Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 82737

Train Operating Companies: Nationalisation

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of private operator exit arrangements during the transition to Great British Railways.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The process to close National Rail Contracts is set out in the contract themselves which are published on the gov.uk website. The process ensures value for money for the taxpayer is protected from the outgoing operator as the balance sheets are unwound an...
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