{"id":1480,"date":"2020-02-14T11:21:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T11:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slcrail.com\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2020-02-14T11:21:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T11:21:31","slug":"cath-bellamy-appointed-to-head-new-slc-operations-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slcrail.com\/cath-bellamy-appointed-to-head-new-slc-operations-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Cath Bellamy appointed to head new SLC Operations business"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cath will be MD of SLC Operations Ltd<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">New company will provide rail operations and specialist training services for UK Rail\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">SLC has announced the appointment of senior rail figure, Cath Bellamy, to establish and lead a new SLC Group company \u2013 SLC Operations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">SLC Rail has spent 10 years supporting local authorities develop and deliver rail infrastructure projects, particularly new and refurbished stations, route upgrades and freight projects.\u00a0 Cath will create and lead a new business to operate mainline train services, stations, and offer a range of independent training services.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ian Walters, Managing Director of SLC Rail said: \u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time at SLC, as we continue to grow our business, services and expertise.\u00a0 We\u2019re delighted that Cath \u2013 who has a strong track record \u2013 has joined the SLC group of companies to establish this new offering for our organisation.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cWe have worked with Cath over many years in her previous roles and we are pleased to bring her capabilities, energy and ambition to lead this new business.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cath joins from Vintage Trains, where she helped establish and then lead the charity owned train operating company, providing main line steam charter services. Previously Cath has been managing director of Chiltern Railways and Hull Trains, as well as leading various large commercial projects for the Department of Transport.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cath Bellamy said, \u201cThe team at SLC have successfully established themselves as specialists in making local, major transport projects happen for local authorities.\u00a0 At present they are building\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">a number of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">brand-new<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> stations and are working on multiple local authority sponsored rail initiatives.\u00a0 SLC Operations will widen our capability, allow us to build a capability to run trains and operate stations as well as help to open up avenues for careers in rail, helping to tackle specialist skill shortages across the industry.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This appointment comes shortly after the appointment of Graham Cross as MD of SLC Investments.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span>    \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cath will be MD of SLC Operations Ltd\u00a0 New company will provide rail operations and specialist training services for UK Rail\u00a0\u00a0 SLC has announced the appointment of senior rail figure, Cath Bellamy, to establish and lead a new SLC Group company \u2013 SLC Operations.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SLC Rail has spent 10 years supporting local authorities develop and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - 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