Queue forms to get on board Great British Railways

LTT's special correspondent takes a tongue in cheek look at the vital preparations for the establishment of the new body that will run the nation's trains

28 March 2022

Current and former transport secretaries Grant Shapps and Michael Portillo launch the search for the GBR HQ

Once upon a time the idea of being associated with British Rail would not be most popular thought for politicians. How times seem to have changed!

The leaders of a staggering 42 towns and cities from Dundee to Southampton have submitted bids to become the headquarters of the new Great British Railways (GBR) – the organisation set up by the Government last year to take over the privatised system and re-integrate the railways, own the infrastructure, collect fare revenue, run and plan the...