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Gerry Fiennes

Gerry Fiennes (full name: Gerard Francis Gisborne Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes OBE, MA) (7 June 190625 May 1985) was a famous British railway manager who rose through the ranks of the London and North Eastern Railway and later British Rail following graduation from Oxford University.

He joined the London and North Eastern Railway in 1928, and his subsequent appointments included:

  • Assistant Yardmaster, Whitemoor Yard, Cambridgeshire, 1932
  • Chief Controller, Cambridge, 1934.
  • Various appointments at York, London Liverpool Street station, Edinburgh, and Shenfield .
  • District Superintendent, Nottingham, 1943.
  • District Superintendent, Stratford, east London, 1944.
  • Operating Superintendent, Eastern Region, British Rail, 1956.
  • Line Traffic Manager, London Kings Cross station, 1957.
  • Chief Operating Officer, British Rail, 1961.
  • Chairman of the Western Region Board, BR, 1963.
  • Chairman of the Eastern Region Board, and General Manager, Eastern Region, BR, 1965-67.

He was famously fired from British Rail in 1967 for writing the book I Tried to Run a Railway, which was severely critical of the way in which Britain's railways were managed.

Following his railway career, he was a director of Hargreaves Group between 1968 and 1976, and was Mayor of Aldeburgh, Suffolk in 1976.

He was related to the actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes, and the explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

Last updated: 05-21-2005 15:01:38