Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 82746

Railways

Tabled: 16 October 2025

Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms her Department uses to ensure consistency in (a) data reporting and (b) financial control between Great British Railways and devolved transport bodies.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The creation of Great British Railways (GBR) will bring about changes in the way that rail services are managed, and in the way rail operates as a whole. In its role as the ‘directing mind’, GBR will integrate track and train at a local level to better de...

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