Professor Paul Salveson MBE is a visiting professor in transport and logistics at the University of Huddersfield. He was awarded an MBE for services to the railway industry in 2009. He is a board member of Passenger Focus and a trustee of Campaign for Better Transport. He is general secretary of the Hannah Mitchell Foundation, which lobbies for northern devolution, and a member of Yorkshire First.

He is Group Advisor for Arriva UK Trains which has the franchises for Chiltern Railways, Cross Country, Arriva Trains Wales, DB Region Tyne and Wear Metro, a half-share in London Overground and owns Grand Central.

Paul’s PhD is in Lancashire working class literature and culture. He is an author and has written for publications including the Guardian.

www.paulsalveson.org.uk

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