The
King’s
New
Year
Honours
list
includes
a
number
of
railway
people
who
have
been
recognised
for
their
services
to
the
industry
and
its
staff.
Network
Rail
chief
executive
Andrew
Haines
has
received
a
knighthood,
while GB
Railfreight
chief
executive
officer
John
Smith
has
received
an
OBE
for
his
services
to
the
rail
freight
industry.
Network
Rail’s
Southern
Region
project
manager
Kathleen
O’Malley
has
received
a
British
Empire
Medal
for
her
outstanding
work
in
creating
the
Routes
Out
of
Homelessness
charter
for
the
railway,
there
is
an
MBE
for
Network
Rail
Chief
Security
Officer
Peter
Gibbons
for
his
exceptional
leadership
in
managing
the
£10
million
aid
programme
for
Ukrainian
Railways,
and
also
an
MBE
for
human
resource
leader
Janet
Trowse,
who
led
the
Menopause
Awareness
Project
at
Network
Rail.
Southeastern
employee
Lee
Woolcott-Ellis
will
receive
a
British
Empire
Medal
for
services
to
Mental
Health
in
Transport.
He
worked
with
the
Rail
Safety
and
Standards
Board
to
help
rail
companies
promote,
manage
and
support
mental
wellbeing.
There
is
an
OBE
for
Carolyn
Griffiths,
who
chairs
the
Rail
Group
on
the
Parliamentary
Advisory
Council
for
Transport
Safety,
for
her
services
to
the
rail
industry,
transport
safety
and
the
engineering
profession.
Andrew
Haines
said:
‘I
am
incredibly
honoured
to
receive
this
award.
It’s
not
every
day
a
boy
from
a
comprehensive
school
in
Merthyr
Tydfil,
or
indeed
anyone
from
the
railway
is
recognised
in
this
way,
so
it
is
immensely
humbling.
It’s
a
tribute
to
the
work
of
the
many
thousands
of
people
in
the
rail
sector.
‘That’s
why
it’s
a
special
pleasure
to
offer
my
congratulations
to
Kathleen,
Janet
and
Peter
for
achieving
recognition
for
the
exceptional
work
that
they
have
done.’