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Abellio has published the names of directors of its Twitter Updates new Greater Anglia franchise which starts on Follow me on Tw February 5th. The Fact Compiler They are: To contact The Fact Co please email: • Ruud Haket, Managing Director

• Andrew Goodrum, Customer Services Director thefactcompiler@yaho • Adam Golton, Finance Director • Thijs Jan Noomen, Projects Director The Fact Compiler read • John Ratcliffe, Engineering Director • Nanouke van ‘t Riet, Operations Director A Transport of D Official: Stagecoac • Andrew Camp, Commercial Director cheapest • Simone Bailey, Asset Management Director 22 hours ago • Dave Welham, Interim HR Director Alycidon Rail - R Meanwhile, according to the latest edition of Rail Business Intelligence, Behind The Wate the launch of the franchise on Sunday next will be a low key affair. 3,000 tonnes/day gauge Perhaps just as well, as Eye understands that media management may 4 hours ago not be the new franchise's forte. Blogminster

'Labour survey sho Indeed, even the World's Greatest Living Transport Correspondent has fewer officers bein struggled to penetrate Clog Rail's wall of silence. custody suites as a police cuts – Coop News (Lab) Last week Wolmar (for it was he) made the mistake of calling the PR on 27 minutes ago the number given in an Abellio press release, only to be told that it was nothing to do with her and that he should jolly well go away and call the Boris Watch main switchboard! Sadly not a word has been heard since.

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