Adrian Shooter
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Shooter in 2014 | |
| Born | Adrian Shooter 22 November 1948 London, England |
| Died | 13 December 2022 (aged 74) Switzerland |
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| Years active | 1970–2022 |
| Spouses | Diana Crombie
(m. 1970; div. 2002)Barbara Harding (m. 2006) |
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Adrian Shooter CBE FREng FIMechE FCILT (22 November 1948 – 13 December 2022) was a British transport executive.
He is best known for leading the 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.