{"id":17898,"date":"2024-12-05T07:40:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T07:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/south-west\/?p=17898"},"modified":"2024-12-05T07:40:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T07:40:53","slug":"south-west-rail-to-be-nationalised-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/south-west\/news\/17898-south-west-rail-to-be-nationalised-in-2025","title":{"rendered":"South West Rail to be nationalised in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Western Railways\u2019 services will be the first to transfer into public ownership next year, the transport secretary has said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The move will see services across a wide area of southern England and East Anglia come back into public control by autumn 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will be followed by the London to Essex route c2c in July and east coast operator Greater Anglia in autumn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It hopes \u00a3150m will be saved by passenger fares going to services rather than company shareholders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eventually, all companies will come under the control of a new state-owned company called Great British Railways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In total, there are 28 British rail operators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transport secretary Heidi Alexander said: &#8220;Starting with journeys on South Western Railways, we\u2019re switching tracks by bringing services back under public control to create a reliable rail network that puts customers first.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexander did not say rail fares would come down under nationalisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Railway Industry Association chief executive Darren Caplan said: &#8220;Today\u2019s announcement is an important milestone on the journey to a restructured railway. 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