Michael Schabas
Michael Schabas | |
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| Born | 17 November 1956 [citation needed] Toronto, Canada [citation needed] |
Michael Schabas is a UK-based railway consultant who has been involved in launching several new railway projects and businesses.
Work history
With a background in urban rail projects in the Canada and the United States, he came to London in 1988 as vice president for transport for Olympia & York (O&Y), who were developing the Canary Wharf project in London Docklands. He led O&Y's involvement in planning and promotion of the Jubilee Line Extension, and also instigated the re-signalling and re-engineering of the Docklands Light Railway.
In 1995, Schabas founded GB Railways (GBR), which went on to win the Anglia Railways franchise, and to launch GB Railfreight and Hull Trains.[1] In 2003, GBR was acquired by FirstGroup.[2]
In 2010, Schabas co-founded Hamburg-Köln-Express, which operates intercity passenger trains in Germany.[3]
In December 2018, Metrolinx, a public transit agency of the Government of Ontario, hired Schabas to lead a team to create a plan for the Ontario Line, a light metro proposed for the City of Toronto.[4]
References
- ^ "Rail Consultants". First Class Partnerships. 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ Osborne, Alistair (17 July 2003). "First Group bids 500p a share for GB Railways". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ "Bloody Slaughter beckons". Railway Gazette International. London. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ Spurr, Ben (15 February 2020). "How Ford's Ontario Line plan came together in just three months – with secrecy, a shifting route and a consultant". Toronto Star. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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