Who's Who at the Spa Valley Railway

The Spa Valley Railway is the Trading Name of the Wealden Railway Company Limited (1936470), a Private Limited Company incorporated on 6^th August 1985; its registered office is West Station, Nevill Terrace, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

The Spa Valley Railway is owned and operated by the Wealden Railway Co. Ltd, which is responsible for the day-to-day running of the railway. The Wealden Railway Co. Ltd is owned by shareholders, the majority shareholder being the Tunbridge Wells & Eridge Railway Preservation Society, a Private Limited Company (2129019), incorporated on 7^th May 1987 and a registered Charity No. 1039493. 

The day-to-day management of the Spa Valley Railway is undertaken by the General Manager and the Leadership Team which consists of Managers, some of whom are also Directors of either the Company or the Charity. The Leadership Team meets on a monthly basis; the General Manager chairs these meetings.

The Tunbridge Wells & Eridge Railway Preservation Society and its Trustees exist to preserve the line between Tunbridge Wells West & Eridge, ensuring that the charitable objectives of the Society are met, as detailed in the Charity's Articles of Association. 

You can contact any member of the team by email. Email addresses are forename.surname@spavalleyrailway.co.uk. For all general enquiries, please use our Contact Us page.

The Leadership Team

• General Manager – Jonnie Pay 
• Carriage & Wagon Manager – Jon Nye
• Catering Manager – Vacant
• Civil Engineering Manager – Alan Cudlipp
• Dining Trains Manager – Stuart Elvery
• Events Manager – Laura Portanier
• Operations Manager – Chris Hobden
• Deputy Operations Manager – Steffan Owens
• Marketing & PR Manager – Caroline Edmunds
• Permanent Way Manager – Chris Hobden
• Safety & Standards Manager – Louis Lombert
• Signalling Engineering Manager – Jonnie Pay
• Steam Locomotive Manager – Matt Dives
• Telecoms Manager – Mark Patrick
• Meeting Secretary – Jeff Horsman

Finance of Wealden Railway Company Limited

• Accounting: MD Accountancy Team Limited
• Accountants: Swindells
• Payments & Banking: Jonnie Pay (finance@spavalleyrailway.co.uk)

Marketing & PR

• Pennington PR caroline@penningtonpr.com

Wealden Railway Company Ltd - Company Registered No.1936470

Directors:

• Jon Nye
• Jonnie Pay
• Stuart Pay
• Chris Hobden
• Steffan Owens

Tunbridge Wells and Eridge Railway Preservation Society Ltd
Charity registered no. 1039493/Company registered No. 2129019

• Chairman – Jon Nye
• Treasurer – Vacant

Trustees & Directors of the Society:

• Chris Kilpatrick
• Matt Dives
• Mark Dodd
• Jon Nye
• Tim Veacock

Other Responsible Persons

• Document Control – Peter Reed
• Signalling Project Manger – Jim Dodd
• Shop Manager – Chris Nye
• Workshop Manager – Darren Skinner
• Membership Secretary – Steve Goodsell (membership@spavalleyrailway.co.uk)
• HOPS Spa Valley Railway Admin – Charlie Ralph
• Starter Magazine Editor – Richard Sharpe

Roster Clerks

Diesel/Operations Dept.

• Steffan Owens

Steam Dept.

• Alex Knight

Guards & TTI Dept.

• Will Salmon

Dining Trains & Catering Dep.

• Mark Tickner

Signalman & Forge Farm Crossing Dept.

• Tom Waghorn

Tunbridge Wells West Station Staff

• Martin Lewis

Groombridge Station Staff

• Peter Gilbert

Eridge Station Staff

• Brian Halford

Administrative Team

• Jonnie Pay (Customer Service, Website, Finance)
• Mark Tickner (Customer Service, Website)
• Mark Dodd (Customer Service, Website, IT & Office365 Support)
• Steffan Owens (Operations)

Groups Associated with the Spa Valley Railway

• South East Locomotive Group - Owners of Spa Valley Railway based Class 33/0 33063 'R. J. Mitchell' and Class 33/0 33065 'Sealion'
• Class 73 Owners Group – Owners of Spa Valley Railway based Class 73/1 73140
• Hunslet Newstead 'The Lost Engine' – Group restoring Hunslet No. 1589 'Newstead' 
• Southern Locomotives Limited – Owners of Spa Valley Railway based Bulleid Pacific No. 34053 'Sir Keith Park'