BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:41@nsar.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260602T030000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260602T050000 DTSTAMP:20260416T080626Z URL:https://www.nsar.co.uk/events/community-rail-event-at-surbiton-station -in-collaboration-with-south-western-railway-and-the-community-rail-networ k/ SUMMARY:Community Rail Event at Surbiton Station in collaboration with Sout h Western Railway and the Community Rail Network DESCRIPTION:\nThe Railway Study Network (RSN) is delighted to host a knowle dge sharing and networking event at one of the South West's treasured stat ion gems.\n\nSurbiton station\, part of the South Western Railway (SWR) ne twork\, will play host to the event in partnership with the Community Rail Network (CRN) on Tuesday 2 June 2026\, to coincide with national Communit y Rail Week.\n\nAt this special event\, expect to hear from:\n\n Lawrence Bowman\, the Managing Director of SWR and Wessex Route on the importance of Community Rail to the SWR network.\n Robin Hutchinson MBE on the work of the local Community Train Partnership\, who will also showcase the work that has been done to transform Surbiton station with a behind the scenes tour\n The CRN themselves on the work done by the CRN in the UK\n\nThis event will be chaired by Neil Micklethwaite.\n\nRefreshments will be provi ded by The Community Brain’s Kitchen Roots Community Project\, supporti ng sustainable\, nourishing food and community‑led initiatives.\n\n\n\nJ oin us afterwards at The Elm Tree\, a local independent pub to continue sh aring stories and creating new networks from c.1700 onwards.\n\nLawrence B owman has spent the majority of his twenty plus years in the rail industry working for Train Operators and Transport Owning Groups in a range of cus tomer\, commercial and operational leadership roles. Before joining Networ k Rail three and half years ago Lawrence was Deputy Managing Director and Customer Experience Director\, followed by a short period as Managing Dire ctor at West Midlands Trains.  More recently Lawrence was interim Group D irector\, System Operator looking after national timetabling teams\, strat egic planning\, national rail freight and a range of network programmes an d for a period of twelve months (as maternity cover) Route Director for An glia.  Lawrence joined SWR in June last year in the new role of integrate d Managing Director responsible for both infrastructure and train operatio ns starting the journey towards Great British Railways.\n\n\n\n \;\n\n Neil Micklethwaite has over 20 years board-level experience\, from SMEs to multi-billion-pound global PLC businesses\, including Stagecoach Group\, East Midlands Trains\, Virgin Rail Group\, First Great Western\, Chiltern Railways\, National Rail Enquiries\, Rail Delivery Group\, CBS and CMAC Gr oup. Neil was the Rail Division Commercial Director and Group Business Dev elopment Director of Stagecoach Group\, was a shareholder director for Sta gecoach’s rail joint venture with Virgin Rail Group and has previously b een a ‘three-time’ UK Rail TOC Commercial Director. He has a long care er covering all modes of surface transport\, with considerable overseas ex perience. Uniquely\, as a qualified accountant\, Neil has led frontline se rvice delivery functions in UK Rail\, as well as major projects\, M&\;A activity\, business strategy\, finance and business development. Neil is now a director of Crescar Partners\, a Dubai headquartered boutique strate gic advisory firm focused on transport across the globe\, Chair of both SL C\, the innovative and rail infrastructure advisory firm\, and BA Events\, the events and media experts. He is additionally an industrial fellow of the University of East London\, advisor and mentor. He was previously a tw o-term President of the RSN.\n\n\n\nRobin Hutchinson MBE is the founder an d a Director of The Community Brain\, a community interest company dedicat ed to supporting and empowering communities through creativity\, local her itage\, the arts\, the environment\, and imaginative projects and events. He also serves as Chair of The Community Train\, a community rail partners hip operating in South West London.\n\nRobin holds several prominent roles within the creative and civic sectors. He is a Mayor of London Design Adv ocate\, a Visiting Senior Fellow at Kingston School of Art\, a board membe r of the South London Partnership\, and serves on the board of the Creativ e and Digital Cluster for South West London.\n\nHe is Chair of the youth a rts charity Creative Youth\, which recently launched FUSEBOX\, a new creat ive venue in Kingston upon Thames. Creative Youth also delivers FUSE Inter national\, an international festival showcasing leading emerging talent in the arts from around the world. Robin was a founding Trustee and Director of The Rose Theatre\, Kingston\, where he now acts as the Rose animateur. \n\nRobin’s contribution to arts and community development has been wide ly recognised. He is an Honorary Freeman of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames\, holds an Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University\, and w as awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list for his services to the art s and communities.\n\nPlaces are extremely limited at this one-off event.\ n\nThe RSN (formerly the Railway Study Association and the Railway Study F orum) is one of the rail industry’s longest standing bodies and sets out to improve knowledge of how railways work and operate around the world. I t provides a forum for the exchange of experience\, knowledge and opinion on issues relating to all aspects of the railway industry.\n\nBooking for RSN members and NSAR members – Free\n\nNote: If you are not a current Me mber of the RSN or NSAR\, please be aware our membership team may be in to uch with you using your email address provided regards membership opportun ities. If you do not wish to be contacted\, please email and let us know a t RailwayStudyNetwork@nsar.co.uk\n\nDoors open at 14:30 for a 15:00 start. \n\n15:00-17:00\n\nDirections to venue:\n\nThe venue is located on the Gle nbuck Road side of the station. As you leave the main station please head towards the old ticket office.\n\nSurbiton Station\n\nGlenbuck Rd\,\n\nSur biton\n\nKT6 6BZ\n\nWhatThreeWords: ///moved.corn.allow CATEGORIES:NSAR Events,Railway Study Network LOCATION:Surbiton Station\, Surbiton Station\, London\, KT6 6BZ\, United Ki ngdom GEO:51.392551;-0.304483 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Surbiton Station\, London\, KT6 6BZ\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Surbiton Station:geo: 51.392551,-0.304483 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR