Commonwealth Ambition

MALCOLM HOLMES, Executive Director at West Midlands Rail Executive, and DENISE WETTON, Central Route Director at Network Rail, tell PHILIP SHERRATT how this summer’s Commonwealth Games will be a major milestone in the region’s post-Covid recovery

'The world will be watching us’ says Network Rail’s Central Route Director Denise Wetton of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, which will be held in Birmingham from 28 July to 8 August. ‘The Olympics last year in Tokyo were held behind closed doors, so this is the first big international event since Covid to welcome spectators.’

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