Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 900490
Railways: Nationalisation
Tabled: 12 September 2024
Answered: 10 October 2024
Named DayQuestion
Luke Taylor
Liberal Democrat — Sutton and Cheam
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the timeframe within which the renationalisation of rail franchises will result in improvements to rail services.
Answer
Simon LightwoodPublic ownership will end the failed franchising system, allowing operators to serve the interests of passengers, not shareholders. The failures of the past three decades cannot be fixed overnight, and bringing train operations into public ownership is on...
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