Engineering High Speed Rail for Great Britain
Andrew
McNaughton has been engaged in railway construction, operation and
management since 1973. He is Honorary Professor of Rail Engineering at
Nottingham University and a Visiting Professor of Engineering at both
Imperial College London and Southampton University.
Since 2009 Andrew has been Chief Engineer and Technical Director of High
Speed Two Ltd, developing the principles, network and specific route
design for high speed rail in Great Britain. Prior to that, from 2001 he
was Chief Engineer of Network Rail responsible for the specification
and development of the GB rail network, investment authorisation and
overall system safety management.
Andrew has been Vice Chair of the EU Transport Advisory Group and Chair
of the European Rail Research Advisory Council. He is a Special Advisor
on rail to the Australian Government and has lectured on the transport,
land use and economic planning effects of regional, freight and long
distance rail development in North America, Asia and Australia as well
as Europe.
Andrew is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution
of Civil Engineers, Royal Geographical Society and Chartered Institute
of Logistics and Transport.