The Rail Forum Podcast

Rail Forum

Welcome to The Rail Forum Podcast — your audio gateway into the UK rail industry. Brought to you by Rail Forum, the national trade association established in 1993 and owned by our members, this podcast explores the people, ideas, challenges, and opportunities shaping rail today and tomorrow. From infrastructure and rolling stock to innovation, exports, skills, and strategy, we sit down with industry leaders, clients, government voices, and subject matter experts to connect the dots across a fast-evolving sector. Each episode supports our mission of “Unleashing UK rail excellence, together” — aligning with our core pillars of supporting, connecting, informing, and representing our diverse...

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The Rail Forum Podcast

Episodes (5)

Dec 10, 2025 Expansion and Investment in the UK - Wabtec
Nov 12, 2025 Initiate Scotland - Driving Safer, Smarter Possessions on the Railway
Oct 2, 2025 Talking 'Violence Against Women and Girls' with Laura Shoaf CBE, Chair of Shadow Great British Railways

The Rail Forum Podcast

Dec 10, 2025
37½ minutes
67 MB

In the second episode of the Rail Forum Patron Podcast Series, Elaine Clark OBE sits down with Tim Bentley, Group Managing Director and Regional Vice President at Wabtec, to explore the company’s significant new investment programme in the UK — including the development of a £30 million rail technology hub in Barton. Tim shares how Wabtec’s expanded capabilities will strengthen the UK supply chain through: Enhanced engineering, digital and subsystem expertise Greater domestic capability across wheelsets, bogies, air-con, electronics and more A growing apprenticeship pipeline and long-term investment in skills New data-driven approaches to asset ma...

The Rail Forum Podcast

Expansion and Investment in the UK - Wabtec

Rail Forum

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