Terence Paul Worrall 1944

Terence Paul Worrall, known as Terry Worrall, was born in 1944. He became a Clerk in the Station Master’s Office at St. Pancras from 1961 to 1962, he then became a Clerk Performance & Accidents, St Pancras District Office in 1962. In 1963 he worked as a Relief Clerk at St Pancras and then a Clerk in the Station Master’s Office at St Albans, staying in this role until 1965 when he was appointed as Assistant Controller for the St Pancras District. He then became a British Rail: London Midland Region Management Trainee in the Preston Division from 1966 to 1968. In 1968 he became Assistant Area Manager at Skipton and moved to Rugby in 1970 to undertake the same role. He became the Area Manager in Coventry in 1972 and in 1976 became the Area Manager at Colchester. He worked as Trains Superintendent at Reading in 1978 and in the following year was employed as Acting Area Manager at Paddington. He moved to become Area Manager at London Bridge in 1980. He then joined the British Railways Board as Passenger Operations Manager in 1983 and was then appointed as Movements Manager Passenger, Freight, Mails & Royal Trains for the British Railways Board in 1985. In 1987 he became Operations Manager reporting to the Director Operations. He then became the British Railways Board’s Director Operations in 1990. Between 1992 and 1994 he served as the Director Operational Standards for theBritish Railways Board, and in 1994 became Director Safety, staying in this role until 1997. From 1997 to 1999 he served as the Director Operations & Safety for Transmark, and then moved to Thames Trains when he was appointed as their Managing Director, serving in this capacity between 1999 and 2003.