Creating the right conditions for rail freight growth

The Railway Networks gala evening of the year provides an unrivalled opportunity to network and become further involved with the Institution. Each year the lecture is given by a high profile speaker who presents a talk to give unique insight into the future direction of railways in the UK and Europe. The dinner held in the Institutions Riverside Room with spectacular views over the River Thames, provides a relaxed occasion in which to make new contacts, share experiences or treat clients to an entertaining evening through taking a branded table.

Lord Berkeley is Chairman of the Rail Freight Group, the representative body of the UK rail freight industry. He was Public Affairs Manager of Eurotunnel from 1981 until the end of construction of the Channel Tunnel in 1994 and, before that, worked for George Wimpey on a number of multi-discipline projects around the world. He sits in the House of Lords and was an opposition Transport Spokesperson 1996-7. He is Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Rail Group and of the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group. He is a Board Member of the European Rail Freight Association. Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport. He is also President of the UK Marine Pilots Association and a Harbour Commissioner for the port of Fowey in Cornwall.