Events
View our upcoming events and forums in your local area below!
Our 2024 programme of events
Lunch Venue: Lynd Cross, 1 Springfield Road, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 2PG
W. https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/england/west-sussex/the-lynd-cross-horsham
Agenda: 1pm open up.
2-2.30 1st speaker(Tiffany Lynch – Director, TPL Transport Planning Ltd) followed by Q&A.
2nd speaker(Rob Whitehead – Southern Railway ‘ Community and Corporate Social Responsibility Work) followed by Q&A.
Update from us on the Working Group and close 4pm.
Vacate premises by 5pm.
Meeting Venue: Horsham Unitarian Church, Worthing
Road, Horsham RH12 1SL
Venue Website: https://horshamunitarianchurch.com/
Venue Phone: Mobile 07717-221520
BRTA Ampthill-Flitwick Forum – Wednesday 1st May 2024 1pm lunch – 2-4pm business
Venue: The Swan Pub (lounge), 1 Dunstable Road, Flitwick, Beds. Opposite Thameslink-served Railway Station – MK45 1HP.
W. https://www.swaninnflitwick.co.uk/
Local BRTA Contact: Mr Richard Pill, BRTA Bedfordshire Area Representative
East-West Rail – Bedford – 7th May 2024 14.00 – 19.00
Bedford Rowing Social Club The Boathouse, Duck Mill Lane, Bedford, MK42 0AX.
Hotel accommodation available, ask for recommendations.
BRTA Westbury Forum – Saturday, 18 May 2024 14.00-16.00
Venue: The Railway Inn, Station Road, Westbury BA13 4HW Venue Website; https://www.railwayinn-westbury.co.uk/
Venue Phone: Karen Griggs (landlady) 01373-228109 (landline) 07402-322334 (mobile)
BRTA Bedford Midland Station promotion stall – Saturday 25 May 2024 10am – 4pm
Venue: Bedford Midland Station, Ashburnham Road, Bedford MK40 1DS
Directions: Here
All welcome. Why not also have a ride on the Bedford-Bletchley local railway, soon to be part of an Oxford-Bedford East-West Railway! Enjoy what Bedford has to offer as well. Bedford Midland is also served by Thameslink and East Midlands Trains as well.
BRTA Shrewsbury Forum – Saturday, 8 June 2024 14.00-16.00
Venue: Montgomery Tower, Lower Claremont Bank, Shrewsbury, Salop. SY1 1RT
Venue Website: https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/england/shropshire/montgomerys-tower-shrewsbury
Venue Phone: 01743-239080
BRTA Sheffield Forum – Saturday, 29 June 2024 14.00-16.00
Venue: Benjamin Huntsman, 12-18 Cambridge Street, Sheffield, South Yorks. S1 4UD
Venue Website: https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/england/south-yorkshire/the-benjamin-huntsman-sheffield
Venue Phone: 0114-263-9500
BRTA AGM and Public Meeting – Saturday 13 July 2024 2-3pm AGM and 3-5pm business
Venue: The Court House, Church Lane, Berkhamsted HP4 2AX
Venue Website: https://www.stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk/courthouse/
Venue Phone: 01442-878227
Guest Speaker: Karl Watts, a director at Railmotive Ltd. All welcome/admission free
NOTE: Please consider bringing some cash to BRTA events and stalls so you can join, peruse our second hand books and magazines or donate.
Notes for Physical Meetings:
1. Subject to verification. Venues may change or be cancelled at short notice. Stay in touch.
2. People attend at their own risk. Everyone pays for their own food and drink.
3. There is a pre-prepared agenda, please help focus on the pertinent issues.
Main contact and convenor: Mr Richard Pill, E.
Leafleting helpers wanted!
Email Richard Pill for details and offers to assist: richard.erta@gmail.com