Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 87421

Rolling Stock: Leasing

Tabled: 3 November 2025

Answered: 11 November 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 77156 on Rolling Stock: Leasing, whether any of the train operating companies transferred into public ownership since July 2024 have seen rolling stock leas

Answer

Keir Mather

We are transferring currently franchised services into public ownership as current contracts expire, after they reach their contractual break point or if the contractual right to terminate is met - avoiding the need to pay compensation to the current oper...

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