Rail Partners responds to the appointment of the Chair of Shadow Great British Railways

Rail Partners chief executive, Andy Bagnall, said: 

‘Congratulations to Laura Shoaf on her appointment as Chair of Shadow Great British Railways. Rail Partners and its members want to work with Laura to ensure rail reform delivers the improvements for passengers and freight customers that we all want to see.

‘To change the railway for the better, we must correctly understand the causes of its current challenges. Train companies have been calling for the establishment of Great British Railways for many years to give greater public control but rushing to ban the use of contracted operators, before working out the details of wider reform, is a political decision that offers few practical benefits for passengers.’