2005 Selected Engagements ::

January 26 2005 :: West Hampstead Transport group, on London's transport

February 16 :: Chairing session on urban planning in London and Singapore, Future of London Festival, Museum of London

February 19 :: Cambridge University Railway Society annual dinner, Subterranenan Railway

February 22 :: West Hampstead Library, Subterranean Railway, Friends of West Hampstead Library

February 23 :: Future of light rail, closing speech, Queen Mary College Public
Policy seminars

February 23 :: Chairing 999 awards, for emergency services using bikes, Transport for London, City Hall

February 28 :: Opening session, conference on Crossrail, Henry Stewart Conferences

March 9 :: Rail Study Association Talks, on Christian's book due out in early 2005 - On the Wrong Line

March 16 :: Opening speaker at conference on Crossrail, Cafe Royal

March 31 :: London Transport Awards conference, at CBI

April 18-22 :: Tour of Germany organised by the Anglo German Friendship Foundation, giving an illustrated lecture on my latest book at Hamburg, Rostock, Dresden, Freiburg and Bonn.

May 6 :: Slough and Windsor Railway Society, Subterranean Railway, 17.30

May 19 :: Universite de Clermont Ferrand, France, The cultural effects of BR privatisation

June 1 :: Robert Gordon University, Future of Rail, CBI conference centre, chairing the conference

September 13 :: London's Transport Museum, The Subterranean Railway, 7pm

September 23 :: On the Wrong Line, Battersea, 12:30 at Chez Manny, 145 Battersea High Street

September 23 :: Presenting the Association of Community Railways awards on September 23rd in Norwich

September 29 :: NetGov conferences, Future of Transport, chairing the conference, QE2 centre

October 2 :: On the Wrong Line, Eastbourne, Ottakar's bookshop, 5pm

October 10 :: On the Wrong Line – A Discussion on Urban Transport with Christian Wolmar and Terry Grimley as part of the Orange Birmingham Book Festival. 6.30pm – 7.30pm, The Orange Studio, Cannon Street (off New Street), Tickets: £6 (£5 Concessions). See more at: www.orangebirminghambookfestival.org

October 27 :: On the Wrong Line, Guildford, Guildford Institute, 7pm

November 8 :: Presenting the Cycle Rail awards at the Hilton Paddington

November 27:: Save Our Sleeper, Eden Project

November 28 :: Kingham village hall, Kingham, 7 pm, on The Subterranean Railway

November 30 :: Railways: poliitics, gender and labour. A Working Lives Research Institute Seminar. 2.30–5.00pm, Room JS2-75, 31 Jewry Street, London, EC3N 2EY