Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

Sentence 1:In the year between Ladbroke Grove and the joint inquiry the rail industry ( if not the general public ) had become largely committed to the adoption of TPWS . Sentence 2:Consequently , although the joint inquiry expressed considerable reservations about the effectiveness of TPWS it concurred with its adoption .
consequently