As a young boy Rufus found happiness travelling by rail. He watched and learnt from his mother who was studying for a MA about how the development of the railway started to impact the development of society. It led to the mass migration of people, the redesign of housing layout as places like Liverpool Street station enabled a much more mobile population.
As a rail industry leader today, he reflects on the wider impact of the development of the railway on both urban environments and transformational impact on entire nations.
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