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First actions from Alexander focus on progress on public rail ownership

Deniz Huseyin
18 December 2024
Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander

 

Renationalising train operators should reduce cancellations and late trains but may not result in cheaper rail fares, new Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has said in her first policy-statement since taking over from Louise Haigh.

She added: “We’ve had private train-operating companies running train services in this country over the last few decades, and it clearly hasn’t worked.”

Bringing the operators into public ownership was a “first step” to a...

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