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Analysis: will nationalisation best serve rail passengers?

Rail union members and campaigners call for nationalisation and public ownership of the railways in an Action for Rail campaign outside London Bridge station in 2016. How far the government is able to go with its nationalisation plans may well depend on the money available. ALAMY.

Nationalisation is Labour’s special word for change in the way Britain’s railways are run, but what will it really mean? Howard Johnston investigates.

While the new Labour government has pledged to create Great British Railways and improve the quality of passenger services, will it fundamentally have the money to do all that it wants?




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