Question follow-through · 901065
Railways: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made on bringing the rail network into public ownership.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made on bringing the rail network into public ownership.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2026
Answer published
I’m very pleased to tell my Hon Friend that the Government has made significant progress.This year, London Northwestern Railway, which serves my Honourable friend’s constituents, West Midlands Railway and the largest operator, GTR, have come back into pub...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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