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June 1, 2026 | Policy

Britain's largest passenger operator returns to public ownership

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) carried 298 million passengers in 2024-25.

September 28, 2021 | Financial

British government takes over Southeastern following franchise breach

Decision follows an investigation which identifies over £25m of taxpayer money was not declared by SE.

September 29, 2020 | Financial

Go-Ahead records small profit in 2019-20 annual results

BRITISH operator Go-Ahead recorded a small profit from its rail operations in the 2019-20 financial year ended June 27, despite the impacts of Covid-19 in the later months of the period.

March 30, 2020 | News

Southeastern and Great Western franchisees secure direct award contract extensions

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has issued direct award contracts to Govia, a joint venture of Go Ahead (65%) and Keolis (35%), to continue to operate the Southeastern franchise, and FirstGroup to continue to operate the Great Western Railway franchise from April 1.

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