Simon kirby network rail biography books

Review

Combining authority with intimacy, and technical grasp with humour and humanity, The Railways is by some distance the most ambitious and enriching book I have ever read on this subject.

It is destined to become a classic of British social history.

Simon Kirby.

(David Kynaston)

Simon Bradley's The Railways is magisterial. It's both authoritative and absorbing. A first class journey. (Michael Palin 2015-07-01)

'A superbly crafted, lovingly assembled tribute to our railways ...

the current, tattered state of our railways should in no way detract from Bradley's narrative.

4 Simon Kirby stepped down from the board on 18 May 5 Graham Eccles stepped down from the board on 18 July 6 Chris Gibb was appointed to the board.

Simon Kirby, soon to become chief operating officer for Rolls-Royce worldwide, reflects on his time with Network Rail and, latterly, with HS2.

HS2 chief executive Simon Kirby explains what plans are already in place and describes what still needs to be done.

Ever since the first railways were built, operators and engineers have worked side by side, and it is well over years since the first rule.

Network Rail is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Transport with no shareholders, which reinvests its income in the railways.

This is a first-class, entertaining analysis of a great, albeit troubled, institution that has now been given a history worthy of its national significance.' (Robin McKie The Observer 2015-10-18)

A magnificent story both intricate and gripping ...

Bradley has mastered the detail without losing touch with the romance. (Matthew Parris Times 2015-12-12)

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