South West Rail to be nationalised in 2025
South Western Railways’ services will be the first to transfer into public ownership next year, the transport secretary has said.
The move will see services across a wide area of southern England and East Anglia come back into public control by autumn 2025.
It will be followed by the London to Essex route c2c in July and east coast operator Greater Anglia in autumn.
It hopes £150m will be saved by passenger fares going to services rather than company shareholders.
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