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Thursday 23 Feb 2017

Network Rail strengthens Wessex route management team

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Southern: Wessex

| Southern

Network Rail has appointed Jason Bridges into a new key role of Chief Operating Officer for its Wessex route, which includes all services to and from Waterloo, to strengthen the daily focus on delivering a safe and reliable railway.

Jason’s responsibilities will include leading the development and delivery of train performance, maintaining the railway, reliability, productivity and efficiency initiatives.

Jason joins the Wessex Route from Saudi Arabia, where he is currently operations consultant for Network Rail Consulting in the Middle East. Before joining Network Rail, Jason worked in Australia as general manager for Sydney Trains.

Becky Lumlock, route managing director at Network Rail’s Wessex route, said: “Jason brings with him a wealth of industry experience from around the world, which will be invaluable as we continue to work towards a safer and more reliable railway.

“Jason will be responsible for a range of areas including operations, maintenance and train performance and I look forward to welcoming him to the team.”

Jason will join the Wessex Route in May 2017.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Network Rail’s Wessex Route

• Network Rail’s Wessex Route covers all railway infrastructure in and out of London Waterloo, as far south as Portsmouth, Southampton and Weymouth, and as far west as Salisbury, Earley and Windsor & Eton Riverside.
• Over 2,000 passenger and freight services operate every day on the 1,300 miles of track in the Wessex route.
• The route includes Britain’s busiest stations, London Waterloo, and Britain’s busiest interchange station, Clapham Junction.
• In 1996, the lines to and from Waterloo carried 108 million passengers per year. Today, this has more than doubled to over 230 million passengers every year.