The Go-Ahead Group plc (GOG) today announced that Charles Horton, Chief Executive Officer of Govia Thameslink Railway, has tendered his resignation. He will remain in his post for a short period to oversee the development of a temporary timetable to address recent disruption to services. His successor will be announced in due course.
On resigning, Charles Horton said:
“I recognise that passengers have been hugely frustrated at the significant disruption caused by the introduction of new timetables. It is the right time to hand leadership of GTR to a new pair of hands. I am immensely proud of my team and I would like to thank my 7,000 colleagues at GTR for all their hard work over the past four years.”
This is the right decision, as GTR have caused complete chaos with the timetable change and comes after months and months of constant delays and cancellations. I can only hope the new CEO can embed the implementation of the new timetable properly and then work with the Secretary of State to manage the franchise following the finding of the independent review, which as I have said before should result in GTR losing the franchise if they are found to be at fault.
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