Euan Cameron interviewed by Richard Goldson

Interview with Euan Cameron conducted by Richard Goldson at the interviewee’s home in Leeds on the 26th of May 2021. Duration 1 hr. 43 min. 13 sec. Education; British rail management Training; Scottish region operation; Area Manager, Ayr; Network North subsector; Network South East; Privatisation on horizon; Dismantling of Network South East headquarters; Commercial Director for South and East; Rolling Stock issues; Track Access issues; Performance regime issues; First Train operating Company handover; Interface with private sector bidders; Thames Link; Key partners in privatisation; revenue drivers; User groups; Thames Trains; prism rail; Further career thoughts.

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.