Overview

• PA analysis using Office of Rail and Road data shows two in five journeys are now on publicly run services after the Greater Anglia transfer.
• West Midlands Trains and Govia Thameslink Railway are scheduled to follow in February and May 2026, which the government projects would raise the share to about 61%.
• Ministers say passengers should not expect immediate changes during the transition, with Greater Anglia to be used as a benchmark for service standards.
• Plans under Great British Railways include a single online ticket retailer to simplify fares, while trains remain leased from private rolling stock companies.
• Greater Anglia, which runs routes from London Liverpool Street across Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire including the Stansted Express, had a 1.5% cancellation rate in the latest referenced quarter.