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...