Railways: Nationalisation
2026-06-09 · Department for Transport · 8691 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the annual net cost to the public purse of operating passenger rail services under public ownership inclusive of inherited operational liabilities and the annual allocat
Answer
For 2026-27, for the 8 Train Operating Companies that were publicly owned at 31/3/26, the contracted annual net subsidy was for £1.5bn. This includes their collective contribution to the British Transport Police for 2026-27 of £71m. Since the start of the...