The CILT Scottish Region Archives 2007

The year began with the Scottish Region's Annual Political Event addressed by Councillor Alistair Watson, Chair, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport who spoke on "City Region Transport - Sustainability in the 21st Century". This was followed by the Scottish Region Annual Sustainable Transport Event, addressed by Paul Tetlaw, Chair of TRANSform Scotland who spoke on "A Sustainable Transport Strategy for 21st Century Scotland". The March meeting was a presentation by Professor Chris Harvie titled "The Right Side Of The Tracks: Transport In Scotland In The Time Of "Peak Oil".

The first event after the Easter break was a visit to the Port of Grangemouth and this was followed the sucessful Young Professional's Event, "Taking Transport Forward in 2007". The session was rounded off with a visit to the Museum of Flight at East Fortune and tour of Concorde G-BOAA.

The new session started off with a presentation by Richard Dugdale of Network Rail on "The Anglo-Scottish Coal Route: Gretna - Annan Double Tracking" and was followed by a visit to the Forth Road Bridge. Next was an equally interesting to AG Barr's cumbernauld production and distribution centre and this was followed by the very sucessful 2007 Annual Dinner held in the Airth Castle Hotel. Next came a visit to the Scotrail Customer Service Centre in Paisley and this was followed by the first Perth meeting of the session when the topic was the Forthfast hovercraft trial. This was followed by a visit to 221 Squadron of the The Scottish Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps (TA).

In Abderdeen, Robert Andrew spoke on "Delivering Organic Passenger Growth" and this was followed by Keith Jones speaking on "A History of Aberdeen Railway Station". At the beginning of November, Graham Ellis addressed an Edinburgh meeting on "The Mull & West Highland Narrow Gauge Railway". Still on the railway theme, Glasgow's November meeting was addressed by Vernon Barker, Managing Director of First TransPennine Express on his company's new services. The year eneded with the Annual Christmas Event, in Edinburgh when the speaker was John Elliot of PVS.

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Events in 2007

• City Region Transport - Sustainability in the 21st Century - Tuesday 23 January 2007
• A Sustainable Transport Strategy for 21st Century Scotland - Tuesday 13 February 2007
• Transport and Social Exclusion in Rural Areas in the United Kingdom - Tuesday 20 February 2007
• The Right Side Of The Tracks: Transport In Scotland In The Time Of "Peak Oil" - Tuesday 6 March 2007
• The View from Transport Central - Tuesday 10 April 2007
• Visit to the Port of Grangemouth - Wednesday 18 April 2007
• Young Professionals - Taking Transport Forward in 2007 - Wednesday 25 April 2007
• Visit to the Museum of Flight and presentation on Concorde - Tuesday 15 May 2007
• "The Anglo-Scottish Coal Route: Gretna - Annan Double tracking" - Tuesday 14 August 2007
• "The Challenges Facing the Forth Estuary Transport Authority" - Thursday 23 August 2007
• Visit to AG Barr's Cumbernauld production and Distribution Centre - Tuesday 11 September 2007
• The Scottish Region Annual Dinner 2007 - Thursday 27 September 2007
• Visit to the First Scotrail Customer Services Centre at Paisley - Tuesday 9 October 2007
• "A potential role for hovercraft on the Forth Estuary in Scotland" - Tuesday 16 October 2007
• Visit to The Scottish Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps (TA) - Tuesday 24 October 2007
• "Delivering Organic Passenger Growth" - Tuesday 30 October 2007
• "A History of Aberdeen Railway Station" - Monday 5 November 2007
• "The Mull & West Highland Narrow Gauge Railway" - Tuesday 6 November 2007
• "First TransPennine Express" by Vernon Barker, Managing Director, First TransPennine Express - Tuesday 21 November 2007
• "Passenger View Scotland" by John Elliot, Convenor, Passenger View Scotland - Tuesday 5 December 2007