Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 75050

Railways

Tabled: 4 September 2025

Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Andy McDonald

Labour — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisation is leading strategy for the transfer from (a) the privately owned train operating companies to the Department for Transport Operator (DfTO) and (b) from DfTO to Great British Railways.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The Public Ownership Programme Directorate has been established in the Department to oversee and manage the transfer of passenger services from private ownership into public ownership. DfT is the lead Government Department for the rail sector transformati...

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