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TransPennine Express
Malcolm Flynn –
First TransPennine Express
Tony James – East Midlands Trains
James Linley – First Great Western
Stephanie Moores – Network Rail
Tom Rickwood – Merseytravel
Richard Perrin – Northern Rail
Degree in Railway Operational
Management
John Armstrong –
University of Southampton
Hilton Bayayi – Southern Railway
Gordon Coull – Network Rail
Andrew Dickinson –
First Great Western
Gregor Gudgeon – First ScotRail
Alex Kenney – Network Rail
Toby Rackliff – Centro
Norma Unwin – First Capital Connect
Simon Le Jeune – Eurotunnel
The IRO Professional Development
Programme starts in October
2010, with the closing date for
applications Friday 30 July 2010.
l For further details about the
IRO’s Professional Development
Programme and a copy of the IRO
Course Directory, please visit the
website at: www.railwayoperators.
org or email the IRO directly at:
education@railwayoperators.org
Unwin takes control!
While many IRO students enrol on the IRO degree in Railway when she received her BSc degree
choose the professional Operational Management in at a special ceremony in Glasgow,
development programme to support
their career progression, for Norma
Unwin a greater cross-industry
appreciation was the key factor.
Unwin has almost 20 years
railway experience, having first
joined British Rail in 1990 to work
in the Battersea Park ticket office.
‘Since then I’ve had a number
of roles, working as a manager in
both customer services and revenue
protection. A recent position was
control manager for First Capital
Connect (FCC) on the Great
Northern route and now I’ve
just started as route performance
manager for the Thameslink route,’
she explains.
But the busy mother of two
from Stevenage felt a broader
understanding of the rail industry
eluded her, hence her decision to
Right: Norma Unwin receives her
BSc from Jo Kaye, Network Rail
route director for London North
Western
2008, with the full support of her
employer.
“I have a degree in business, but
wanted to broaden my knowledge
of the industry. The IRO degree
course opens you up to
an excellent network
of like-minded people
and gives you the
background knowledge
of how all the different
functions within
the industry
interact and
support one
another. It
has also
helped me
to become
more
analytical
and
question
things more.’
On 7 July,
Unwin’s hard
work was
rewarded
along with 16 other IRO graduates.
Says a delighted Unwin: ‘No
one thinking of enrolling on the
IRO’s Professional Development
Programme should underestimate
the hard work and commitment
required, but it has certainly been
more than worth it and I would
highly recommend it.’
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Irish Area
For information on Irish Area
events, contact kay Doyle at:
Kay.doyle@railwayoperators.org
or Hilton Parr at: hilton.parr@
railwayoperators.org
Scottish Area
8 September: Scottish Area AGM.
Time: 17:00. Venue: Network Rail
Offices, Buchanan House, 58 Port
Dundas Road, Glasgow, G4 0HG.
21 September: Visit to the Malcolm
Group intermodal terminal. Time:
17:45. Venue: Laurieston Road
Grangemouth. Numbers are limited.
Contact Ross Campbell or Jim Gillies
scottish@railwayoperators.org if you
would like to attend.
For further information on IRO
Scottish Area contact Ross
Campbell on 0141 242 8620 or
email Jim Gillies at: scottish@
railwayoperators.org
North East Area
11 September: AGM and visit to
the Corus Steel Plant, Scunthorpe.
Further details are on the IRO
website. If you would like to attend,
contact: northeast@railwayoperators.
org by 14 August.
For information on North East
Area events, contact David
Monk-Steel at: northeast@
railwayoperators.org or by
telephone on: 01751 473799
during office hours.
North East Area meetings
normally take place in York.
North West Area
9 September: Visit to John Lennon
Airport. Time: 18:00. Meet at
Liverpool South Parkway Station
(time TBC). Members interested in
attending should contact Tom Cox at:
thomascox1@sky.com as places for
this event are limited.
16-18 September: Visit to Ireland
to look at its railway operations. For
those interested, full details can be
obtained from Thomas Cox, IRO NW
treasurer, at: thomascox1@sky.com
All events and enquiries should
be via Carl Phillips at: ironw.
booking@railwayoperators.org.
General membership enquires
should go to Clive Evans at:
northwest@railwayoperators.org
Midlands Area
8 September: New Measurement
Train (NMT) visit from Crewe to
Euston. Depart: 12:30.
13 September: Talk on Birmingham
Gateway Project. Time: 17:30. Venue:
Board Room, Mailbox, Birmingham.
22 September: NMT visit from
Crewe to Euston. Depart: 12:30.
For information on Midlands Area
events contact Julia Stanyard
on 0121 345 3833 or email:
midlands@railwayoperators.org.
Unless otherwise indicated, our
events start at 17:30.
South West Area
29 September: Signal Sighting
and Spad Management Master
Class. Details will appear on the IRO
website in due course.
For information on South West
Area events, contact Andy
Castledine at: Andy.Castledine@
firstgroup.com
South East Area
All South East events will
now take place at London
Underground’s HQ, 55 Broadway,
St James Park, SW1, unless
otherwise indicated, with a 17:30
for 18:00 start.
For further information on the
IRO South East Area, contact
Chris Howard at: southeast@
railwayoperators.org
16-18 September: Operating
skills weekend. Hands-on railway
operations weekend at the Mid
Hants Railway, Alresford, Hants.
Contact: Andy.Castledine@firstgoup.
com
20 September: Review of the first
year of the new Southern Franchise
at 55 Broadway Contact glen.
merryman@londonmidland.co.uk
More details of area events and
roadshows are listed on the
website at www.railwayoperators.
org/Events.aspx
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