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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Neil Lancefield

Second train company nationalised and returned to public ownership

Bringing train operators into public ownership is ‘tackling deep-rooted problems’ with the railways, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said -

A second train operator has been brought under public ownership by the Labour Government, with c2c, which runs services between London Fenchurch Street and south Essex, completing its nationalisation on Sunday.

The company had been controlled by Italy’s state-owned rail firm, Trenitalia, since 2017.

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