About Webinar: How project delivery leaders can use data to keep €600bn of European rail projects on track
From Grand Paris Express to Rail Baltica, Fehmarnbelt, and high-speed networks in Spain and Italy, delivery teams are managing some of the most complex, high-stakes rail programmes in history. And while ambition and investment have never been higher, the reality on the ground tells a more difficult story:
- Fragmented, complex schedules across multiple contractors
- Hidden delays
- Late-stage surprises that erode confidence
- Inability to forecast risk accurately at the portfolio level
At the International Rail Summit in Vienna, nPlan CEO Dev Amratia shared a bold message to address these issues: data is no longer just a reporting tool - it’s a strategic asset for controlling risk, reducing delay and improving certainty across major infrastructure delivery.
Our webinar at 10 AM BST on 9th September 2025 (11 AM CEST) builds on that message, demonstrating how rail project owners and programme leaders across Europe can use AI-driven forecasting to:
- Spot delays before they escalate
- Manage uncertainty across complex interfaces
- Assure delivery timelines at both project and portfolio levels
Lessons learnt case study: the £14.7bn Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU)
You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how nPlan helped one of Europe’s largest and most risk-exposed rail programmes—the Transpennine Route Upgrade (UK) —move from reactive delivery to proactive risk management.
Learn how AI was used to:
- Analyse hundreds and thousands of scheduled activities from multiple contractors
- Identify shifting critical paths and risk hotspots before they caused delay
- Give Network Rail and the Department for Transport early visibility of emerging issues
- Build schedule confidence across a £14.7bn, multi-year, multi-interface programme
What you'll learn
- How to turn your existing schedule data into forward-looking risk insight
- What effective portfolio-level assurance looks like in practice
- Which lessons from TRU apply directly to Europe’s most complex projects
Why it matters now
With €600 billion set to flow into Europe’s rail transformation over the next ten years, delivery leaders face rising pressure to turn ambition into execution.
AI is already helping major rail programmes reduce delay, de-risk delivery, and protect public trust.
This is your chance to learn how you can do the same and move from reactive firefighting to proactive risk control.
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Meet the speakers
Richard Bendall-Jones
Richard brings over 10 years’ experience as a Project Manager and Risk Manager on UK infrastructure projects. He is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management (APM) and the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), as well as holding an MSc in Project Management from UCL.
