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Transport for the North’s Chief Executive steps down
Transport for the North (TfN) has announced that Chief Executive David Brown will be leaving the organisation in September to take up a new post as Managing Director of Arriva Rail North Ltd which operates the Northern rail franchise.
Rail a growth industry and UK’s “economic backbone”
RDG Chairman calls rail the “economic backbone” of the country, and that in uncertain times rail has the power to create secure jobs.
Friday, 16 June 2017
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Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Transport for the North’s Chief Executive steps downTransport for the North (TfN) has announced that Chief Executive David Brown will be leaving the organisation in September to take up a new post as Managing Director of Arriva Rail North Ltd which operates the Northern rail franchise.
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