Joyner to take over as ATW’s MD

Tom Joyner has been appointed the new Managing Director of Arriva Trains Wales.

Currently Passenger Services Director for London Midland, Joyner takes up his new role on October 2. He replaces Ian Bullock.

The new MD has more than 20 years’ experience in the rail sector. He has been with LM since 2013 (he was Operations Director from April 2013 until July 2014), where he led a team of 2,000. Prior to that he worked for Network Rail as Principal Operations Specialist.

From March 2009 until July 2010 he was Operations Director at FirstGroup, and before that he was Performance Director at First. Both roles were for rail.

From 2005-08 he was Business Director at National Express (working again on rail), and for two years before that he was Operations Manager at NX. From 2001-03 Joyner was Major Projects Manager at NX, again on rail.