Andrew Williams has been appointed c2c’s new Olympics Project Manager.
He will be liaising with Network Rail, Transport for London, ODA, LOCOG and the British Transport Police as c2c prepares for the London Olympics. c2c serves West Ham station, which is one of the official gateways to the Olympic Park and Excel venues for the Games.
c2c’s Leigh-on-Sea station is the official station for those arriving by rail for the BMX events at Hadleigh. Andrew joined the railway as part of the National Express Graduate Training Scheme in 2008.
He worked for National Express East Anglia and spent 8 months as a c2c Assistant Group Station Manager.
At the conclusion of the scheme he took up a permanent position as Duty Station Manager for NXEA at Stratford, before moving to Chiltern Railways as Performance Planning and Project Manager.
Says Julian Drury, c2c’s Managing Director, ‘The London Games are extremely important for c2c and our customers and Andy will be working in partnership with the c2c team and our stakeholders to ensure that everyone travelling by train on our network during Games time has an enjoyable experience.’
