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« on: September 20, 2012, 08:03:24 » |
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With the return of Malcolm Holmes (General Manager Mainline) to London Overground on October 1st, the posts of General Manager North / Mainline and South are being abolished. Intsead, Chad Collins will become Head of Stations for the whole route whilst Alan Riley (currently Head of On-board Services) will become Head of Trains.
One of Alan Riley's initiatives on the Silver Sets - main meals served on a plate for ^4 - is continuing to be trialled BUT only when a particular member of staff (a trained chef) is rostered appropriately... Worth trying if you're lucky enough to hear the announcement on board - being Chiltern, there is no other publicity for this trial!
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« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2012, 08:37:01 » |
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Many thanks for that, birm2lond, and welcome to the forum (I think we missed giving you a welcome with your first post, which was in the midst of the West Coast Virgin v First exchange). Our separate Chiltern board here's very new - and it's interesting to see as we start getting a few posts that things that have happened within the FGW▸ area are echoed in other TOCs▸ / franchises (shouldn't be a surprise, really!). I recall that there were three area / general managers in the FGW area - if truth be known they were senior customer relations staff rather than directly operational - and that cut down to two with a merging of areas. And it's been noticeable at times that the remaining two (or rather the one that covers our area) has been noticabley scarcer / less accessible.
Are these Manager / Head roles on Chiltern operational or customer service ones?
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« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2012, 17:28:48 » |
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Alan Riley was FGW▸ Station Manager at Oxford up until a few months ago!
Its a small world!!!!
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birm2lond
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« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2012, 16:25:23 » |
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Graham - thanks for the welcome. A further update on the relevant management structure from Chiltern is as follows:
Jenny Payne ^ Customer Services Director
Is reported to by:
Chad Collins ^ Head of Stations AND Alan Riley ^ Head of Trains
Chad has reporting to him:
Sandra Harper ^ Regional Manager North (responsible for stations and staff Bicester North northwards)
Debbie Osborne ^ Regional Manager South (responsible for stations and staff south of Bicester North)
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« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2012, 16:35:50 » |
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Good old Chad. I remember him when he was a trainee at roughly the same time as I was. Soon departing to NSE▸ 's Thames & Chiltern as it was then, he's a 'Chiltern' railwayman through and through!
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« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2012, 17:51:36 » |
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Meals week commencing...
Monday 15/10/12 Chinese style curry with rice
10.55 ex BMO, 13.37 ex MYB▸ , 15.55 ex BMO, 16.46 ex MYB, 18.07 ex MYB
Monday 22/10/12 Sweet chilli chicken with noodles-low fat
10.55 ex BMO, 13.37 ex MYB, 15.55 ex BMO, 16.46 ex MYB, 18.07 ex MYB
Monday 29/10/12 Meatballs in tomato sauce with pasta
10.55 ex BMO, 13.37 ex MYB, 15.55 ex BMO, 16.46 ex MYB, 18.07 ex MYB
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« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2012, 14:45:33 » |
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« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2012, 01:09:02 » |
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Erm, it's Thomas Ableman not Abelman.
Do you mean Jenny Payne (Customer Services Director)? While I haven't seen proof of her name, she goes by Jenny not Jennifer.
You did however get Alan's name correct.
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« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2012, 11:10:56 » |
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Blog post corrected - many thanks
Peter
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« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2013, 17:47:54 » |
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« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2013, 21:19:10 » |
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Thanks for posting, birm2lond - I've taken the opportunity to merge topics here, in the interests of continuity and completeness.  |
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« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2013, 10:02:56 » |
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An interesting aside (to me anyway - I didn't know). See this - a DfT» document that says in note 7 that Chiltern has a franchise extension possibility of 5 years from 2021 if mutually agreed. Something that has been missed I think... NB - THis document has been superceded by recent franchise re-letting problems, but there's no reason the notes don't remain applicable. |
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« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2013, 10:08:22 » |
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With the return of Malcolm Holmes (General Manager Mainline) to London Overground on October 1st This didn't happen. Malcolm has taken a break over Christmas and is now deciding on what he wants to do. Travelling was mentioned.... |
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« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2013, 20:20:05 » |
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Just picked up from Linkedin that Mark Cooper is now Regional Manager Heartlands for Chiltern.
Also, Malcolm Holmes is now Station Management and Passenger Operations Consultant at SLC▸ Rail
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« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2013, 13:06:50 » |
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Just picked up from Linkedin that Mark Cooper is now Regional Manager Heartlands for Chiltern.
Also, Malcolm Holmes is now Station Management and Passenger Operations Consultant at SLC▸ Rail Wonder where that eaves Chad Collins.... also check out the website for SLC RAil - you'll find a host of ex-Chiltern names..... |
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