UIC African Railway Thursdays - 8th webinar : " Rethink railway stations in Africa : why and how ?”


28 April 2022, 13am to 16 pm CET

UIC African Railway Thursdays :

Bimonthly webinars dedicated to activities and projects of the UIC and UIC Africa.
The topic of the 8th Webinar : " Rethink railway stations in Africa : why and how ?”

Agenda

The webinar will be held on 28 April 2022, from 13am to 16 pm CET (Paris time).

Language

English & French.

Presentations

Webinar 28_04_2022 FINAL

Programme

Official Opening 13h-13h20
Mr Mohamed Rabie Khlie, Chairman UIC Africa, UIC Vice-Chairman
Mr François Davenne, UIC Director General

Mohamed Rabie Khlie
François Davenne

Panel 1 : Development of Railway stations : from place of transit to place to live (13h20 - 14h00)
Moderator : Marc Guigon

+ Global overview of the development of innovative and commercial activities within the railway stations
Clément GAUTIER, UIC
+ Railway stations at the heart of the cities : example of Poland
Paweł Wróblewski, PKP
+ Model of transformation of Railway Stations in Morocco : overview and perspectives
Mohamed CHAHID, ONCF
+ Q&A

Marc Guigon
Clément Gautier
Pawel Wroblewski
Mohamed Chahid

Panel 2 : Railway Station as cradle of intermodality, its crucial role in the sustainable mobility (14h00 - 14h40)
Moderator : Said NASSIRI, ONCF

+ Management of intermodality within the railway stations, challenges of partnerships
Paul VAN DONINCK, Jernhusen
+ Intermodal railway stations, prerogatives and international success stories
Clément GAUTIER, UIC
+ Redevelopment project of Agha Station (center of Algiers) into an urban pole
Abdelkader Nessab, SNTF
+ African metropolises and the challenges of intermobility : railway network experiences
Aziz Diop, SEN-TER, Sénégal
Hédi DHAOU, SNCFT, Tunisie

+ Q&A

Paul Van Doninck

Break 15’

Panel 3 : Railway stations : what place in urban reconfiguration ? (15h10 - 15h50)
Moderator : Isabelle De KEYZER, UIC Senior Advisor Sustainable Development

+ Railway Stations as a driver of sustainable territorial development
Maha Soltaniehha, AFRY Switzerland Ltd
+ The strategic positioning of railway stations in urban and rural development
David HUGHES, Irish Rail
+ The development of railway station environment, a factor of attractiveness and usefulness
Christophe CHEVALIER, AREP
+ Q&A

David Hughes
Christophe Chevalier
Maha Soltaniehha

Conclusions (15h50 - 16h)
+ Marc GUIGON, UIC Director of Passenger Departement

Registration

Contact

UIC : Maria Lafont, lafont chez uic.org

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