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Shoveller takes charge of light rail


Tim Shoveller


Andy Morris, the current managing director of Stagecoach Light Rail, is leaving the business after eight years. Shoveller, 37, will directly oversee management of the group’s light rail operations in Manchester and Sheffield where Stagecoach runs Metrolink and Supertram. He said: ‘The light rail systems


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Tim Shoveller is to take over as head of the Stagecoach Group’s light rail division, in addition to his role as managing director of East Midlands Trains.


in Manchester and Sheffield are key to the communities and the economy in those regions and we are committed to delivering a high- quality service that meets the needs of local people, day in day out. ‘In the months ahead, I will look to build on the work to date by Andy and his team. I will be working in close partnership with local stakeholders to develop a proactive plan to improve further our service to our customers.’


Hyde leaves East Coast


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Alan Hyde, head of communications for East


Coast railway, is leaving his role to concentrate on consultancy work. Hyde, 48, was one of the longest- serving comms chiefs in the privatised railway, having joined GNER in 1998. He continued in a communications role both with National Express East Coast and the current East Coast railway. At GNER, he won several


national awards, including for Best PR Campaign in Britain and for Britain's Best In-House PR Team. Neal Smith, formerly external communications manager at East Coast, succeeds him.


‘Hyde was one of the longest-serving comms chiefs in the privatised railway’


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