Post by WYBS on Jun 9, 2022 23:29:31 GMT 1
There are some reasonably major changes taking place within the Go-Ahead empire.
- Go North East (GNE) Managing Director Martijn Gilbert is to leave The Go-Ahead Group. He will take up the role with FirstGroup as MD of its Hull Trains and Lumo open-access train operating companies in September.
This comes just as a major network consultation has been launched which will see what routes in the area are commercially viable for the company, and which may be withdrawn or put out to tender. It was also announced yesterday that the company's Chester-le-Street depot is to shut in the coming months. This is a U-turn on the company's previous position, and has quite apparently left staff, locals and customers upset and anxious about their future, and rightfully so.
- A concurrent reorganisation of responsibilities by Go-Ahead will see Go North West (GNW) MD Nigel Featham assume the same role with GNE after Mr Gilbert’s departure. Mr Featham will retain his leadership of the Manchester business. Go-Ahead will recruit an Area Director for the North East, who will report to Mr Featham.
- In a further change, East Yorkshire Buses will no longer report into GNE. Instead, it will be accountable directly to Go-Ahead. As a result, current East Yorkshire Area Director Ben Gilligan will be promoted to Managing Director of that business. All the changes at Go-Ahead will occur in August.
www.route-one.net/news/martijn-gilbert-to-leave-the-go-ahead-group/
- Go North East (GNE) Managing Director Martijn Gilbert is to leave The Go-Ahead Group. He will take up the role with FirstGroup as MD of its Hull Trains and Lumo open-access train operating companies in September.
This comes just as a major network consultation has been launched which will see what routes in the area are commercially viable for the company, and which may be withdrawn or put out to tender. It was also announced yesterday that the company's Chester-le-Street depot is to shut in the coming months. This is a U-turn on the company's previous position, and has quite apparently left staff, locals and customers upset and anxious about their future, and rightfully so.
- A concurrent reorganisation of responsibilities by Go-Ahead will see Go North West (GNW) MD Nigel Featham assume the same role with GNE after Mr Gilbert’s departure. Mr Featham will retain his leadership of the Manchester business. Go-Ahead will recruit an Area Director for the North East, who will report to Mr Featham.
- In a further change, East Yorkshire Buses will no longer report into GNE. Instead, it will be accountable directly to Go-Ahead. As a result, current East Yorkshire Area Director Ben Gilligan will be promoted to Managing Director of that business. All the changes at Go-Ahead will occur in August.
www.route-one.net/news/martijn-gilbert-to-leave-the-go-ahead-group/
