Railnews 2009 Directory
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Railnews 2009 Directory 1.Train Operators Full listing of all UK passenger & freight operating companies in the UK 2. Recruitment & Training Companies & government-run organisations focused on training and recruitment within the UK rail industry 3. Industry Stakeholders Government & independent organisations including Network Rail and the BTP 4. Industry Suppliers UK and International companies supplying, manufacturing and serving the UK industry 5. Industry Representatives Rail and transport unions Railnews Ltd, 180-186 Kings Cross Road, Kings Cross Business Centre, London, WC1X 9DE | 020 7689 1610 | www.railnews.co.uk | [email protected] Train Operators Train Operators ARRIVA PLC Fax: 01603 214 517 Managing Director UK Trains: Bob Holland Email: [email protected] EAST MIDLAND TRAINS (Stagecoach Group) Telephone: 0191 520 4000 Website: www.c2c-online.co.uk Managing Director: Tim Shoveller Email: [email protected] Postal Address: c2c Rail Ltd, 207 Old Street, London, EC1V 9NR Telephone: 08457 125 678 Website: www.arriva.co.uk Email: [email protected] Postal Address: Admiral Way, Doxford International Business Park, CHILTERN RAILWAYS (DB Regio/Laing Rail) Website: www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk Sunderland, SR3 3XP Chairman: Adrian Shooter Postal Address: East Midlands Trains, 1 Prospect Place, Millennium Franchises: Arrive Trains Wales; CrossCountry. Telephone: 08456 005 165 Way, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8HG Fax: 01296 332126 ARRIVA TRAINS WALES/TRENAU ARRIVA CYMRU Website: www.chilternrailways.co.uk EUROSTAR Managing Director: Tim Bell Postal Address: The Chiltern Railway Company Ltd, 2nd floor, Eurostar (UK) Ltd is part of Eurostar Group. the UK company is owned Telephone: 0845 6061660 Western House, 14 Rickfords Hill, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 by London and Continental Railways and managed by Inter Capital Fax: 02920 645349 2RX and Regional Rail Ltd, a consortium of National Express Group, Email: [email protected] Belgian Railways, French Railways and British Airways. Website: www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk CROSSCOUNTRY (Arriva) Chief Executive: Richard Brown Postal Address: St Marys House, 47 Pennarth Road, Cardiff, Covering around 1,500 route miles and calling at over 100 stations - Telephone: 08705 186 186 CF10 5DU stretching from Aberdeen to Penzance, and from Stansted to Cardiff - Email: [email protected] CrossCountry is the most extensive rail network in the UK. Our servic- Website: www.eurostar.com DB SCHENKER RAIL (UK) LIMITED es combine routes that used to be part of Virgin CrossCountry along Postal Address: Eurostar Ltd, Timbs House, Bravingtons Walk, Principally a freight train operator, EWS (now 100 per cent owned by with the Cardiff-Birmingham-Nottingham, and Birmingham-Leicester- Regent Quarter, London, N1 9AW DB, German Railways, also provides engineering support and other Stansted services previously operated by Central Trains. services. CrossCountry is part of Arriva plc, which has rail operations in four FIRSTGROUP Chief Exeutive: Keith Heller other European countries. Chairman: Martin Gilbert Telephone: 0870 140 5000 Managing Director: Andy Cooper Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive: Moir Lockhead Fax: 0870 140 8395 Customer Relations Contact: Wayne Brewster Managing Director UK Rail (acting): Mary Grant Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0121 654 7548 or 0870 010 0084 Telephone: 01224 650100 Website: www.ews-railway.co.uk Email: [email protected] Fax: 01224 650140 Postal Address: English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd, Lakeside Website: www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk Email: [email protected] Business Park, Carolina Way, Doncaster, DN4 5PN Postal Address: CrossCountry, 5th Floor, Cannon Gouse, Priory Website: www.firstgroup.com Freight business divisons: Network; Energy; Industrial, Construction. Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6BS Postal Address: 395 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5RP (London Euro Cargo Rail operates through the Channel Tunnel and in France. office: 50 Eastbourne Terrace, London W2 6LG) Other businesses: Engineering Support Group; Axiom Rail; Railway DIRECT RAIL SERVICES LTD [FREIGHT TRAIN OPERATOR] Franchises: Capital Connect; GreatWestern; ScotRail, TransPennine Approvals, Transeo. Managing Director: Neil McNicholas Express. Majority shareholder of Hull Trains. Telephone: 01228 406600 Freight operator: GB Railfreight. C2C (National Express Group) Fax: 01228 406601 Managing Director: Julian Drury Website: www.directrailservices.com FIRST CAPITAL CONNECT Telephone: 0845 601 4873 Postal Address: Kingmoor Depot, Etterby Road, Carlisle, CA3 9NZ Managing Director: Elaine Holt Railnews Ltd, 180-186 Kings Cross Road, Kings Cross Business Centre, London, WC1X 9DE | 020 7689 1610 | www.railnews.co.uk | [email protected] Train Operators Telephone: 020 7713 2101 Maintenance and Freightliner Poland. Telephone: 020 7983 5177 Fax: 0207 427 2073 Chief Executive: Eddie Fitzsimons Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 020 7200 3974/6 Website: www.firstgbrf.com Website: www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk Fax: 020 7214 9275 Postal Address: 15-25 Artillery Lane, London, E1 7LP Postal Address: Hertford House, 1 Cranwood Street, London, Website: www.freightliner.co.uk EC1V 9QS Postal Address: 3rd Floor, The Podium, 1 Eversholt Street, London, HEATHROW EXPRESS (and HEATHROW CONNECT) NW1 2FL Heathrow Express is operated byBAA. Heathrow Connect is a joint FIRST GREAT WESTERN venture between BAA and First Great Western. Managing Director: Mark Hopwood GATWICK EXPRESS (Part of Southern)) Managing Director: Brian Raven Telephone: 01793 499400 Managing Director: Julian Drury Telephone: 020 8750 6600 Fax: 01793 499453 Telephone: 020 7973 5000 Website: www.heathrowexpress.com Email: [email protected] Fax: 020 7973 5048 Postal Address: 6th Floor, 50 Eastbourne Terrace, London, W2 6LX Website: www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk Website: www.gatwickexpress.com Postal Address: Great Western Trains Company Ltd, Milford House, Postal Address: Gatwick Express Ltd, Go-Ahead House, 26-28, HULL TRAINS [OPEN ACCESS OPERATOR] 1 Milford Street, Swindon, SN1 1HL Addiscombe Road, Croydon, CR9 5GA Hull Trains is a joint venture between FirstGroup (80 per cent) and Renaissance Railways (20 per cent). FIRST SCOTRAIL GOVIA Managing Director: Mark Leving Managing Director: Mary Grant (65per cent owned by Go-Aheadgroup; 35 per cent by Keolis) Telephone: 08450 710 222 Telephone: 08700 005151 Go-Ahead Group Chief Executive: Keith Ludeman Email: [email protected] Fax: 0141 335 4791 Managing Director, Rail Division: Tom Smith Website: www.hulltrains.co.uk Website: www.firstscotrail.com Telephone: 0191 232 3123 Postal Address: Premier House, Ferensway, Hull, HU1 3UF Postal Address: First ScotRail Ltd, Atrium Court, 50 Waterloo Street, Fax: 0191 221 0315 Glasgow G2 6HQ Email: [email protected] LAING RAIL (DB Regio) Website: www.go-ahead.com Chairman: Adrian Shooter FIRST TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS Postal Address: 3rd Floor, 41-51 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Telephone: 01296 332 108 Managing Director: Vernon Barker NE1 6EE Fax: 01296 332 126 Telephone: 08700 005151 Franchises: London Midland; Southern, Southeastern. Website: www.laingrail.co.uk Fax: 0161 228 8120 Postal Address: Western House, 14 Rickfords Hill, Aylesbury, Bucks, Email: [email protected] FIRST GBRF HP20 2RX Website: www.tpexpress.co.uk First GBRf is a dynamic rail-based company offering choice and innova- Franchise: Chiltern Railways. Owns London Overground Rail Postal Address: Seventh Floor, Bridgewater House, 60 Whitworth tive solutions to the rail freight market. Operations Ltd in a joint venture with MTR. Street, Manchester, M1 6LT The company has a wide-ranging business portfolio including coal and (TPEis 35 per cent owned by Keolis) other bulk traffic, intermodal, mail and parcels, infrastructure materials LONDON MIDLAND (GoVia) for Network Rail and the London Underground and rail industry services. Managing Director: Steve Banaghan FREIGHTLINER GROUP [FREIGHT TRAIN OPERATOR] Main Contact(s): Telephone: 0121 634 2040 Freightliner Group is the parent company of Freightliner Limited (inter- Neil Crossland, Business Development Director Website: www.go-ahead.com modal traffic); Freightliner HeavyHaul; Logico; Freightliner Ashley Stower, Head of Business Development and Marketing Postal Address: 102 New Street, Birmingham, B2 4JB Railnews Ltd, 180-186 Kings Cross Road, Kings Cross Business Centre, London, WC1X 9DE | 020 7689 1610 | www.railnews.co.uk | [email protected] Train Operators MERSEYRAIL (Serco NedRailways) SERCO NEDRAILWAYS Website: www.southwesttrains.co.uk Managing Director: Bart Schmeink A 50:50 joint venture between Serco Limited and NedRailways Postal Address: South West Trains Ltd, Friar's Bridge Court, Telephone: 0151 702 2534 Chief Executive: Anton Valk 41-45 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8PG Fax: 0151 702 3074 Telephone: 0207 009 0490 Website: www.merseyrail.org Postal Address: 94-96 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 3RF STAGECOACH GROUP PLC Postal Address: Rail House, Lord Nelson Street, Liverpool, L1 1JF Franchise: Northern. Also operates Merseyrail for Merseytravel. Chief executive: Brian Souter Chief Executive Rail Group: Ian Dobbs NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC SOUTHERN (Govia & includes Gatwick Express) Telephone: 01738 442111 Chief Executive: RichardBowker Managing Director: Chris Burchell Fax: 01738 643648 Chief Executive, Trains Division: David Franks