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| 16 Jan 2026 | |
| Tributes to Alumni |
Adrian Shooter
CBE FREng FIMechE FCILT (22 November 1948 – 13 December 2022)
was a British transport executive. He is best known for leading the newly privatised Chiltern
Railways between 1996 and 2011, and for founding the Vivarail engineering company in
2012. A lifelong railway enthusiast, he had many other involvements with railways, both
commercial and preserved, including the Ffestiniog Railway, the Darjeeling Himalayan
Railway and his own Beeches Light Railway.
