Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 82735

Great British Railways: Cost Effectiveness

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of projected administrative savings from consolidating train operating companies under Great British Railways.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Government expects to make efficiencies and savings through public ownership of rail services and from rail reform with the creation of Great British Railways. This means that the rail passenger services subsidy will reduce over the period covered by ...
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