South Western Railway to be renationalised by Labour

[caravanman]

South Western Railway will be the first rail operator renationalised by the Labour government after it passed a law last week.

Labour has pledged to renationalise rail services as operator franchises come to an end, and South Western's contract finishes in May 2025.

Edit: More firms added to the list: South Western Railways will be renationalised in May 2025, C2C in July 2025, and Greater Anglia in autumn 2025, the transport department has confirmed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqlnrgjr79o

 

[Metra Electric Rider]

Although the Elizabeth Line is being farmed out to the Tokyo Metro (currently run by the Hong Kong MTA interestingly).

 

[caravanman]

Although the Elizabeth Line is being farmed out to the Tokyo Metro (currently run by the Hong Kong MTA interestingly).

I am not too well up on the London area these days, I need to get back to my roots for a refresh!

London Transport was one large organisation in public ownership, which ran the bus and Underground networks. There was some political shenanigans I think at some point where the GLC, Greater London Council, was broken up by the Conservative government, and TfL Transport for London replaced London Transport. TfL run the Elizabeth Line and are separate from the National rail operators, which are the ones being renationalised.

I wonder if the Elizabeth Line will have staff pushing commuters onto the trains, like in Japan?

 

[BlackDiamond]

South Western Railway will be the first rail operator renationalised by the Labour government after it passed a law last week.

Labour has pledged to renationalise rail services as operator franchises come to an end, and South Western's contract finishes in May 2025.

Edit: More firms added to the list: South Western Railways will be renationalised in May 2025, C2C in July 2025, and Greater Anglia in autumn 2025, the transport department has confirmed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqlnrgjr79o

Of course there are already several rail operations run by the government as Operator of Last Resort, such as LNER. The difference here is the government taking over franchises as they come up for renewal, rather than waiting for them to fail.