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As King Charles sunk into his seat for his speech from the throne I wonder how many embattled train passengers let out a small sigh of relief last week at Labour’s promise to renationlise the rails? It appears to be full steam ahead for Great British Railways – with new legislation pledging a simplified system that will see contracts steadily returned to public ownership as they expire or before that if operators fail to deliver. As someone who does nothing but flirt with train travel it’s a hard judge as to whether my (limited) experience is reflective of the overall picture. But safe to say …

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