Minister heralds ‘new dawn’ on railways as renationalisation programme begins
Decades of “waste and bureaucracy” are being ended on Britain’s railways, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander declared, as a renationalisation programme begins. Services previously run by South Western Railway (SWR) are the first to be brought under public control by the Labour Government on Sunday. They are now the responsibility of DfT (Department for Transport) Operator. All other services run by private companies will be renationalised as contracts reach the end […]
