20th Annual Rail Stations & Property Summit
Rail: Creating the new growth agenda
Transport-led infrastructure | Destination stations | Catalysing development
22 February 2023
15 Hatfields, London, SE1
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What's new for 2023?
The 20th Annual Rail Stations & Property Summit will present three key sessions led by expert speakers:
1: Rail – a new growth agenda
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New approaches to asset management, land redevelopment and leveraging transport-led infrastructure to maximise investment
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Rail stations are increasingly central to wider spatial and connectivity strategies, creating neighbourhood-oriented transport schemes
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Rail offers key passenger transport solutions – decarbonisation, convenience and accessibility
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Stations are being re-positioned as gateways, mobility hubs and local centres
2: A better customer experience
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Enhancing the passenger experience through innovative technology and applications
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The importance of cross sector collaboration and public-private partnerships in delivering successful community assets
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As travel trends evolve, rail is well positioned to be a preferred transport choice for the boom in rail-based leisure and tourism journeys
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Integrating land use mixes and services to create places that are flexible for the future
3: Development case studies
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Spotlight on the major UK projects setting new standards for placemaking and development
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Generating economic, social, and commercial value: maximising local value creation
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Developing new land uses to attract toursists, employers, workers, shoppers and leisure customers
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Boosting accessibility and connectivity, including walking, public transport, cycling and e-mobility
Join us to hear about new opportunities for 2023
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Rail is still in recovery mode – but leisure and tourism trips are growing strongly
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As cities bounce back post-pandemic, rail stations are increasingly important as ‘gateways’ and neighbourhood hubs
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Rail connectivity is now core to many major new development projects
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Record sums are being invested in improving the passenger and customer experience
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As UK aims to meet its decarbonisation targets, stations are increasingly becoming integrated transport hubs
After a period of uncertainty, 2023 looks promising for rail travel and the stations that serve commuters and travellers and, increasingly, shoppers and tourists.
Rail is bouncing back strongly across leisure sectors, driven by climate-conscious consumers looking for low carbon travel options.
UK developers, also aware of the urgency to decarbonise, are improving on the established principle of transport-led infrastructure by creating neighbourhood-oriented transport (NOT) schemes, a term coined by leading urban design consultancy Gehl.
Neighbourhood-oriented transport focuses on what the station can provide for the local area - a station environment and experience that is attractive to daily travellers and to local customers using the station as a destination in its own right.
Rail journey trends in numbers:
26%
Analysis of rail industry journey figures show a 26% increase in train journeys since the end of the summer holidays, with leisure journeys at around 90% of pre-pandemic levels
45%
There’s a slower increase in commuter journeys, currently at 45% of pre-pandemic levels, which could put the recovery of city centre businesses at risk
55%
Overall, since the start of September 2022, leisure journeys now account for 55% of all train journeys compared to 33% pre-pandemic
54%
Commuter journeys outside of London are now at 54% of pre-pandemic levels, whereas London is only at 41%
10.7m
Over 10.7 million households in England and Wales are within a 15-minute walk of their nearest station, the equivalent to 41% of households
2,200
There are over 2,200 railway stations across England and Wales. Of the top 20 busiest stations, only Birmingham New Street, Leeds and Manchester Piccadilly are outside the capital
158m
Passenger numbers at the top 20 busiest stations exceeded 158 million in the year to the end of March. This compares to just 436 ‘entry and exits’ at the 20 least-used stations.
Sources: RDG, Dataloft, Royal Mail, ORR LENNON
Who's speaking?
Philip Beer
Partner,
Burges Salmon
John Siraut
Director of Economics,
Jacobs
Matthew Dillon
Director, Arup
Daisy Chapman-Chamberlain
Rail Knowledge Transfer Manager at Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), Lead on Accessible & Inclusive Mobility (AIM)
Anjna Farmah
Senior Property Development Manager, TTL Properties, Transport for London
Elaine Seagriff
Programme Director, Strategic Planning and Whole Industry Strategic Plan, Great British Railways Transition Team
Peter Dyson
Doctoral Researcher in Transport & Travel Behaviour, University of Bath
Rick Lawrence
Partnerships Director,
LCR
Paul Fountaine
Director,
SLC - AECOM Joint Venture
Simon Lusby
Technical Director, Head of Transport & Sustainablity, City Science
Nicolas Le Glatin
Founder and CEO,
OpenSpace Group
Francis Sootoo
Director, SYSTRA MVA Hong Kong, & Committee Member, Hong Kong Trade Development Council Infrastructure Development Advisory
Programme
Please note that the programme is currently under development. To discuss speaking opportunities, please contact Juliana O'Rourke at juliana.orourke@landor.co.uk
09:00
Registration
Tea & coffee served in the exhibition area.
09:30
Introduction & welcome
Elaine Seagriff, Programme Director, Strategic Planning and Whole Industry Strategic Plan,
Great British Railways Transition Team
09:45
Session 1: Rail – creating a new growth agenda
Philip Beer, Partner, Burges Salmon
Opportunities to unlock housing, local economic growth and social value
John Siraut, Director of Economics, Jacobs
Travel and revenue trends: New passenger demographics, trends and potential
Simon Lusby, Technical Director, Head of Transport & Sustainablity, City Science
Net Zero: the key role that rail stations can play in achieving decarbonisation targets: mode shift, integration and mobility hubs
George Hazel, Director, E-Rail
Land Value Capture: funding railway stations and building sustainable communities
Ian Walters, Managing Director and founder, SLC Rail
Accelerating private investment into stations
11:30
Morning networking
Tea & coffee served in the exhibition area
12.00
Session 2: Making rail stations more attractive for people and communities
Chair: Daisy Chapman-Chamberlain, Rail Knowledge Transfer Manager at Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), Lead on Accessible & Inclusive Mobility (AIM)
Peter Dyson, Co-author, Transport for Humans, former Principal Behavioural Scientist, DfT, Doctoral Researcher at University of Bath
Rail stations for humans: are we nearly there yet?
Niamh O'Reilly, Senior Architect, 7N Architects
Re-imagining rail stations for passengers and local communities
Nicolas Le Glatin, Founder and CEO, OpenSpace Group
Future Stations Living Lab (HS2)
13.00
Networking lunch
Lunch served in the exhibition area.
14.15
Session 3: Property and development case study session
Chair: Philip Beer, Partner, Burges Salmon
New approaches to asset management, land redevelopment and leveraging transport-led infrastructure to maximise investment
Case studies include:
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The Transport for London property portfolio and future planning
Anjna Farmah, Senior Property Development Manager, TTL Properties, Transport for London
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Transit Oriented Development and Value Capture – Hong Kong
Francis Sootoo, Director, SYSTRA MVA Hong Kong, and Committee Member, Hong Kong Trade Development Council Infrastructure Development Advisory
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The Mayfield Partnership, Piccadilly, Manchester
Rick Lawrence, Partnerships Director, LCR
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Elizabeth line: value uplift
Matthew Dillon, Director, Arup
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West Midlands Rail Programme: Alternative Delivery
Paul Fountaine, Director of SLC-AECOM Joint Venture
15.45
Afternoon networking
Tea & coffee served in the exhibition area
16.15 - 17.15
Session 4: Property and development case study session – closing panel
Chair: Philip Beer, Partner, Burges Salmon
New approaches to asset management, land redevelopment and leveraging transport-led infrastructure to maximise investment
Anjna Farmah, Property Development Manager, TTL Properties, Transport for London
Nick Benbow, Sector Director - International, SYSTRA
George Hazel, Director, E-Rail
Rick Lawrence, Partnerships Director, LCR
Paul Fountaine, Director of SLC-AECOM Joint Venture
17.15 -18.30
