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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Ian Jones

What proportion of rail services will be in public hands by the end of 2025?

Greater Anglia is one of three rail operating companies that will be renationalised in 2025 (Nick Ansell/PA) - (PA Archive)

Labour’s first wave of rail renationalisation means that by the end of 2025, about four in 10 journeys on Britain’s trains are likely to be on services that are publicly-owned.

At present, nearly a quarter of passenger journeys across the country are on services run by companies that are in public hands.

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