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Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander confirmed next year train fare The decision is yet to be taken, because Labor Government preparing to nationalize the third railway company
greater angliaOperated by Transport UK Group, it will be brought into public ownership this Sunday.
operator, serving norfolkSuffolk, Essex, cambridgeshireAnd hertfordshireIs The seventh of 14 train companies to be transferred into public hands, it is set to create passenger services under Great British Railways, a new public body overseeing Britain’s rail infrastructure and operations.
Ms Alexander visited Norwich Railway Station on Thursday and saw the ‘Great’ train British Railways – ‘Coming soon’ sticker, highlights changes.
When asked whether fares Will go up, he replied: “I have not made any decision about the rent for next year.
“I am very conscious that the traveling public wants affordable Railway and generally an affordable public transportation system.
“At the moment we spend more than £10 billion of taxpayers’ money a year on investment and maintenance of infrastructure, tracks, signaling on the railways.
“There is a gap of around £2 billion every year between the money coming in through fare revenue and the day-to-day costs of the trains.
“I need to strike the right balance between the contribution being made by renters and the contribution (contribution) being made by the taxpayer.
“So I can’t promise that fares are going to go down, but I’m well aware that people want to get value for money.”
The overall passenger satisfaction rating for Greater Anglia was 89 per cent in the latest research from watchdog Transport Focus.
This was the joint sixth best performance out of 22 operators.
Ms Alexander described Greater Anglia as “one of the best performing train operating companies in the country”.
“What we really want to do is learn from what Greater Anglia is doing and make sure it is replicated in the rest of the country,” he said.
She said she was “absolutely determined that when we bring train operating companies into public ownership the first thing we have to do is ensure that we get more credibility on the railways”.
Martin Beeble, managing director of Greater Anglia, said: “By working more closely with the wider family of publicly owned operators, we can share expertise, drive innovation and deliver even better journeys for our passengers across the Anglia region.”
south west Railway Became the first operator to be brought under public ownership by Labor government in may
This was followed in July by c2c, which runs services between London Fenchurch Street and South Essex.
They joined Northern, TransPennine Express, Southeastern and LNER, which were nationalized under the Conservative government due to the performance failures of the former owners of those franchises.
West Midlands train services will be the next to be nationalized on 1 February 2026.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) services will commence on May 31, 2026, with Chiltern Railways and Great Western Railway services expected to commence later, with dates yet to be finalized.