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Bring Rail Services into Public Ownership

Keir StarmerLabourPrime Minister

Labour pledged to bring passenger rail services into public ownership as contracts expired. It also pledged to create Great British Railways as a unified body to oversee rail infrastructure and services.

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Labour pledged to bring passenger rail services into public ownership as contracts expired. It also pledged to create Great British Railways as a unified body to oversee rail infrastructure and services.

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2024-11-28: Passenger Railway Services Public Ownership Act received Royal Assent.

2025-05-25: South Western Railway became the first operator transferred into public ownership under the programme. 2026-02-01: c2c, Greater Anglia and West Midlands Trains had also transferred. 2027-end: Government expected the transfer programme to complete by the end of 2027.

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