Robert Reid (railwayman)

Sir Robert Basil Reid, Kt CBE (7 February 1921 – 17 December 1993) Chairman of the British Railways Board from 1983 until^[1] 1990.

The son of Sir Robert Niel Reid, KCSI, Governor of Assam from 1937 to 1942,^[2] he was educated at Malvern and Brasenose. During World War Two he was an Officer in the Royal Tank Regiment.^[3] 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 was General Manager of the Southern Region from 1974 to 1976; and the Executive Member for Marketing from 1977 to 1980. He became Chief Executive in 1980, and held that post until his appointment as Chairman. He was a Freeman of the City of London and Master of the Information Technologists' Company from 1988 to 1989.^[4]

Business positions
Preceded by Sir Peter Parker	Chairman of the British Railways Board 1983–1990	Succeeded by Sir Bob Reid

Notes

^ Hansard
^ Sir Robert Reid. The Times (London, England), Monday, 26 Oct 1964; pg. 15; Issue 56152
^ ‘REID, Sir Robert (Basil)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 9 April 2015
^ Obituary, Independent newspaper (UK)

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[1] Hansard

[2] Sir Robert Reid. The Times (London, England), Monday, 26 Oct 1964; pg. 15; Issue 56152

[3] ‘REID, Sir Robert (Basil)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 9 April 2015

[4] Obituary, Independent newspaper (UK)

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