Richard Thorp

Richard is an experienced railway engineer with 30 years of experience in delivering maintenance, engineering, and asset management on high -speed and conventional railways. He currently leads on operational and technical direction on the UK’s only high - speed railway, providing client leadership to the London St Pancras Highspeed supply chain, embracing technology and innovation to improve productivity and ensuring that London St Pancras Highspeed continues to deliver a n exce ptional asset for its customers and stakeholders. Sustainability and encouraging modal shift to rail is a passion and has become an integral part of the London St Pancras Highspeed business. Richard le a ds on the physical delivery of the growth strategy, making sure the infrastructure can deliver the capacity when it is needed , be it in the stations or through the railway renewals and enhancement programmes. Richard is a Signalling Engineer by training and started his career as a signalling maintenance techni