Extract from Scottish Parliament statement on Caledonian Sleeper Train - Mar 2

The Minister for Transport (Jenny Gilruth): The UK Government is actually a fan of public ownership in the railways these days. In 2021, I think, Southeastern was brought into direct public control. So were London North Eastern Railway and Northern. The UK Government has also offered a stay of execution to Avanti West Coast, which is somewhat bizarre, given the poor service that has been delivered on the west coast. The service that is being delivered by Transpennine Express has, of course, been critiqued by the UK Government’s rail minister, who said that its performance is “clearly unacceptable” and that the operator needs to “turn it around”...

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