Railway Gongs 2011

Eye congratulates the following...

CBE

Ian Arthur BROWN

Managing Director London Rail, Transport for London.

For services to the Rail Industry.

Michael Clifford HART

Director Ffestinog Railway Company and Chairman, Welsh Highland Railway Construction Ltd.

For services to the Rail Industry.

OBE

Helen, Mrs ASHBY

Curator, National Railway Museum, York.

For services to Heritage.

Vernon Ian BARKER
Managing Director, First TransPennine Express.
For services to the Rail Industry.

Ann, Mrs BATES

Deputy Chair and Rail Group Chair, Disabled Person's Transport Advisory Committee.

For services to Disabled People.

Sonia, Mrs ROLT, FRS
For services to Industrial Archaeology and to Heritage.

UPDATE: This from Chris Bolt CB...

Very kind of you to mention my CB - but you are a year out of date!

My honour (and some of the others in the list) was in the 2010 list.

And I am still PPP Arbiter!

UPDATE: This from a Mr Justin McAree...

Umm.... your blog post of 3rd Jan 2011 appears to list recipients of honours from last year. Unless I'm missing something.

Oh, and Richard Burningham only got an MBE!

UPDATE: This from the Ffoil...

One possible addition to your list is an OBE to Sonia Rolt for services to Industrial Archaeology and Heritage.

After all, without the Talyllyn where would the preservation movement be ?

The Fact Compiler offers his most profuse apologies. Post amended and a promise made to lay off the last of the Christmas sherry!

Railway Gongs

With a bowler tip to a Mr Murray...

ORDER OF THE BATH

Christopher BOLT
Arbiter, London Underground Public Private Partnership Agreements and lately Chairman, Office of Rail Regulation.
( Somerset )


CBE

Adrian SHOOTER
Chairman, Chiltern Railway Company Ltd.
For services to the Rail Industry.
(Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire)


OBE

Stuart Kemp BAKER
Deputy Director, National Projects, Rail and National Networks,
Department for Transport.
( York , North Yorkshire )

Michael Clifford HART
Director, Ffestinog Railway Company and Chairman, Welsh Highland Railway Construction Ltd. For services to the Rail Industry.
(Rotherham, South Yorkshire )

Heidi, Mrs MOTTRAM
Managing Director, Northern Rail.
For services to the Rail Industry.
(Holmfirth, West Yorkshire )


MBE

John Alfred BIGNY
For services to Edenbridge and District Rail Travellers' Association
Kent.
( Kent )

Richard John BURNINGHAM
Manager, Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership.
For services to the Rail Industry in the South West.
( Plymouth , Devon )

Peter Adrian ROBERTS
Chairman, Association of Community Rail Partnerships.
For services to Rural Transport.
(Sleaford, Lincolnshire )

Eye offers its congratulations to all the above.

UPDATE: This from a Mr 1.609344 kilometers...

Stuart Baker!?!

Presumably for services to HLOS and the Bionic Duckweed industry I guess!

Surely it can't be for the thinking behind the IEP?

Gongs

Announced in HM the Queen's New Year Honours List:

CBE
Robert David Holden. Chief executive Officer, London and Continental Railways Ltd. For services to the Rail Industry. (Hertfordshire)

OBE
Michael John Glover. Arup Fellow and Technical director and Deputy Project director, Channel Tunnel Rail Link. For services to Engineering. (Sevenoaks, Kent)

Wayne Spence. Service Delivery assistant, Temple Meads Station, Bristol. For services to Passenger Transport. (Bristol)

MBE
Bernard Godfrey Rainbow. Chief Locomotive Inspector, Severn Valley Railway. For voluntary service to the Rail Industry. (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Robin Kingsley Prince. Operations Standards manager, Victa Railfreight. For service to the Rail Industry. (Maidstone, Kent)