{"id":713828,"date":"2026-07-27T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/713828\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:00:13","slug":"emr-boss-to-leave-role-amid-ongoing-train-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/713828\/","title":{"rendered":"EMR boss to leave role amid ongoing train problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rogers joined EMR in January 2020. He guided the business through multiple lockdowns, retirement of the high-speed trains, refurbishment of all fleets and the introduction of the Aurora trains, said Transport UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He also led EMR in responding to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/clye9j58dkjo\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> fatal train crash<\/a> near Bedford  on 19 June. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dominic Booth, Transport UK CEO, said: &#8220;He has been instrumental in delivering exceptional service to our customers and has embodied the Transport UK delivery-first mentality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;In recent weeks, Will has also given his all in responding to the tragic incident at Bedford South. I would like to thank Will for all his efforts and wish him the best in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rogers said: &#8220;I am sad to say goodbye to a business and to colleagues who have meant so much to me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I have been incredibly fortunate to work alongside such talented, committed and caring people, and I will always be grateful for the experiences, friendships and memories we&#8217;ve shared.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rogers joined EMR in January 2020. He guided the business through multiple lockdowns, retirement of the high-speed trains,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-713828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}