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South Western Railway: Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure South Western Railway services remain efficient during the transition to Great British Railways in the Surrey Heath constituency.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
30 May 2025
Target answer date
3 Jun 2025
Answer
9 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure South Western Railway services remain efficient during the transition to Great British Railways in the Surrey Heath constituency.

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    South Western Railway (SWR) services transferred into public ownership on 25 May. This was a watershed moment in our work to return the railways to the service of passengers. The Department will hold the new publicly owned SWR to account through the new s...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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