LRTA People

The Light Rail Transit Association is a "not-for-profit" volunteer operated private company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales, no. 5072319. Its board of Directors form the Council whose members are elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Association (usually held in October).

• President: Mike Parker, Former Director General and Chief Executive Tyne and Wear PTE
  
  
• Immediate Past President: Mr Anthony Depledge OBE, BA, FCILT, MIMgt, Arriva Development Director
  
  
• Vice-President Mr Geoffrey Claydon CB, LLB, M.Inst TA, CMILT (Council)
• Vice-President Mr Michael Taplin FCILT MCMI
• Vice-President Mr C.M.Elmberg, General Manager, EPUT AB, Partille, Sweden
• Vice-President Mr J.R.Mills, former Chairman, San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board
• Vice-President Mr Alex Ritchie CPFA, FCILT, FIMgt, former Director General & Director of Finance, SYPTE
• Vice-President Ing. G.Scholtis Dipl-Ing, former Chief Engineer and Executive Director of Traction Systems and Vehicles Dept., Siemens AG, Erlangen

COUNCIL

• Chairman Mr David Russell BSc(Eng), C.Eng, FIMechE, CMILT
• Deputy Chairman Mr Geoff Lusher FCILT
• Editor-in-Chief Mr Howard Johnston, CMILT
• Treasurer Mr Vic Simons
• Administrative Secretary Mr Norman Kellett
• Membership Secretary Mr Roger Morris, CIPD (Council)
• Development Officer/Webmaster Mr Brian Lomas (Council)
• Editor, Tramway Review Revd. Richard Buckley (Council)
• Librarian Mr Michael Willsher, BSc,MCLIP (Council)
• Area Liaison Officer Mr John Laker, MCIPS (Council)
• Publications Manager Mr John Cadisch (Council)
• Mr Geoffrey Claydon CB, LLB, M.Inst TA, CMILT(Council)
• Mr Jim Harkins FCILT (Council)
• Dr David Walmsley BSc, PhD, MCILT, MIHT (Council)
• Mr Andrew Braddock FCILT (Council)
• Mr Caspar Lucas (Council)

• International News Editor Mr Michael Taplin FCIT, MIMgt
• Home News Editor Mr John Symons DipTP, MRTPI
• Editor, Newsletter Norman Bartlett
• Assistant Development Officer Graham A.Feakins
• Asst. Publicity Officer Mr Fred Andrews
• TLC representatives John S.Laker, Geoff Lusher,
• Transport 2000 Board & Policy Committee Jim Harkins CMILT
• CPT (FTS) David F.Russell (as LRTA Observer)
• UITP representative David F.Russell, Geoff Lusher
• Light Rapid Transit Forum David F.Russell (LRTA rep.), Alan R.Pearce (deputy)

• Asst. Treasurer
• Exhibition Manager

Note: Colours indicate council membership: Red = elected, brown - by reason of post, green = co-opted.

Area and other meetings -

There are details of LRTA (and some associated organisations) meetings on the Meetings page.

Details of current campaigns and of the Association's Area Officers are on the Campaigning page

Details of the editorial and production team of Tramways & Urban Transit are on the Magazine page.