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The Guardian // Politics

Will Labour’s shake-up really fix Great Britain’s ailing railways?

Monday 19th May 2025, 2:00PM

As South Western becomes the latest operator to be renationalised, there are questions about whether the changes will lead to lower faresAt the rarely experienced hour of 6.14am on Sunday, the first train to carry the Great British Railways branding will make its way out of London Waterloo to Shepperton: traversing the Surrey commuter belt emblazoned with a red, white and blue GBR logo, and proudly renationalised to boot.The next train with the planned state body’s branding may be some years behind it. But the Labour government hopes to grab the moment to demonstrate to an increasingly impatient electorate that the wheels of change – in rail at least – are finally turning. Continue reading...

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