Labour commits to return rail to public ownership

25th April 2024 | News

Our pathway to public ownership

We’re delighted to see the Labour Party publish Getting Britain Moving: Labour’s Plan to Fix Britain’s Railways today.

The plan commits Labour to bringing our railways back into public ownership within the next parliamentary term, if they win the next General Election.

‘Our Pathway to Public Ownership‘ graphic above details the contract end dates for the ten franchises which are still privately run – showing that the process should be complete by October 2027.

This will allow time to prepare the legislation necessary to create Great British Railways – the new arm’s length public body which will own, plan and run our railways.