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Alexander majors on rail plans in Labour transport policy speech

Deniz Huseyin
02 October 2025
Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
 

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander used her speech at the Labour Party conference to announce that four more train operators would be brought into public ownership by mid-2026 as their contracts expire. This will mean that by the middle  of 2026, more than half of all rail journeys will be on publicly operated railways.

She highlighted the Labour Government’s commitment to returning the railways to the service of passengers after years of “fragmentation and waste” under...

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