Adrian Shooter Announces Retirement

Adrian Shooter has announced his intention to retire at the end of December.

The Announcement

Literally one of the railway giants, Adrian Shooter has announced his intention to retire at the end of the year from the Chairmanship of Chiltern Railways and DB Regio at the end of December.

Adrian said that:

By then I shall have had the great privilege of leading Chiltern for nearly 18 years and I will have reached the age of 63.

I have enjoyed every part of my 41 years in the rail industry but especially the opportunity to lead the teams who built Chiltern Railways.

It is always difficult to decide when to move on but, having for the last 3 years also been acting M.D. of Chiltern, I have now handed that role to Rob Brighouse who I appointed earlier in the year.

He will lead a very strong team to further successes, the first of which will be the new much faster Chiltern Mainline service between Birmingham and London. We will launch this together.

Meanwhile, I would like to continue to take an active part in the rail industry. In addition I have been asked to be Chairman of the CBI West Midlands Council for 2012 and 2013.

Adrian Shooter has been credited with transforming Chiltern’s fortunes from privatisation and has always also managed to be a friend of the preservation world – working closely with Bob Meanley’s Tyseley Locomotive Works and the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway.

Mr Shooter also has a huge interest in narrow gauge railways and boasts a creditable 2ft gauge garden railway in addition to owning a selection of vintage vehicles.