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'''Adrian Shooter''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|FREng|FIMechE|FCILT}} (22 November 1948 – 13 December 2022) was a British transport executive.
He is best known for leading the [[privatisation of British Rail|newly privatised]] [[Chiltern Railways]] between 1996 and 2011, and for founding the [[Vivarail]] engineering company in 2012. A lifelong railway enthusiast, he had many other involvements with railways, both commercial and preserved, including the [[Ffestiniog Railway]], the [[Darjeeling Himalayan Railway]] and his own [[Beeches Light Railway]].
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[[File:Adrian Shooter statue beside platform 1 at ((Marylebone station)).jpg|thumb|right|Adrian Shooter bust beside platform 1 at [[Marylebone station]]]]
Shooter joined [[British Rail]] in 1970 as a management trainee. He became maintenance engineer at [[Bletchley TMD|Bletchley]] in the mid-1970s, then depot manager at [[Heaton TMD|Heaton]], then moved to [[Carlisle]] as area maintenance engineer. He worked on expansion projects at [[Bournemouth Train & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot|Bournemouth]] and [[Selhurst TMD|Selhurst]], before becoming area manager at [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras]], then was involved in the establishment of [[Red Star Parcels]] and [[Rail Express Systems]], before joining [[Chiltern Railways]] in April 1994.<ref>Fact panel: Adrian Shooter ''[[Rail (magazine)|Rail]]'' issue 324 11 February 1998 page 29</ref>{{clarification needed|reason=Accourding to our article on Chiltern Railways, as linked here, it is "a British train operating company that has operated the Chiltern Railways franchise since July 1996". So either CR was doing something different in 1994, in which case our our article on them needs updating, or AS joined an organisation 2 years before it existed, in which case this article needs updating|date=January 2023}}
During the [[privatisation of British Rail]] he headed up the M40 Trains [[management buyout]] consortium that was awarded the Chiltern Railways franchise. Shooter was the first managing director of that franchise in 1996, and went on to become its chairman. In early 1999 three managers of Chiltern Railways, Shooter, Alex Turner and Owen Edgington, sold their controlling stake in Chiltern to [[John Laing Group]] for {{nowrap|£1.5 million}}.<ref name="times-19990310">{{cite
Shooter had introduced the use of [[driving simulator]]s for training Chiltern Railways' [[train driver]]s.<ref name="smith-20220313">{{cite web|url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/03/book-review-chiltern-railways-the-inside-story-by-adrian-shooter.html|title=Book Review: Chiltern Railways – The Inside Story by Adrian Shooter|first=Roger|last=Smith|date=13 March 2022|access-date=16 December 2022|work=Rail Advent|department=book review|quote=anecdotes are the difficulties of working with bodies such as the [[Office of Passenger Rail Franchising|Office of Rail Franchising]], [[Strategic Rail Authority]], and [[Network Rail]]. … every train was to be washed every day … use of simulators as part of their drive to improve driver training}}</ref> During his time at Chiltern he is credited with the doubling of its passenger numbers through innovation and investment in the ambitious development of train services and infrastructure,<ref>MBO preferred for Chiltern ''[[Rail Business Intelligence|Rail Privatisation News]]'' issue 32 13 June 1996 page 1</ref><ref name=rbdobit>{{cite web|last1=Longhorn|first1=Danny|title=Tributes to railway pioneer Adrian Shooter CBE|url=https://news.railbusinessdaily.com/tributes-to-railway-pioneer-adrian-shooter-cbe/|website=RailBusinessDaily|access-date=14 December 2022|date=14 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/press-statement-adrian-shooter|title=Press statement from Adrian Shooter|date=19 June 2010|access-date=25 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132744/http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/press-statement-adrian-shooter|archive-date=28 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/adrian-shooter-retire-chiltern-railways-3919217|title=Adrian Shooter to retire as Chiltern Railways chairman|date=1 July 2011|access-date=25 February 2014|first=Graeme|last=Brown|work=[[Birmingham Post]]}}</ref> and overseeing "the strongest growth record of any rail business in Europe".<ref name="hall-iod-20190612"/> In November 2016 Shooter delivered the annual railway lecture to the [[Institution of Engineering and Technology]] on "Innovation and Realism".<ref name="iet-innovation-and-realism-2016">{{cite web|url=https://engx.theiet.org/b/blogs/posts/innovation-and-realism|title=Innovation and Realism|first=Clive|last=Kessell|editor-first=Lynsay|editor-last=Callaghan|work=EngX|date=6 January 2017|access-date=16 December 2022|publisher=[[Institution of Engineering & Technology]]}}</ref> Shooter was a director of the [[Rail Delivery Group|Association of Train Operating Companies]] (ATOC) between 2001 and 2011. He chaired the organisation in 2007.<ref name="shirres-20210520">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.modernrailways.com/article/selling-electrification|title=Selling electrification|magazine=[[Modern Railways]]|date=20 May 2021|access-date=16 December 2022|first=David|last=Shirres|quote=in 2007 [[Iain Coucher]], [[Network Rail]]'s Chief Executive, and Adrian Shooter, Chairman of the Association of Train Operating Companies, sent a three-page letter to the [[Department of Transport]] which strongly argued [[List of proposed railway electrification routes in Great Britain|the case for electrification]].}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03069033|title=ATOC Limited|website=Companies House|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref><!--add RSSB: 2013--2011-->
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Shooter was a fellow of the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]], the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] and of the [[Chartered Institute of Transport]].<ref name="plisner">{{cite web|url=http://www.railpro.co.uk/magazine/?idArticles=1260|title=Rail Professional interview: Adrian Shooter|work=Rail Professional|date=February 2012|first=Peter|last=Plisner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123075001/http://www.railpro.co.uk/magazine/?idArticles=1260|archive-date=23 January 2012}}</ref> He was chairman of the West Midlands and Oxfordshire region of the [[Confederation of British Industry]], chairman of Bicester Vision, director of [[Wabtec]], and was chair of the Oxfordshire [[Local Enterprise Partnership]] for three-and-a-half years until late-2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insidermedia.com/news/midlands/43877-|title=Shooter fired up for CBI role|date=9 December 2010|department=Business|work=[[Business Insider]]|publisher=[[Insider Inc.|Newsco Insider]]|quote=Chiltern Railways chairman Adrian Shooter is the new West Midlands vice-chairman of the CBI. He will take up the year-long appointment in December before becoming regional chairman in 2011. … Chairman of [[Arriva UK Trains|DB Regio UK]] which owned [[Chiltern Railways]], DB [[Tyne & Wear Metro]], 50 per cent of [[London Overground Rail Operations]] and [[Wrexham & Shropshire]]. He is also a non-executive director of the [[Rail Safety & Standards Board]].}}</ref><ref name="lep">{{cite web|title=Adrian Shooter CBE – Chairman|url=https://www.oxfordshirelep.com/cms/content/people|website=www.oxfordshirelep.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301081005/http://www.oxfordshirelep.org.uk/cms/content/people|archive-date=1 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="archer-20151102">{{cite news|url=http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/13927464.Driver_of_economic_development_hands_wheel_over_after_successful_three_years/|title=Driver of economic development hands wheel over after successful three years|work=The Oxford Times|first=Megan|last=Archer|date=2 November 2015|access-date=13 January 2016|quote=chairman of Oxfordshire's Local Enterprise Partnership has stepped down after a "successful" three-and-a-half years.}}</ref> In mid-2011, Shooter had joined the advisory board of the [[National Railway Museum]].<ref name="smg-fy-2011-2012-report">{{cite report|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229181/0382.pdf|title=6.1.6 Membership of advisory boards, Trustee subcommittees and subsidiary company boards|work=Science Museum Group Annual Report and Accounts 2011−12|publisher=[[Science Museum Group]]. [[The Stationery Office]]|location=London|date=2012-07-11|access-date=2022-12-28|isbn=9780102975772|quote=National Railway Museum Advisory Board … Mr Adrian Shooter CBE – from 23.08.11}}</ref>
In 2012, Shooter founded [[Vivarail]], a company purchasing [[London Underground D78 Stock]] and [[upcycle|rebuilding]] them into the [[Vivarail D-Train]] family, including diesel [[British Rail Class 230|class 230s]] and third-rail electric [[British Rail Class 484|class 484s]].<ref name=rbdobit/><ref>{{cite web|first1=Sam|last1=McCaffrey|title='Why not do some re-engineering?' Adrian Shooter on the Vivarail D-Train|url=http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/why-not-do-some-re-engineering-adrian-shooter-on-the-vivarail-d-train|publisher=railtechnologymagazine.com|access-date=24 January 2015|date=23 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vivarail.co.uk/about-vivarail/|title=About Vivarail|website=[[Vivarail]]|language=en-GB|access-date=12 January 2019}}</ref> During the [[2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] (COP26) short demonstration trips with a prototype pure-battery D-Train were organised from [[Glasgow Central station]] with Shooter and [[Henry Posner III]] of [[Railroad Development Corporation]] (RDC) on board.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.railengineer.co.uk/trains-on-show-at-cop26/|title=Trains on show at COP26|magazine=Rail Engineer|publisher=Rail Staff|first=David|last=Shirres|date=23 December 2021|access-date=23 July 2022|quote=Departing from Glasgow Central station … The three-car unit concerned, 230 001, was the prototype diesel unit … On board, Vivarail's founder, Adrian Shooter, advised that the unit had been re-engineered as a battery-only train, with each coach having two 70kWh battery packs … Also on the train was [[Henry Posner III|Henry Posner]] whose [[Railroad Development Corporation]] (RDC) ordered a two-car, class 230 unit which is now running trips to demonstrate RDC's pop-up metro concept.}}</ref>
In 2013 Shooter became chairman of [[Churnet Valley Railway]], and a vice-president of [[Railfuture]] along with [[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis|Andrew Adonis]], [[Chris Green (railway manager)|Chris Green]], [[Roger Ford (journalist)|Roger Ford]] and Barry Doe.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.railfuture.org.uk/dl528|title=Railfuture West Midlands Newsletter 126|magazine=Railfuture West Midlands|publisher=[[Railfuture]] West Midlands|date=March 2013|issue=126|first1=Jerry|last1=Alderson|pages=2, 8|quote=five 'big hitters' to become vice presidents of Railfuture: [[Andrew Adonis|Lord Adonis]], Adrian Shooter, [[Chris Green (railway manager)|Chris Green]], [[Roger Ford (journalist)|Roger Ford]] and Barry Doe. … In May 2012 … Adrian Shooter CBE (who is a Railfuture vice president) became [[Moorland and City Railways|MCR]] chairman.|access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref> Shooter was a director of [[Vintage Trains]] from 2018 until 2020.<ref>Vintage Trains outlines its future as a Train Operator ''[[Railways Illustrated]]'' issue 189 November 2018 page 13</ref><ref>Changes at Vintage Trains ''Rail'' issue 897 29 January 2020 page 23</ref>
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By early 2022, Shooter had been diagnosed with [[motor neuron disease]] but planned to continue driving his Darjeeling steam locomotive for as long as possible. In March, he visited [[Siliguri]] and [[Darjeeling]] in India in his role of president of the UK-based [[Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-oxfordshire-61038483|work=BBC News|title=Motor neuron disease will not stop steam train driver|date=8 April 2022|access-date=20 June 2022|first=Paul|last=Clifton}}</ref><ref name="dhrs-20221214-final-words">{{cite web|url=https://www.dhrs.org/|website=Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society|first=Adrian|last=Shooter|title=Adrian Shooter CBE 1948‒2022|type=final words|date=14 December 2022|quote=By the time you read this…}}</ref>
Adrian Shooter died on 13 December 2022, at age 74.<ref name=rbdobit/><ref name=telindia/><ref>{{cite web|title=Tributes paid to former Chiltern Railways CEO Adrian Shooter|url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/tributes-paid-to-former-chiltern-railways-ceo-adrian-shooter/63162.article|website=[[Railway Gazette International]]|access-date=14 December 2022|date=14 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2022/12/15-industry-mourns-death-of-adrian.html|title=Industry mourns death of Adrian Shooter|work=[[Railnews]]|date=15 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="osullivan-20231222">{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/day-husband-helped-to-die-2818619|title=The day my husband was helped to die|first=Sadhbh|last=O'Sullivan|newspaper=[[i (newspaper)]]|date=2023-12-22|access-date=2024-01-22|quote=contacted a Swiss voluntary-assisted dying organisation called [[Pegasos Swiss Association|Pegasos]].}}</ref> In a statement written by him and released by his wife after his death, he described how his symptoms had rapidly worsened, and said that "by the time you read this I shall have gone peacefully to sleep in a clinic in Switzerland".<ref name="dhrs-20221214-final-words"/><ref name=telindia>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/darjeeling-himalayan-railway-enthusiast-adrian-shooter-passes-away/cid/1903949|title=Darjeeling Himalayan Railway enthusiast Adrian passes away|date=15 December 2022|work=[[The Telegraph (India)]]|first=Avijit|last=Sinha}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-22 |title=Adrian Shooter obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/22/adrian-shooter-obituary |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> {{As of|2022|12|alt=By late-December 2022}} Shooter's memorial service had been planned to be held near [[Henley-on-Thames]] on 7 January 2023 at the [[Fawley Hill Railway]] museum, created by the late [[Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet|Sir William McAlpine]].<ref name="shooter-memorial-service">{{cite web|url=https://adrianshooter.muchloved.com/Fundraising/Events/660678024|title=Memorial service for Adrian|first=Barbara|last=Shooter|access-date=2022-12-27|quote=7 January 2023 at [[Fawley Hill Railway]], [[Henley-on-Thames]] … by kind permission of Lady Judy McAlpine.}}</ref>
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* {{cite magazine|magazine=[[The Railway Magazine]]|date=2023-01-03|title=Obituary: Adrian Shooter}}
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==External links==
* {{cite web|url=https://adrianshooter.muchloved.com/|title=Tribute to Adrian Shooter CBE, 1948‒2022|first=Barbara|last=Shooter|quote=Please support the wonderful [[Motor Neurone Disease Association|MND Association]]}}
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