Master the economic, regulatory, investment, and operating aspects of rail

Address Key Issues
Learn how the rail industry operates in different continents and economic environments

Gain A Full Understanding
Fully understand the risks and opportunities in this rapidly expanding sector

Key Takeaways
Get to grips with the global rail industry

Explore how the sector works and its future direction

Attend this 3-Day course on Rail and allow our expert trainer will walk you through the complex world of the global rail industry. Whether you’re moving up in rail – or are new to it as a manager, investor or advisor – this course will help you explore how the sector works and its future direction.

IN JUST 3 DAYS YOU WILL:

  • Learn about the suppliers and operating companies involved, as well as laws and regulations and the successes and future of privatisation
  • Understand the different types of systems, equipment, and terminology used in the rail industry
  • Review the economic and financial drivers, from industry KPIs and cash flow to balance sheets and accounting concepts
  • Learn about feasibility studies, costs benefit analysis, project appraisals, risks

MEET YOUR TRAINER

Our Expert Trainer has a wealth of experience with companies of all sizes in the UK, the EU, Asia, and the Middle East. He has worked with clients across transportation, including ship owning and ship management companies, construction, engineering, telecoms, and international food companies. He was also served as an interim FD of an international rail consultancy – mainly concerned with acquisitions.

His knowledge of the economic development of rail around the world led to an appointment as a Public Member of Network Rail, the UK rail infrastructure owner.

He has been involved in a number of Rail projects, some of which have included:

• Supporting funding for an innovative, environmentally friendly rolling stock
• Training and advising Singapore LTA on new project appraisals
• Advising on South African mining rail links
• Advising and appraisal of pan-Asian rail systems
• Valuation of a freight rail project

Other work in the energy and telecom sectors has lessons for rail – as all are very capital intensive. Thus he is continually involved with the subject of capital investment expenditure – linked to the issue of operational costs and whole life (life cycle) costing.

Organisations that will benefit:

  • Railway Operators
  • Railway Suppliers
  • Infrastructure Investment Companies
  • Banks & Financial Institutions
  • Private Equity & Hedge Funds
  • Rail Authorities & Government
  • Law Firms
  • Consultants

Who will attend:

  • C-level Executives: CEO, CFO, COO
  • Business Development and Sales
  • Marketing Executives and Public Relations
  • Railway Managers
  • Public Relations

COURSE AGENDA

Day 1: Rail Sector Economics ⇓

  • Introduction: Rail sector economics
  • History and economic importance of rail
  • Global dynamics: Asia, Europe, UK, USA
  • Rail regulation
  • Case Study: State-owned or private sector – the place of rail regulators
  • Technical – types of systems, equipment, and terminology
  • Development of “signalling and train control” – safety being paramount
  • How green is rail?
  • Case Study: some new and not-so-new technologies: could they make a comeback?
  • Current industry challenges
  • Where are the opportunities?
  • High speed
  • The way ahead – future technologies
  • Using existing infrastructure
  • Developments in signalling and train control
  • Train control and driverless operation
  • Lighter, greener and safer rolling stock

Day 2: The Rail Industry Today & Tomorrow ⇓

  • The rail industry today and tomorrow: key players
  • Who is your customer – the government, the logistics company, the travelling public?
  • Law and regulation – local and global
  • Privatisation – success and failures
  • Case Study: Comparative study of different types of regulatory framework: pros and cons of open access
  • Understand the financial and commercial drivers of the rail sector
  • Case Study: How do railway companies perform? Identifying what is ‘good’ performance through a study of different operators
  • Operating railways: day-to-day challenges
  • In-house versus outsourcing of support and services
  • Case Study: Identify and quantify the benefits of outsourcing maintenance
  • Project appraisal – Refresh the key principles
  • Decision-making criteria

Day 3: New Rail Projects ⇓

  • New rail projects – feasibility and cost/benefit studies
  • Risk – safety, technical, operational and ultimately financial
  • Rail authority investment goals
  • Case Study: Review and challenge a feasibility study of an electrification scheme – identify the problems and opportunities
  • Handling and managing risk in rail
  • Dependence on single-source contractors and suppliers
  • Risk identification – quantifying risk – sensitivity analysis
  • Case Study: Identifying the sensitivities in a tunnel construction contract
  • Financing rail projects
  • Negotiation issues – contract negotiation tricks and traps
  • Acquisitions and consolidation in the rail sector
  • Warren Buffet in rail
  • Case Study: Examples of where banks have funded rail projects – successes and failures. Pros and cons of different approaches
  • Conclusion
  • Future global directions

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