DfT Rail Group senior contacts

Name/Title

Telephone Number

DfT Rail & National Networks Group

Mike Mitchell, Director General DfT Rail Group

020 7944 4773

Gary Backler, Director of Rail Service Delivery

020 7944 8031

Tony Brownbill, Divisional Manager, Rail Service Delivery (South)

020 7944 3199

Tim Buxton, Divisional Manager, Rail Service Delivery (West & Anglia)

020 7944 5909

David Rea, Divisional Manager, Rail Performance

020 7944 5984

Paul Rodgers, Divisional Manager, Rail Service Delivery (Midlands)

020 7944 4774

Rowan Smith, Divisional Manager, Rail Service Delivery (North & MML)

020 7944 4046

Rail Projects Directorate - takes lead in projects such as West
Coast Mainline, Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Thameslink and stations
accessibility

Graham Dalton, Director of Rail Projects

020 7944 5093

Stuart Baker, Divisional Manager, National Rail Projects

020 7944 5094

Richard Cantwell, Principal Sponsor CTRL

020 7944 5240

Michael Hurn, Divisional Manager, London Rail Projects

020 7944 5237

DfT Procurement Directorate - procures goods and services
for the whole of DfT

Jack Paine, Director of Procurement

020 7944 3064

John Gilbert, Divisional Manager, Procurement Projects

020 7944 3045

Nick Seaward, Divisional Manager, Procurement Strategy and Development

020 7944 3041

Mike Acheson, Divisional Manager, Procurement Policy and Contracts

020 7944 4251

RNN Group Finance and Business Planning Directorate -
responsible for stategic financial and business planning for
RNN, internal reporting and financial control

Chris Hall, Director
(chrisg.hall@dft.gsi.gov.uk)

020 7944 3184

Rail Strategy and Stakeholder Relations Directorate -
responsible for franchise specification, national rail strategy,
network management and (rail) freight, stakeholder liaison
and international

Bob Linnard, Director

020 7944 2970

Roger Jones, Divisional Manager, Rail Franchise Specification

020 7944 5377

Tim Wellburn, Divisional Manager, Network Management and (Rail) Freight

020 7944 2760

Ian McBrayne, Divisional Manager, Sponsorship and International

020 7944 3280

Stephen Clark, Divisional Manager, National Rail Strategy

020 7944 5692

Rail Technical and Professional Directorate

Clive Burrows, Director

 020 7944 5214

Derek Chapman, Deputy Director, Rail Systems

020 7944 5127

Chris Carr, Deputy Director, Rail Standards & Safety

020 7944 2423

Neil Jackson, Deputy Director, Rail Service Analysis

020 7944 3190

Tom Worsley, Deputy Director, Network Analysis and Modelling

020 7944 4880

Strategic Roads, Planning and National Networks Directorate -
client role for development of strategic national network
and Highways Agency.  Also responsible for implementation
of planning reforms for major transport infrastructure projects

Brian Wadsworth, Director

020 7944 2750

Alison Munro, Divisional Manager, Strategic Roads

020 7944 2230

Andrew Murray, Divisional Manager, Planning

020 7944 5182

Nick Bisson, Divisional Manager, National Networks

020 7944 5152

Rail freight grants etc

Stephen Fidler, Divisional Manager, Logistics Policy

020 7944 2761

Accessibility

Miranda Carter, Head of Mobility & Inclusion Unit

020 7944 4461

NB email addresses: firstname.lastname@dft.gsi.gov.uk