Oral QuestionDepartment for Transport

What steps she is taking to improve passenger rail services.

Tabled: 4 June 2026Answered: 11 June 2026

Asked by

Jeff Smith

LabourManchester Withington

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Transport

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Keir Mather)

Great British Railways will create a railway run by the people for the people, turning the tide on a decade of decline under the previous Government. Eighty per cent of the rail journeys that will ultimately be run by GBR are now being run by publicly owned operators, and we are already seeing more reliable services as a result.