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Freightliner CEO – ‘Tomorrow is too late. Get it done today’. Tim Shoveller Big Interview
1 hour 1 minutes Posted Oct 15, 2024 at 11:00 am.
) Intro and why Tim joined the railway
) Tim’s big roles
) South West Trains-Network Rail Alliance
) Move to Network Rail
) Frustration that led to the move to Freightliner
) Does he have a vision or a plan?
) The state of rail freight in 2024
) The economics of rail freight
) HS2 and West Coast Main Line capacity
) Do capacity constraints put customers off?
) Great British Railways
) Positivity about the future
) Railway Benefit Fund
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Freightliner CEO Tim Shoveller talks about rail freight's challenges and the battle against road haulage. Tim describes his early career and how he progressed to roles including: Managing Director of Network Rail's North West and Central Region, MD of South West Trains (where he led the development of the alliance with Network Rail), MD of East Midlands Trains from the beginning of its franchise in 2007, and senior roles at Virgin Trains and Eurostar.
Tim is a man who believes in getting things done today, not putting them off until tomorrow. Determination, urgency and leadership are at his core.
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