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New managing director at TransPennine Express
The new managing director of a rail operator with services in Cumbria has started his new role.
Matthew Golton has replaced Liz Collins as the managing director of TransPennine Express (TPE). Liz is to take up a part-time position with West Coast Partnership.
With more than three decades of experience in rail, Matthew joins the train company from his position as business development director for First Rail, where he led the team working with the Department for Transport and Rail North Partnership on the new National Rail Contract (NRC) for TPE.
Before that, Matthew worked as interim managing director and commercial development director for Great Western Railway (GWR) having been with FirstGroup since 2006.
TEES VALLEY mayor Ben Houchen said the Tees Valley Combined Authority cannot justify funding the extension of TransPennine Express train services into Saltburn. Instead, hopes that services could be extended beyond Redcar to Saltburn could hinge on the eventual drawing up of a new contract for a future operator. Mr Houchen said that he wanted any future agreement to include an extension to Saltburn, but conceded it could be another two years before this was potentially on the table for discussion. Current operator First TransPennine Express saw its franchise agreement, which runs until 2023, replaced last September with a transitional “emergency recovery” contract as the Government moved to create a new model for Britain’s railways and also take into account the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.