Adrian Shooter interviewed by David Maidment (session 1 of 3)

Oral history interview with Adrian Shooter, conducted and recorded by David Maidment (session 1) in a public place on 12 June 2019. Duration: 59 min. 5 sec. Early career; Area Manager St Pancras; driver only operation (DOO); Managing Director Red Star Parcels; Director Parcels; Post Office contracts; work on privatisation for Director Engineering; setting up rolling stock companies (ROSCOs); arranging Master Operating Lease Agreements (MOLA); input from TOCs; relationships with civil service; setting up Chiltern Trains; management buyout (MBO) successful; discussions with ROSCOs

One of over 150 oral history recordings made as part of the Britain’s Railways All Change (BRAC) archive project. BRAC was set-up to cover gaps in documenting the railway privatisation process in the United Kingdom, between 1994 and 1997, when the government-owned British Rail was dismantled into over 100 privately-owned companies. The interviews capture the recollections of people involved in the planning and implementation of the privatisation process, the management of change and running the railway during privatisation.