UKs Biggest Rail Operator Back In Public Ownership
Govia Thameslink becomes part of Great British Railways The UK’s largest train operator’s services have been taken into public ownership. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander heralded the nationalisation of GoviaThameslinkRailway (GTR) as “a defining moment in our reform of the railway”. GTR services carry more passengers than any other operator in the UK, accounting for one in six train journeys in Britain. Its four brands – Southern,Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express – cover large swathes of south-east England […]
