Episode 12 was the first of our new magazine-style episodes, where we chew over recent key topics and happenings on and around the railway.

New Year Honours

During the episode, we discussed the New Year’s Honours list and said we’d publish the list of railway folk who received a gong on this blog. Please note that there may very well be other railway people we’ve missed if their award was not for a service related to the railway/transport. If you know of anyone we’ve missed off, get in touch and we’ll add them to this page.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Edward Jonathan Corcos ALBUM Founder, The Settle and Carlisle Railway Trust.
For services to Railway Heritage and to the communities in the North of England
(London, Greater London)

Ruth Catherine Margaret BUSBY People and Transformational Director, Great Western Railway and Network Rail Wales and Western.
For services to Diversity in the Rail Industry
(Didcot, Oxfordshire)

Munir PATEL Chief Executive Officer, XRAIL Group.
For services to Rail Exports
(London, Greater London)

Iain Robert REEVE Head of Ukraine Rail Response Team, Department for Transport. For services to Rail Aid in Ukraine
(Godalming, Surrey)

Keith Norman WALTON Founder, Severnside Community Rail
Partnership. For services to Urban Rail
Transport in Bristol
(Nailsea, Somerset)

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Sam CAMFIELD Design Manager, South Western Railway.
For services to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
(London, Greater London)

Chico Cheikh Sadibou COULIBALY Regional Manager Waterloo, South Western Railway.
For services to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
(London, Greater London)

Richard Stansfield ISAAC Community and Sustainability Manager, Northern Trains.
For services to Inclusion in the Rail Industry
(Halifax, West Yorkshire)

Rizwan JAVED Station Assistant, MTR Elizabeth Line.
For services to Vulnerable People
(London, Greater London)

Zoe Donna SOOKUN Project Manager, Network Rail.
For services to the Railway and to Rail Aid for Ukraine
(Bedford, Bedfordshire)

Gareth David WILLIAMS Detective Superintendent, British Transport Police.
For services to Policing
(Gravesend, Kent)

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire

Gillian Pamela BROWN Diary Manager to Permanent Secretaries, Department for Transport.
For Public Service
(London, Greater London)

Christopher Angus JAMIESON Special Inspector, British Transport Police (Scotland).
For services to Policing
(North Berwick, East Lothian)

Uzoamaka Louisa NWOKOLO Lately Executive Officer, Department for Transport.
For services to Young People
(London, Greater London)