Matthew Knight

Senior Consultant – Train Planning and Performance

Matthew is an international rail specialist with significant experience across the transport sector. His expertise includes contract management, timetable modelling, rolling stock and workforce planning. Matthew is a licensed, qualified practitioner of Tracsis software, TrainTRACS and TRACSRoster and Oracle Primavera P6 planning software. His career has developed from frontline operational roles to managerial positions at Eurostar and Heathrow Express, with responsibility for leading teams and successfully delivering high-profile projects, including for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. As a consultant, Matthew has provided specialist advice and identified, recommended and implemented strategic solutions to a wide range of companies worldwide to improve both profitability and productivity.

Projects include:

  • Delivering an operationally realistic, tested run time model for a new light rail system in Edmonton, Canada
  • Leading a workstream and delivering key analysis, operational input and business planning for the Department for Transport’s Operator of Last Resort
  • Creating a timetable, rolling stock model and unit diagrams to reflect an extension to the existing light rail network on the Gold Coast in Australia
  • Establishing and leading a new Rapid Action Task Force to delivery key performance improvement initiatives in Wales.