The Cambridge University Railway Club, founded in 1911, is the second oldest railway club in the world. Today its members’ interests cover the whole of the railway scene, from the steam age right through to the present day and also the future, both in Britain and throughout the world. We regularly host talks from keynote speakers in and related to the railway industry, along with exclusive visits to places such as depots, museums, factories and railways!
There is always the opportunity for even receiving internship and job offers through connections of the Club, several alumni are in very high positions in the industry and are keen to meet motivated and intelligent students!
Please do come along find out more. The first two talks are free for non-members, though if you attend frequently the Club shall ask you to become a member or pay Β£3 on the door.
For more information, please see the CURC website: http://curc.org.uk/
Or please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions:
enquiries+takscam(at)curc.org.uk
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π€ Laura Shoaf
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Wednesday 03 December 2025, 18:00-19:00
π TBC (please check CURC website)
π€ Alex Hornby
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Wednesday 26 November 2025, 18:00-19:00
π Angevin Room, Queens' College
π€ Carl Ransome
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Wednesday 19 November 2025, 18:00-19:00
π Angevin Room, Queens' College
π€ Howard Smith
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Wednesday 12 November 2025, 18:00-19:00
π Angevin Room, Queens' College
π€ Martin Beable
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Wednesday 05 November 2025, 18:00-19:00
π Angevin Room, Queens' College
π€ Rebeka Sellick
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Wednesday 29 October 2025, 18:00-19:00
π Angevin Room, Queens' College
π€ Presentations from student members
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Wednesday 22 October 2025, 18:00-19:00
π DD47 Seminar Room, Queens' College
π€ Roger French
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Wednesday 15 October 2025, 18:00-19:00
π Angevin Room, Queens' College
π€ Tom Cairns, Founder of RTT
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Tuesday 26 November 2024, 18:00-19:30
π Angevin Room, Queens' College
π€ Angie Doll, CEO of GTR
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Tuesday 19 November 2024, 18:00-19:30
π Angevin Room, Queens' College
π€ Dave Carson, Area Liason Officer
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Tuesday 12 November 2024, 18:00-19:30
π Angevin Room, Queens' College
π€ Gottfried Eymerm, Rail MD of Nuclear Transport Solutions
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Tuesday 05 November 2024, 18:00-19:30
π Angevin Room, Queens' College
π€ Ian Dinmore
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Tuesday 29 October 2024, 18:00-19:30
π DD47 Seminar Room 1, Queens' College
π€ Speaker to be confirmed
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Tuesday 22 October 2024, 18:00-19:30
π Angevin Room, Queens' College
π€ CURC, President
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Wednesday 01 December 2021, 18:00-19:30
π Trust Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Paul Cooper, Paul McMahon, Mike Muldoon
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Wednesday 17 March 2021, 19:30-20:30
π https://timeout.srcf.net/smg64-oc6-ju0-00s
π€ Mark Thurston - CEO of High Speed 2
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Wednesday 03 March 2021, 19:30-21:00
π Online, link upon request via email
π€ Rob Brighouse - Chairman of East West Rail
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Tuesday 27 October 2020, 19:30-22:00
π Online, link upon request via email
π€ Richard McClean, MD of Grand Central
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Wednesday 21 October 2020, 19:30-22:00
π Online, link upon request via email
π€ Andy Cooper, MD CrossCountry
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Wednesday 27 February 2019, 18:00-19:15
π Queens' College
π€ Sir Peter Hendy, Network Rail
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Wednesday 13 February 2019, 18:00-19:15
π Bowett Room, Queens' College
π€ Geoff Marshall and Vicki Pipe
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Friday 25 January 2019, 18:00-19:15
π Knox-Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex
π€ Ian Prosser
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Friday 08 June 2018, 20:30-22:00
π Walker Room 11, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Mike Hale and Ben Ando
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Friday 18 May 2018, 20:30-22:00
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Jan Chaudhry
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Wednesday 09 May 2018, 20:30-22:00
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Jonathan Tyler
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Friday 27 April 2018, 20:30-22:00
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ David Waboso
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Wednesday 14 March 2018, 20:30-22:00
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Philippe Mouly
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Wednesday 07 March 2018, 18:00-19:15
π Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College
π€ Tim Mulhall
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Wednesday 28 February 2018, 20:30-22:00
π William Thacter Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Christian Wolmar, David Franks, Michael Holden, Tony Miles & Paul Plummer
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Thursday 15 February 2018, 19:45-21:45
π Mong Room, Sidney Sussex College
π€ Tom Joyner
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Wednesday 07 February 2018, 20:30-22:00
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Rob Brighouse
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Wednesday 24 January 2018, 18:00-19:15
π Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College
π€ Lord Adonis
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Friday 19 January 2018, 20:30-22:30
π Gordon Cameron Lecture Theatre, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Christopher Lynch
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Wednesday 22 November 2017, 18:00-19:15
π Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College
π€ Andy Mellors
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Friday 17 November 2017, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Sam Russell
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Wednesday 08 November 2017, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Simon Ball and Colin Evans
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Wednesday 18 October 2017, 18:00-19:30
π Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College
π€ Peter Latham (Department for Transport)
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Friday 17 March 2017, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Anthony Coulls (National Railway Museum)
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Wednesday 08 March 2017, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Debbie Francis (Direct Rail Services)
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Friday 17 February 2017, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Nigel Beavor, Jacobs
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Friday 10 February 2017, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Jamie Burles, Abellio Greater Anglia
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Wednesday 25 January 2017, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Sebastian Gibson - President of CURC
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Friday 03 June 2016, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Alex Hynes
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Wednesday 01 June 2016, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Dennis Lovett
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Wednesday 25 May 2016, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Jonathan Roberts
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Wednesday 11 May 2016, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Lindsay Durham
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Wednesday 20 April 2016, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Michael Walton
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Friday 26 February 2016, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Superintendent Gillian Murray
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Wednesday 17 February 2016, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Bill Devitt, Managing Director at the GCR
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Friday 22 January 2016, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Aidan Grisewood
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Wednesday 25 November 2015, 20:00-21:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Rob Holden
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Friday 13 November 2015, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ David Horne
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Wednesday 21 October 2015, 20:30-22:30
π Trust Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Tim Shoveller
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Wednesday 14 October 2015, 20:30-22:30
π Music Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Geoff Spencer
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Wednesday 06 May 2015, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Hironori Tsujimura
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Wednesday 29 April 2015, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Larry Heyman
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Friday 24 April 2015, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Christian Wolmar
π
Wednesday 11 March 2015, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Joel Bright and Andy Forty
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Wednesday 04 March 2015, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Jamie Burles
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Friday 30 January 2015, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Rod Smith
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Friday 23 January 2015, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Charles Robarts, Network Rail, Linda McCord, Passenger Focus, Andrew Allen, Campaign for Better Transport, Julian Huppert, MP for Cambridge, Liberal Democrat Party, Daniel Zeichner, Labour Party, Chamali Fernando, Conservative Party, Rupert Read, Green Pa
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Friday 16 January 2015, 19:30-21:30
π Riley Auditorium, Clare College
π€ Anthony Smith
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Friday 28 November 2014, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Nigel Holness
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Friday 21 November 2014, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Andy Cooper
π
Wednesday 05 November 2014, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Stephen Timothy, Head of Relationship Development, Eversholt Rail
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Wednesday 12 February 2014, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Neil McNicholas, Managing Director, DRSL
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Wednesday 29 January 2014, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Paul Cooper, Chief Engineer, Hitachi Rail UK
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Friday 22 November 2013, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Paul Chapman, Director of Communications, HS2 LTD
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Friday 15 November 2013, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Andrew Duffin, Anglia Route Delivery Director, Network Rail
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Friday 08 November 2013, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Gary Heelas, Managing Director, 125 Group
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Friday 25 October 2013, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
π€ Richard Watson, East Anglian Group of the Welsh Highland Railway Society
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Thursday 04 November 2010, 20:30-22:30
π William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College
β οΈ Last talk of term - Note change of date
π€ Mark Waller, former President
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Friday 14 March 2008, 20:30-23:00
π Andrew Room, Sidney Sussex College
π€ Thomas Anthony Haynes, CURC President
π
Friday 22 February 2008, 20:30-22:30
π Andrew Room, Sidney Sussex College
π€ Speaker to be confirmed
π
Friday 15 February 2008, 20:30-22:30
π Andrew Room, Sidney Sussex College
π€ Jeremy Davey
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Friday 08 February 2008, 20:30-22:30
π Andrew Room, Sidney Sussex College
π€ Dr Stephen Halliday
π
Friday 25 January 2008, 20:30-22:30
π Andrew Room, Sidney Sussex College
β οΈ 8.30pm start for 9pm talk
π€ Stuart Baker
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Friday 23 November 2007, 20:30-22:30
π Andrew Room, Sidney Sussex College
β οΈ 2030 start for 2100
π€ Christian Wolmar
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Friday 09 November 2007, 20:30-22:30
π Andrew Room, Sidney Sussex College
β οΈ 2030 start for 2100
π€ Tom Haynes (President) and Tim Phillips (CastIron)
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Friday 26 October 2007, 20:30-22:30
π Andrew Room, Sidney Sussex College
β οΈ 2030 start for 2100
π€ Peter Latham (CURC Life Member and Chiltern Railways)
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Friday 12 October 2007, 20:30-22:30
π Andrew Room, Sidney Sussex College
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