Robert Reid (railway executive, born 1921)
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Robert Reid (railway executive, born 1921)
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Sir Robert Basil Reid was chairman of the British Railways Board from 1983 until 1990. The son of Sir Robert Niel Reid, Governor of Assam from 1937 to 1942, he was educated at Malvern and Brasenose. During World War II he was an Officer in the Royal Tank Regiment. When peace returned he joined the LNER as a Traffic Apprentice. When the "Big Four" merged he rose steadily within British Railways. By 1961 he was a District Passenger manager and by 1967 Planning Manager of the Scottish Region. He wa
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