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The Latest Breaking News from Great British Railways

Labour picks trains tsar to drive through railway renationalisation

The transport secretary has picked Laura Shoaf, chief executive of the West Midlands Combined Authority, to run Shadow Great British Railways

The Independent UK

Unions must abandon outdated work practices to fix railways, says Transport Secretary Louise Haigh

Exclusive: The Cabinet minister also vowed to get trains into London running on time

Evening Standard

Stansted airport included in latest roll-out of Contactless train ticketing

45 more stations across South-East will get ‘pay-as-you go’ ticketing from 2025

Evening Standard

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How would Labour’s plan to nationalise the railways work?

Transport secretary Louise Haigh is spearheading Labour’s ambitious plans

The Independent UK

Unions hail UK’s rail renationalisation bills as a return to ‘public service’

Separate measures in king’s speech will allow government to take operators into public ownership while Great British Railways is set up

The Guardian - UK

Very little achieved on rail reforms in Great Britain in past six years, say MPs

Performance across network still poor as delays and cancellations continue, says public accounts committee

The Guardian - UK

Labour should look to Switzerland and Finland for Great British Railways

Letters: Renationalisation must knit together a fragmented regime, says Jonathan Tyler, while David Felton salutes Keir Starmer’s proposal

The Guardian - UK

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Friday briefing: Why Labour just pledged to renationalise the railways – and how it might work

In today’s newsletter: The party suddenly announced an ambitious plan to bring the rail system into public ownership

The Guardian - UK

What is Labour’s plan for rail travel and will it make tickets cheaper?

Party wants to fully nationalise train network within five years of coming to power, in ‘biggest rail reform for a generation’

The Guardian - UK

British railways under Tories are symbol of national decline, says Labour

Party plans to nationalise network and ‘unlock the trapped potential’ of rail to drive economic growth across the country

The Guardian - UK

London commuter belt to benefit from TfL-style 'best-price guarantee' fares under Labour rail plan

‘Bold reforms’ would see most passenger services renationalised within five years under Labour’s ‘Great British Railways’ plan

Evening Standard

Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years of coming to power

Party pledges to bring all passenger rail – but not rolling stock – into public ownership as contracts with train operators expire

The Guardian - UK

Government failing targets to fix UK railway system, watchdog reports

All ‘high level benefit’ targets missed and only three-quarters forecasted to be achieved by 2024/25, according to NAO

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers look to install highly paid boss to spearhead rail reform plan

Salary of new senior post could dwarf DfT pay scales in effort to speed up troubled Great British Railways project

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The Guardian - UK

Could ‘Great British Railways’ finally build up a head of steam?

The government is again trying to create a ‘guiding mind’ for UK train travel – and despite the delays and inertia, almost everyone wants it

The Guardian - UK

Draft rail reform bill published ‘fittingly late’, Labour says

Government legislation for independent Great British Railways has little prospect of becoming law

The Independent UK

Minister admits rail reform legislation ‘unlikely’ before general election

The establishment of Great British Railways, first proposed in May 2021, was included in a draft Rail Reform Bill in last week’s King’s Speech

The Independent UK

Minister admits rail reform legislation ‘unlikely’ before general election

The establishment of Great British Railways, first proposed in May 2021, was included in a draft Rail Reform Bill in last week’s King’s Speech.

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The Independent UK

Draft Bill to create Great British Railways amid fears plan would be axed

It has been two-and-a-half years since proposals to create a new public sector body to manage Britain’s railways were first announced.

Birmingham Post

Great British Railways project to improve UK train services could be watered down

Sources suggest a significantly watered-down version of GBR could be established, without overall control of the railways

The Guardian - UK

The government has had to take over yet another railway – and yet it still balks at full nationalisation

The Conservatives are on a TransPennine Express to nowhere, says the author and podcaster Christian Wolmar

Birmingham Post

Train tech specialist Petards sees revenue and profits fall amid British rail upheaval

But the Gateshead firm said it was well positioned for growth, and even pointed to potential acquisitions coming this year

The Independent UK

As Derby wins the race to host GBR, so much of the railway needs fixing

Train Talk: The bosses of Great British Railways will be confronted with the need to improve every day

Chronicle Live

MP accuses Government of 'giving up on the North' as Newcastle loses to Derby in rail HQ contest

Derby was named on Tuesday at the winning bidder for the Great British Railways base, beating Newcastle, Birmingham, Crewe, Doncaster, and York

The Guardian - UK

Derby confirmed as new HQ of Britain’s rail network

Midlands city chosen to host head office for Great British Railways, beating five other locations

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