The chair of this body, Laura Shoaf, was also invited to answer MPs’ questions. “If you were going to design a rail system, you would not design it from here,” she said. “This is where we ...

Laura Shoaf, Chair of Shadow Great British Railways, and the chief executive of the West Midlands Combined Authority, having previously been MD of Transport for West Midlands, said: “GBR will ...

Neither would I be in their position. Laura Shoaf, chair of Shadow Great British Railways (GBR), which is destined to take overall charge of the network – its trains, tracks as well as passenger ...