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SOCOTEC UK & Ireland Achieves Outstanding Success at Railway Environmental Forum 2025
Tue 12/16/2025 - 12:16
SOCOTEC UK and Ireland's 2025 Railway Environmental Forum (REF) has come to a close, concluding the latest edition of an event that has been held for over 20 years.
Taking place at the London Transport Museum on the 20th November, multiple SOCOTEC personnel including Nicola Atkinson from environment division, Jonathan Harries from environmental monitoring services, Adam Davis from Asbestos and prominent industry speakers from Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) including delivered presentations on diverse topics, providing attendees with the latest developments and insights from the railway sector.
As a special addition to this year’s Railway Environmental Forum, attendees were invited to tour the London Transport Museum after the main event, enabling them to explore more than 200 years of London’s public transport history.
"The REF is a fantastic way of getting together train operating companies and talking about important issues that impact the industry.”
Railway Environmental Forum
Topics up for debate
The REF brings together decision-makers from train operating companies, infrastructure managers, contractors, and ecological experts to tackle the most pressing environmental challenges facing the UK rail sector. Topics up for debate included:
- Asbestos
- Simpler Recycling in the Workplace
- Occupational Hygiene
- Lithium-Ion Battery in Rail Transport
The REF brings together decision-makers from train operating companies, infrastructure managers, contractors, and ecological experts to tackle the most pressing environmental challenges facing the UK rail sector. Topics up for debate included:
- Asbestos
- Simpler Recycling in the Workplace
- Occupational Hygiene
- Lithium-Ion Battery in Rail Transport
“In the 20 years that we have been holding the REF, this has been one of the strongest events that we have ever had. In terms of the topics discussed, they were incredibly relevant, with a lot of conversation and dialogue generated by the content of the presentations. I’m really delighted to see the REF going from strength to strength year-after-year.”
If you would like to learn more about the REF, as well as SOCOTEC’s longstanding history of supporting the rail network with management and consultancy services
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