Re: Gordon Pettitt 12/04/34 - 31/03/25 Posted by Mark A at 09:47, 4th April 2025 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
It's worth spending time with his book "The Regional Railways Story". (If no second hand copy, public libraries will help you lay hands on one). It's a loss to the travelling public that privatisation put his arc of progress on inter-regional services into reverse.
Mark

Re: Gordon Pettitt 12/04/34 - 31/03/25 Posted by Clan Line at 08:41, 4th April 2025 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Very large obituary in today's Telegraph.
Re: Gordon Pettitt 12/04/34 - 31/03/25 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 21:56, 3rd April 2025 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sadly, we don't have details about Gordon Pettitt here on the Coffee Shop forum, but I do commend this - on another railway forum: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/gordon-pettitt-1934-2025.284185/
CfN.

Re: Gordon Pettitt 12/04/34 - 31/03/25 Posted by ChrisB at 21:30, 3rd April 2025 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
There are some great tributes on Twitter/X
Gordon Pettitt 12/04/34 - 31/03/25 Posted by Mark A at 21:27, 3rd April 2025 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I loved his vision for Regional Railways. The rail system is the poorer for it (and him) being no longer with us. Thoughts with his family.
Mark