New GM for KESR

ROBIN Coombes took up the role of full time general manager of the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR) on August 15. His predecessor, Shaun Dewey, retired in

July. Mr Coombes said: “I am fulfilling a true childhood ambition to one day become a railway general manager, having first found a passion for trains watching tank engines from the platform of Cardiff General station. I have worked in many different fields and tackled many challenges in my career, but nothing has given me as much pleasure as being handed the opportunity to walk in the footsteps of one of the railway giants – Colonel Stephens.”