The Rail Forum Podcast
The Rail Forum Podcast
Podcast Description
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 member base.
Whether you’re part of the rail supply chain, a policymaker, or simply passionate about the future of transport, join us for insight, collaboration, and conversation that moves the industry forward.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast covers a range of themes including infrastructure development, innovation in rail technology, safety practices, mental health awareness, and strategic policy discussions. Specific episode examples include a deep dive into mental health challenges in rail with Richard Clinnick and a timely discussion on rail safety featuring Sir Andrew Haines, reflecting on upcoming initiatives like Rail Safety Week.
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 member base.
Whether you’re part of the rail supply chain, a policymaker, or simply passionate about the future of transport, join us for insight, collaboration, and conversation that moves the industry forward.
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 management and performance improvement
The conversation also looks more broadly at the future of the railway: collaboration between suppliers and operators, the role of GBR, and the importance of confidence and stability for long-term investment decisions.
This episode offers an honest, forward-looking discussion about how a stronger UK supply chain can support better performance, lower lifecycle costs, and improved outcomes for passengers and freight customers.
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