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As of yesterday, the British South Western Railway (SWR), which serves more than 200 stations in southern England, is once again in government hands. It is, in fact, the first train company to be nationalized under Labour.<\/p>

The Starmer government called the renationalization of British Rail, which was privatized in 1990, a \"new era for the railways.\" However, it does not immediately seem to benefit the average rail passenger. For example, Transport Minister Heidi Alexander cannot promise that train tickets will become cheaper while the very first service of the renationalized SWR this weekend took place ... with a substitute bus due to track works.<\/p>

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As of yesterday, the British South Western Railway (SWR), which serves more than 200 stations in southern England, is once again in government hands. It is, in fact, the first train company to be nationalized under Labour.The Starmer government called the renationalization of British Rail, which was privatized in 1990, a “new era for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":167225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,26,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobility","category-public-transport","category-top-stories-today","category-weekly-newsletter"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?fit=1520%2C856&ssl=1",1520,856,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?fit=640%2C361&ssl=1",640,361,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?fit=1520%2C856&ssl=1",1520,856,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?fit=1520%2C856&ssl=1",1520,856,true],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?fit=18%2C10&ssl=1",18,10,true],"related-thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1",640,480,true],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1",300,300,true],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1",400,400,true],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1",600,600,true],"mailchimp":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?fit=560%2C315&ssl=1",560,315,true],"unipress-phone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?resize=640%2C100&ssl=1",640,100,true],"unipress-tablet":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?resize=1520%2C240&ssl=1",1520,240,true],"unipress-tablet-portrait":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?resize=1520%2C180&ssl=1",1520,180,true],"unipress-tablet-landscape":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?resize=1520%2C180&ssl=1",1520,180,true],"unipress-smartphone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?resize=1080%2C168&ssl=1",1080,168,true],"unipress-wide-screen":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Class-707-at-Waterloo.jpg?resize=1520%2C180&ssl=1",1520,180,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

As of yesterday, the British South Western Railway (SWR), which serves more than 200 stations in southern England, is once again in government hands. It is, in fact, the first train company to be nationalized under Labour.The Starmer government called the renationalization of British Rail, which was privatized in 1990, a “new era for the railways.” However, it does not immediately seem to benefit the average rail passenger. 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