MEET THE MANAGER

The training offering is overseen by Jon Beardmore, business development manager.

Jon has a background in telecommunications, where he specialised in strategy, strategic business development and proposition design.

Growing up close to the Bluebell, he loved visiting the railway as a child. He was taught chemistry at school by a locomotive driver, so the Bluebell has always been something he has taken an interest in.

A life member, Jon now has the opportunity to help Bluebell build its training business and help the railway develop other non-traditional income streams.