West Midlands Trains: Nationalisation
Commons · Question 5937 · Tabled 2 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the total cost of transferring West Midlands Trains into public ownership, including legal, consultancy, procurement, and transition management costs; what estimate she
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 15 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. The transfer of West Midlands Trains’ services into public ownership is expected to reduce the Governme...