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Question follow-through · 17895

South Western Railway: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost of nationalising South Western Railway.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
9 Dec 2024
Answer
9 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost of nationalising South Western Railway.

  2. 9 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The exact costs associated with the transfer of a train operator’s services cannot be determined with any certainty at this stage. Each operator will have their own circumstances that need to be addressed to enable a successful transfer. The process to tr...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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