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Commons · Question 87756 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 14 Nov 2025

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Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to the public purse of leasing train carriages per railway operator once the nationalisation programme is complete.

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 14 Nov 2025

Three train operating companies have transferred into public ownership since July 2024, South Western Railway, c2c and Greater Anglia. The leasing arrangements for both c2c and Greater Anglia were novated on their existing terms and it is the intention to...