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Great British Railways: Standards

Commons · Question 114850 · Tabled 23 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 3 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what empirical evidence her Department relied upon in concluding that public ownership of train operations would improve punctuality and reliability; what modelling has been undertaken on the expected impact of

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 3 Mar 2026

Great British Railways (GBR) will be a directing mind for Britain’s railway. The Impact Assessments for the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill and the Railways Bill set out the rationale for reform. We continue to look at international bes...