Great British Railways

Great British Railways
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustryRailway transport, infrastructure and asset management
Predecessor
Headquarters,
England
Area served
Great Britain
ProductsPublic transport
Owner

Great British Railways (GBR) is a planned state-owned railway company that will operate most rail infrastructure in Great Britain, most passenger rail services in England, and some cross-border passenger rail services in Scotland and Wales.

It will be established with the passing of the forthcoming Railways Bill, as part of the Starmer government's plans to re-nationalise the railways. It will absorb the functions of Network Rail to own and manage most railway infrastructure (stations, track and signalling), the Rail Delivery Group, the DfT Operator, parts of the Department for Transport, and each of the passenger service franchises, as their contracts expire.

Although the process of re-nationalising passenger services is already underway, with a shadow GBR body in place, the timescale for the formal establishment of GBR remains unclear, and is expected no earlier than late 2026.

Its chair is Laura Shoaf.