Penny Jones interviewed by Frank Paterson

Oral history interview with Penny Jones, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson at interviewee's home on 13 April 2023. Duration: 1 hr. 20 min. 59 sec. Study and training in psychology; early career in psychology; Northern Ireland Electricity Privatisation; working with Roger Salmon; consultancy for British Railways, planning the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF); recruitment process, new approach, awaydays, OPRAF implementation; personal reflections

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.