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6th November, 2025
Great British Railways - coming soon
The government has presented legislation to Parliament to create ‘Great British Railways’, claiming that the new law is “paving the way for a simpler, more reliable network, which puts passengers before profits”.
The Railways Bill will create Great British Railways (GBR), which will be a new, publicly-owned company, charged with managing passenger services and rail infrastructure.
The government believes that through being state-owned, GBR will be accountable to passengers, freight customers and the wider public.
Although sections of the railway industry, including freight, are to remain in private ownership, GBR will have overall responsibility for coordinating the railway network.
GBR will have its headquarters in Derby.
The government argues that it will bring coherence to the management of the railway, creating a simpler railway that passengers will find it easier to travel on.
Great British Railways legislation put to Parliament
Great British Railways - coming soon
The government has presented legislation to Parliament to create ‘Great British Railways’, claiming that the new law is “paving the way for a simpler, more reliable network, which puts passengers before profits”.
The Railways Bill will create Great British Railways (GBR), which will be a new, publicly-owned company, charged with managing passenger services and rail infrastructure.
The government believes that through being state-owned, GBR will be accountable to passengers, freight customers and the wider public.
Although sections of the railway industry, including freight, are to remain in private ownership, GBR will have overall responsibility for coordinating the railway network.
GBR will have its headquarters in Derby.
The government argues that it will bring coherence to the management of the railway, creating a simpler railway that passengers will find it easier to travel on.
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Derby’s successful bid to be the home of GBR
GBR will run an app which passengers can use to check train times and to book tickets.
The government sees the Railways Bill as building on its public ownership programme, which has already seen more than half of passenger operators return to state ownership.
Changes contained within the Bill include:
- a stronger passenger watchdog body, with the power to investigate poor service and to require improvements
- reform of fares and ticketing, with tickets still sold at station ticket offices, vending machines and onboard trains, and expansion of successful trials of Pay As You Go and fares
- a requirement that GBR increases the use of rail to carry freight
- more say for the Scottish and Welsh governments, and mayors in England, on how the railway operates in their area.
Measures include expanded eligibility criteria for the Disabled Persons Railcard, more ‘welcome points’ across the railway, more consistent staff training, and improved maintenance of infrastructure that is essential for access, such as lifts and escalators.
The Transport Salaried Staffs Association, a trade union, said that it welcomed the Bill, but wanted to see firm guarantees on jobs, pay and conditions, and that it wanted a more thoroughgoing renationalisation, including bringing freight operations back into public ownership.
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