That said the current government have introduced legislation to bring these TOCs into public ownership as franchises expire [0]. Rolling stock and freight will

That said the current government have introduced legislation to bring these TOCs into public ownership as franchises expire [0]. Rolling stock and freight will remain privately owned so it isn’t quite a return to the days of British Rail, but the privatisation experiment is coming to a close. [0] https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3732 https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3732