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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. B...

UK: ‘How we go about our daily lives and conduct our businesses has changed for a lot of people’, said Steve Montgomery, Managing Director of FirstGroup’s First Rail business at the TransPennine Express RE-Connect 2021 conference.

2021-05-28T06:00:00 UK: ‘How we go about our daily lives and conduct our businesses has changed for a lot of people’, said Steve Montgomery, Managing Director of FirstGroup’s First Rail business at the TransPennine Express RE-Connect 2021 conference. Please sign in or register for free to view this page   You have reached your limit of news stories for this week. Register for FREE to read this article and get: Unlimited access to online news coverage from: Railway Gazette International covering the global railway industry Metro Report International covering the urban transport ...

THE new boss of public transport company TransPennine Express has promised to make positive changes for rail passengers and the communities it…

First Student buses By Scott Wright SHARES in FirstGroup leapt by 4.5 per cent after it found a buyer for its two of its three US bus operations, bringing a drawn-out exit process to a close. The Aberdeen-based transport giant has struck a deal to sell its First Student and First Transit businesses across the Atlantic in a deal worth around $4.6 billion (£3.3 billion). And it pledged that the sale would allow it to return around £365 million to shareholders throughout the calendar year, while holding out the prospect of further pay-outs to investors. These will depend on resolving t...