Paul Salveson interviewed by Frank Paterson

Interview with Paul Salveson, conducted by Frank Paterson on the 15th August 2021 at the National Railway Museum, York. Duration 1hr. 5min. 17sec. Childhood; Train spotting; National Union of railwaymen District secretary, Manchester; Serpell Report; Civil Engineer Euston; Property Board, Manchester; Union Involvement; Resignation from British Rail; Transnett; Alternative Solutions to privatisation; Political influences; Community rail Partnerships; European Rural Railway developments; local Authority Ownerships; County Council sources of research funding; Penistone line; Devon/Cornwall Partnership; Regional Railways; key Supporters; Music Train; Development of Association of Community Rail partnerships (ACORP); Community Rail Development Strategy Report; Office of Passenger Rail Franchising- Strategic rail Authority Community Unit, parliamentary lobbying; Alternative Solutions to Privatisation Publication- Think Tank; devolution to Local Government, central guiding mind with strong regions; Counter Strategies; save our Railways; Political influences.

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.