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    California High-Speed Rail Authority names next CEO

    2024-08-09T15:00:00Z

    USA: The California High-Speed Rail Authority board has appointed Ian Choudri as the next CEO.. His start date is still to be confirmed. He will succeed Brian Kelly, who has led the authority for six years and announced earlier in the year that he intends to ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Acting Chair appointed at Network Rail

    2024-07-19T15:00:00Z

    UK: Network Rail’s senior non-executive director Mike Putnam has been appointed as Acting Chair of the infrastructure manager, replacing Lord Peter Hendy who has been appointed as Minister of State at the Department for Transport. The process of appointing a successor to Hendy will begin in ...

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    Interview: Arenaways rides again

    2024-07-10T06:00:00Z

    More than a decade after an abortive attempt to enter the Italian inter-city passenger market, private operator Arenaways is back, with approval to launch seven open access services and PSO contracts to revive operations on two local railways in Piemonte. Chief Executive Matteo Arena explains the company’s renaissance to Benjámin Zelki.

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    Rail Business UK

    DB Cargo UK to increase use of digital and AI technologies

    2024-07-05T04:00:00Z

    UK: ‘Greater use of digital and AI technologies is a key aspect of our ongoing transformation plan and will enable us to deliver even better customer service and product innovation, as well as improving our overall efficiency’, DB Cargo UK Chief Executive Andrea Rossi said when the ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Big Rail Diversity Challenge seeks to drive change

    2024-06-26T04:00:00Z

    UK: Companies from across the UK’s rail industry came together at Newark Showground on June 19 to take part in this year’s Big Rail Diversity Challenge.

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    Rail Business UK

    Mark Wild appointed HS2 Ltd CEO

    2024-05-30T11:00:00Z

    UK: Former Crossrail Ltd Chief Executive Mark Wild has been appointed CEO of high speed line project promoter HS2 Ltd. Wild is currently CEO of gas distribution network SGN. His previous roles have included CEO of Crossrail Ltd in 2018-22, London Underground Managing Director in 2016-19 ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Next East West Railway Co CEO announced

    2024-05-29T04:00:00Z

    UK: David Hughes has been appointed as CEO of Oxford to Cambridge project promoter East West Railway Co with effect from June 3. He succeeds Beth West, who announced in April that she would stepping down when her contract ended. Hughes joins from Arup, where he ...

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    In depth

    Asia-Pacific: ‘We need 20 000 new staff in the next five years’

    2024-05-20T09:01:00Z

    The Philippine Railways Institute in the Manila area is training staff to support the expansion of the city’s rail network. But as PRI Managing Director Anneli Lontoc explains to Benjámin Zelki, there are wider ambitions for the centre to become a training hub for the Asia Pacific region.

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    Rail Business UK

    Railway Industry Association announces SME Group leadership

    2024-05-03T12:27:00Z

    UK: The Railway Industry Association announced the appointments of the next Chair and Vice-Chair of its SME Group on May 2. The new Chair is Catherine Leech, Managing Director of Anturas Consulting Ltd, who succeeds Lucy Prior. Leech said she would continue work to raise the ...

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    Rail Business UK

    East West Railway Co CEO Beth West to leave

    2024-04-12T14:21:00Z

    UK: Beth West is to step down as CEO of Oxford – Cambridge railway corridor project promoter East West Railway Co when her contract ends. She will remain as interim CEO until the end of May, and she will be available to support the transition to ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Separate MDs appointed for Network Rail Scotland and ScotRail

    2024-04-10T13:13:00Z

    UK: Separate Managing Directors have been appointed for infrastructure manager Network Rail in Scotland and for passenger train operator ScotRail, though the organisations have stressed their commitment to the current alliance model of close co-operation. Both Managing Director roles are currently held jointly by Alex Hynes, ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Alex Hynes appointed DfT Director General Rail Services

    2024-03-18T16:47:00Z

    UK: The Department for Transport has appointed Alex Hynes as Director General Rail Services. He is due to join on a two-year secondment from his current position as Managing Director of Scotland’s Railway on April 15. Interim Director General Anit Chandarana will return to Network Rail ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Steve Murphy to leave MTR UK

    2024-02-23T10:45:00Z

    UK: MTR UK Chief Executive Steve Murphy is to leave ‘to pursue other career goals’, Hong Kong-based transport group MTR Corp announced on February 23. Murphy’s last working day will be March 29. The process of appointing a new CEO has begun, and the MTR Elizabeth ...

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    Rail Business UK

    CrossCountry Managing Director leaves

    2024-02-16T12:28:00Z

    UK: Managing Director Tom Joyner left CrossCountry with immediate effect on February 15.

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    Rail Business UK

    Intercity Railfreight develops express freight network

    2024-01-31T10:00:00Z

    UK: Mark Bird has been appointed to the new role of Chief Revenue Officer at Intercity Railfreight, which uses passenger trains for the express delivery of high-value and time-critical products. Established in 2009, ICRF is now working with eight train operating companies to develop distribution networks ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Interim Managing Director for South Western Railway named

    2024-01-30T14:12:00Z

    UK: Chief Operating Officer Stuart Meek has been appointed Interim Managing Director at South Western Railway with effect from March 19. He takes over from Claire Mann, who is leaving to become Chief Operating Officer at Transport for London. The process to recruit a permanent Managing ...

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    Rail Logistics Europe restructures ahead of Fret SNCF breakup

    2024-01-17T13:00:00Z

    FRANCE: SNCF’s freight and logistics division Rail Logistics Europe has announced a series of leadership changes in preparation for the breakup of Fret SNCF. Following an investigation by the European Commission into potentially illegal state aid for the ailing rail freight operator, the Ministry of Transport ...

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    Rail Business UK

    David Brown takes over as Chair of the Rail Delivery Group

    2024-01-05T13:36:00Z

    UK: David Brown, Managing Director for UK Trains at Arriva, has been appointed Chair of the Rail Delivery Group. He has been a RDG board member since 2020. ‘After unprecedented challenges in recent years, the railways can have a very bright future through meeting the needs ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Independent Rail Retailers Chair appointed

    2024-01-03T11:00:00Z

    UK: Anthony Smith has been appointed as Chair of Independent Rail Retailers, the membership and lobbying group which represents third-party train ticket sellers. Smith was previously Chief Executive of Transport Focus and its predecessor bodies since 1999. He succeeds Alistair Lees, Managing Director of Assertis, as ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Richard Hines named next Chief Inspector of Railways

    2023-12-19T11:00:00Z

    UK: Richard Hines is to succeed Ian Prosser as HM Chief Inspector of Railways in summer 2024, the Office of Rail & Road announced on December 18. Hines is currently a Deputy Chief Inspector, and heads ORR’s team of non-main line health and safety inspectors as ...