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Oral history interview with John Ellis, conducted and recorded by Christopher Mew at the interviewee's home in Gloucestershire on 16 March 2018. Duration: 53 min. 33 sec. Early career; Railtrack share floatation; involvement with privatisation; track access agreements; legal matters during Scotrail management buyout (MBO) process; explaining effects of privatisation to staff in Scotland; relationship between train operating companies (TOC) and outsourced engineering; Railtrack; Network Rail culture; better integration between infrastructure and TOCs; strength of personal interfaces; formalisation of safety management; effect of privatisation on staffing; recruitment changes; lost knowledge; rights of joint users of network; government support for TOCs; rolling stock companies (ROSCOs) success; freight and passenger train path balance; comparison of work before and after privatisation; TOCs and Network Rail relationships; lack of understanding over legislative safeguards; government involvement in industry after privatisation

John Ellis interviewed by Christopher Mew

2018-03-16

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John Ellis interviewed by Christopher Mew