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Railways: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has prepared improvement action plans for rail franchises due to be brought back into public ownership.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
18 Dec 2024
Answer
20 Dec 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has prepared improvement action plans for rail franchises due to be brought back into public ownership.

  2. 18 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    There will be no immediate changes to the specifications of services at the point of transfer. All operators will continue to go through an annual planning process with the Department to agree plans for changes to service specifications, performance impro...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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