The Railway Engineers Forum (REF) is a multi-disciplinary body drawn from the Professional Institutions with strong railway interests:

• Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)
• Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
• Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET)
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
• Institution of Railway Operators (IRO)
• Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE)
• International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)
• Permanent Way Institution (PWI)
• Railway Civil Engineers Association (RCEA)
• Young Railway Professionals (YRP)

The REF publishes a monthly combined events list of the meetings of all the Institutions, where these are of cross disciplinary interest. To see what events are taking place  please click here: Combined Events List

Note: Most Events are free for anyone to attend but some (particularly Conferences, Seminars and Technical Visits) may require pre-registration and payment of a fee. There may also be a limit on numbers. Please enquire from the sponsoring Institution.

Further Details, including the full regional programmes, can be found from the Institution websites.

CILT: www.ciltuk.org.uk/events
ICE: www.ice.org.uk/topics/transport
IET:  www.theiet.org/events
IMechE: www.imeche.org/events
INCOSE: www.incoseonline.org.uk
IRSE: www.irse.org
PWI: www.thepwi.org
RCEA: www.rcea.org.uk/events
YRP: www.youngrailpro.com/events

More information is available on the REF website www.theref.org.uk