Three rail companies will be renationalised next year under an overhaul of the British rail network, the government has announced.
South Western Railway will be the first to come under public ownership. The government said the firm, which operates services between London and the south and the south-west of England, will be taken into public ownership this spring.
The Department for Transport (DfT) said on Wednesday that c2c, which runs services in south Essex, would be renationalised in July. Greater Anglia, which runs trains to Stansted Airport and London Liverpool Street, would follow in the autumn, when its contract expires….

Three rail companies will be renationalised next year under an overhaul of the British rail network, the government has announced.
South Western Railway will be the first to come under public ownership. The government said the firm, which operates services between London and the south and the south-west of England, will be taken into public ownership this spring.
The Department for Transport (DfT) said on Wednesday that c2c, which runs services in south Essex, would be renationalised in July. Greater Anglia, which runs trains to Stansted Airport and London Liverpool Street, would follow in the autumn, when its contract expires….