Greater Thameslink Railway: Nationalisation
Commons · Question 4594 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what independent economic assessment has been made of the cost to the Exchequer of transferring the operations of Govia Thameslink Railways into public ownership compared with retaining the existing contractual
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 8 Jun 2026
Since the start of the pandemic, the net costs of operating franchised passenger services have been borne by taxpayers, not by private train operators. Therefore, the transfer of Govia Thameslink Railways (GTR) services into public ownership is not expect...