RAIL passengers on South Western Railway will be the first to experience Labour’s sweeping renationalisation plans. The new Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has named the operator as the first

SWR will come under state ownership in May, followed by C2C and Greater Anglia in July and autumn 2025, respectively.

Labour will take South Western Railway under public control next spring, marking the first step in Sir Keir Starmer’s sweeping plan to reverse 30 years of privatisation.