Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 68893

Great British Railways

Tabled: 17 July 2025
Answered: 25 July 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to establish Great British Railways, following the disbandment of the Great British Railways Transition Team in March 2025.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act was the first step towards fixing our railways, enabling the majority of services to be owned by and run for the public, but we need further fundamental reform to fix the underlying structural problems...

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