In May 2021, the government announced its plans for the biggest reform to the railway in three decades, bringing it back together, after years of fragmentation, under Great British Railways – a new public body that will run and plan the rail network, own the infrastructure, procure passenger services, and set most fares and timetables. But will it work?

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Africa Today – July 9, 2018