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UK starts renationalization of rail services
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- 26 May, 2025
- 09:52
The UK government’s renationalization of rail services has started as trains operated by South Western Railway (SWR) were taken into public control, Report informs via itv.com.
The train operator officially came under public ownership at around 2 am (GMT+1) on May 25. The first journey, the 5.36 am from Woking, was partly a rail replacement bus service due to engineering works.
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, who travelled on the first renationalised departure from London Waterloo, said it was “a new dawn for our railways”.
SWR was previously owned by FirstGroup and MTR Corporation, but is now the responsibility of DfT (Department for Transport) Operator.
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