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LOCOMOTIVE & CARRIAGE INSTITUTION LECTURES:

2011 - 2012 Season Lecture Programme:
Winter & Spring 2012
Tuesday 7th February Charles Devereux, Head of Rail Operations

The Crossrail Project
Tuesday 6th March Mike Walshaw

The Longmoor Military Railway
Tuesday 3rd April John Smith, Managing Director, GB Railfreight

The Updated Story

Note that there is no lecture in May 2012.

Venue and Time:

All meetings, except the AGM, are held at our normal venue: District Room (Room 727), 7th Floor, London Underground Headquarters, 55 Broadway, London, SW1.

This is ten minutes walk from Victoria Underground/National Rail stations and directly above St James Park London Underground station (District and Circle lines) . 

For a map, click here:

All meetings, except the AGM, start at 18.00hrs sharp and finish around 19.30.  A number of us retire to a local hostelry afterwards to continue on with discussions!

Members of the Permanent Way Institution and the London Underground Railway Society are also most welcome to attend our lectures. 

Security:

Due to increased security at 55 Broadway please note:

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Locomotive & Carriage Institution,  Permanent Way Institution and the London Underground Railway Society members should bring their membership card;

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If you are not a member of one of these organisations and are not attending with a L&CI member,  you are also most welcome to come along to one of our lectures, but we would be grateful if you could either email us on this link meetings@lococarriage.org.uk   or speak to any committee member first to let us know that you will be attending and so that we can make arrangements to collect you from 55 Broadway reception.

 

For members with protected travel facilities - all meetings are eligible for an educational free pass.   Please fill in the form at the rear of your latest newsletter or click:

The free pass should be booked from you home station to: LONDON

London Underground Railway Society:

Additionally, through a reciprocal arrangement with the London Underground Record Society, Locomotive & Carriage Institution members are welcome to attend their meetings:

Autumn 2011/2012 Lecture Programme:

Tuesday 13th September Seat Moquette – Past, Present and FutureOptions for Bakerloo Line Extension towards SE London
Tuesday 11th October History of the East London Line
Tuesday 8th November A Celebration of 50 Years of London Underground Record Society
Tuesday 13th December Extension of the Northern Line to Battersea Power Station

Venue and Time:

Doors open at 18.40 for a 19.15 start in the Upper Room, All Souls Clubhouse, 141 Cleveland Street, London W1T 6QG (note change in venue), which is near Regent's Park, Warren Street & Great Portland Street Underground Stations.  Please note that meetings are generally held on the second Tuesday of each month.

It is recommended that before attending a lecture you check the London Underground Railway Society website, in case there are any changes to the programme above.

 

This page was last updated on: 11/01/2012.