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

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,

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.