSE0q9wEelkFMvisit websitebuy tickets

IRSE News October 2021

October’s IRSE News is now available online.  

As well as the latest news from the Institution and Local Sections, this month Ed Rollings looks at the ongoing and evolving story of level crossings in Britain; Ian Harman offers his personal view on achieving compatibility on interoperable lines and Jens Andreas Schulz delivers the third and final part of the International Technical Committee paper on power supplies.read online

IRSE Exams

2nd October 2021

Good luck to all our exam candidates sitting their modules tomorrow.

This is the second year of remote exams, enabling our candidates to sit their exam at a location which suits them while being remotely invigilated, in 25 countries.

Big Data

Presidential Programme Lecture

5 October 2021, online

Join us for the third of Ian Bridges’ Presidential Programme lectures on the theme “the age of the intelligent railway”.

Paul Hendriks FIRSE will be discussing IRSE’s International Technical Committee’s paper on Big Data. 

Almost everyone has already heard something about the Internet of Things (IoT). However, what is IoT and how can this be applied in the railway sector?

In this lecture, Paul will explore what part IoT could play in ‘the age of the intelligent railway’ alongside essential themes such as cyber security, condition monitoring and data management.

Members and non-members are welcome to join us. register

Supporting the IRSE charity

The IRSE is now signed up to Amazon Smile as a fundraising method for UK Amazon purchases. Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible purchases.

All you need do is shop at smile.amazon.co.uk and nominate IRSE as your charity, and Amazon’s donations will help us carry on with our charity’s focus, which is to advance the science and practice of train control and communications engineering within the industry, and to maintain high standards of knowledge and competence within the profession. 

York Section Annual Dinner 2021

7 October 2021, 17:30-20:00 (UTC+1); National Railway Museum, York, UK

The York and North East Section of The IRSE invites you and yours to join them at the National Railway Museum for the 2021 Annual Dinner on Thursday 7th October 2021. Click for more details.more info

Minor Railway Section: Signalling Maintenance & Inspection Technical Workshop

16 & 17 October 2021, 09:00-17:00 (UTC+1); Derby, UK

This two day workshop follows on from the previous series of successful workshops held by the Section since 2010 and is open to and aimed at individuals involved with signalling maintenance in the minor railways sector. Click for more detailsmore info

My Esteemed Railway Career

28 October 2021, 18:00-20:00 (UTC+1); online

This presentation is by EUR ING Les Biggs B Eng(Hons), C Eng, FIRSE, FIET, FPWI on his career.

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