Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 901065

Railways: Nationalisation

Tabled: 9 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Andrew Cooper

LabourMid Cheshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made on bringing the rail network into public ownership.

Answer

Keir Mather
I’m very pleased to tell my Hon Friend that the Government has made significant progress.This year, London Northwestern Railway, which serves my Honourable friend’s constituents, West Midlands Railway and the largest operator, GTR, have come back into pub...

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