Tim O'Toole (businessman)

Tim O'Toole CBE JD
Born	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Residence	Philadelphia and Aberdeen, Scotland
Nationality	American
Alma mater	La Salle University, University of Pittsburgh
Occupation	Transport sector business executive
Years active	1987-present
Employer	Conrail: (1987-2002) London Underground: (2002-2009) FirstGroup: (2010-present)
Home town	Philadelphia
Board member of	FirstGroup, CRR Holdings, CSX Transportation
Spouse(s)	Patricia
Children	Charlie, Elizabeth
Website	Biography at FirstGroup

Tim O'Toole CBE JD is an American businessman, the current Chief Executive of Scottish-headquartered global transport company, FirstGroup.

Born in Pittsburgh, one grandfather was an assistant general manager on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, while the other was a trolley car driver. After studying law at La Salle University, Philadelphia, he attended law school at the University of Pittsburgh.

After training as a lawyer, he joined Conrail in 1987 as a Vice President in the legal department, preferring to spend his working days in the train depot at Stanley Yard in Walbridge, Ohio, the primary classification yard for Toledo. After serving as Senior Vice President of Law and Government Affairs at subsidiary Consolidated Rail Corporation, he served as Group Vice President and General Counsel from May 1989 to April 1994. Moving into finance and accounting, O'Toole served as Senior Vice President from April 1996.

From 1997, competitors CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) had been in a takeover battle for Conrail. However, under an agreement with the Surface Transportation Board, Norfolk Southern acquired 58 percent of Conrail's assets, including roughly 6,000 Conrail route miles; and CSX received 42 percent of Conrail's assets, including about 3,600 route miles.

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