MEET THE TEAM
Railway Gazette International is written by a team of experienced professional journalists, whose insight and analysis is highly respected within the railway industry. Travelling extensively each year, the team enjoys top-level access to managers and decision-makers around the world. Local correspondents are also on hand to make sure that Railway Gazette International readers are first with the world news every month.
Editor Chris Jackson joined Railway Gazette International in 1982 after taking a degree in Transport Planning & Business Administration at the University of Aston. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport. Having pioneered advanced publishing technology for the title during the mid-1980s, Chris became Deputy Editor in 1991, and took over as Editor of the urban transit yearbook Metro Report at the same time.
Deputy Editor Robert Preston studied modern languages at Oxford, where he was Secretary of the Oxford University Railway Society. After a wide-ranging career including a teaching post in Paraguay, he became editorial assistant for Modern Railways and Jane's World Railways. He joined the Railway Gazette International team in 1996 as Editorial Assistant on Rail Business Intelligence, becoming Industry Editor for the main journal in July 1997, Assistant Editor in September 1999 and Deputy Editor in 2008. He has also served as Editor of Rail Business Intelligence since September 2000.
News Editor Andrew Grantham read Mineral Sciences at Cambridge, where he was President of the Cambridge University Railway Club. He joined Railway Gazette International as Editorial Assistant in November 2000, before becoming Industry Editor in April 2002 and News Editor in 2008. He assumed the role of Webmaster for www.railwaygazette.com in April 2006.
Industry Editor Nick Kingsley joined Railway Gazette International as News Reporter in September 2006 from the market analysis group Datamonitor, where he was Online News & Features Editor for energy and utilities content, including Energy Business Review Online. Nick read History at the University of York, graduating in 2002, after which he spent a year as a teaching assistant at a centre for children with learning difficulties in southwest France. He became Industry Editor of Railway Gazette International in January 2008.
Consultant Editor Richard Hope OBE continues to provide the team with his extensive experience drawn from almost 40 years of service to the world's railway industry. Having worked as an electrical engineer on railway electrification in northeast London, he worked for Queensland Railways before joining Railway Gazette International as a Technical Writer in 1964. Taking over as Editor in 1970, Richard steered the title through a period of great change in the railway industry until 1991.
Rail Business Intelligence Founding Editor Roger Ford has an extensive background in the railway supply industry and has been a commentator on the British market for over 30 years. He continues to contribute to the newsletter from his extensive knowledge and contacts throughout the world's railway industry.
Consultant Editor Murray Hughes was Editor of Railway Gazette International from 1991 to April 2006. He is a languages specialist, who began his railway career with Swiss Federal Railways. After a brief spell as Foreign News Editor for the British enthusiast magazine Modern Railways, he joined Railway Gazette International as News Editor in 1975 and became Deputy Editor three years later. As well as his work for the journal, Murray is also the author of Rail 300 which traces the history of high speed railway development.
