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 is 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 Commerical & Finance Manager and the Leadership Team which consists of Managers, some of which are also Directors of either the Company or the Charity. The Leadership Team meets on a monthly basis, meetings are chaired by the Commercial & Finance Manager.  

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, detailed in the Charity's Articles of Association. 

To contact any member of our team you can do so by email. Email addresses' are simply forename.surname@spavalleyrailway.co.uk. For all general enquiries please direct them to ticket.office@spavalleyrailway.co.uk. 

The Leadership Team

• Commercial & Finance Manager – Jonnie Pay 
• Carriage & Wagon Manager – Jon Nye
• Catering Manager – Vacant
• Dining Trains Manager – Stuart Elvery
• Operations Manager – Chris Hobden
• 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 – Stuart Pay

Finance of Wealden Railway Company Limited

• Accounting: Tunbridge Wells Bookkeeping
• Accountants: Swindells
• Payments & Banking: Jonnie Pay (finance@spavalleyrailway.co.uk)

Finance Sub-Committee

• Jonnie Pay
• David Cross
• Jon Nye
• Tunbridge Wells Bookkeeping Accountant

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 – David Cross

Trustees & Directors of the Society:

• David Cross
• Matt Dives
• Mark Dodd
• Jon Nye

Other Responsible Persons

• Deputy Operations Manager – Steffan Owens (operations@spavalleyrailway.co.uk)
• Document Control – Peter Reed
• Electrician – Mike Thorne
• Signalling Project Manger – Jim Dodd
• Shop Manager – Chris Nye
• Workshop Manager – Darren Skinner
• Fire Safety Officer – Chris Lepper
• Volunteer Liaison – Paul Compton (volunteering@spavalleyrailway.co.uk)
• Membership Secretary – Steve Goodsell (membership@spavalleyrailway.co.uk)
• HOPS Spa Valley Railway Admin – Charlie Ralph
• Starter Magazine Editor – Richard Sharpe
• e-newsletter – Mark Dodd - (e-newsletter@spavalleyrailway.co.uk)
• Online Shop – Steffan Owens

Roster Clerks

Diesel/Operations Dept.

• Steffan Owens

Steam Dept.

• Alex Knight

Guards & TTI Dept.

• Will Salmon

Dining Trains 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'
• Colonel Tomline Owners Group – Owners of Spa Valley Railway based Class 10 D3489 'Colonel Tomline'
• Class 73 Owners Group – Owners of Spa Valley Railway based Class 73/1 73140
• 1497 Owners Group – Owners of Spa Valley Railway based Class 421 3CIG 1497
• 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' and Austerity 'Norman'.