George Muir muses that it is “no wonder so many crass decisions are made” when in the industry lacks deep railway knowledge in top positions. He says: “At Department for Transport we have, fortunately, Pete Wilkinson, who does know what he is talking about, but his boss as director general of the Rail Group will shortly be a job-sharing duo called Payne and Hannant who have a deep knowledge of railways?, transport?, engineering? No. Education.” Muir makes a plea to join up policy on the railway with operational strategy and get people there with deep expertise.
We've read it in: Passenger Transport, November 17 2017 (issue 172), Page 28
