Well they didn’t. The trains are all privately owned and will continue to be so.
What they did is stop renewing and re-tendering TOC franchises, and bringing them back into DfT management at the early break date rather than the full end date. These will eventually be rolled into a new management structure called Great British Railways.
The franchises, by the way, weren’t really franchises any more, as that system was abolished in 2020 due to Covid. They were simple management contracts after that date, with the government taking all the ticket revenue and paying the operators a flat fee per service.
The infrastructure had been renationalised in 2002.
They renationalized the trains.
Well they didn’t. The trains are all privately owned and will continue to be so.
What they did is stop renewing and re-tendering TOC franchises, and bringing them back into DfT management at the early break date rather than the full end date. These will eventually be rolled into a new management structure called Great British Railways.
The franchises, by the way, weren’t really franchises any more, as that system was abolished in 2020 due to Covid. They were simple management contracts after that date, with the government taking all the ticket revenue and paying the operators a flat fee per service.
The infrastructure had been renationalised in 2002.