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Govia Thameslink Railway and London Northwestern Railway: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for nationalising (a) London Northwestern Railway and (b) Thameslink.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
12 Feb 2025
Answer
18 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for nationalising (a) London Northwestern Railway and (b) Thameslink.

  2. 12 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The Department announced in December that South Western Railway’s services will be the first to transfer into public ownership in May 2025, followed by c2c’s services in July 2025 and Greater Anglia’s in the autumn. The Department will issue an expiry not...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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