Committees

Railways Bill

Inquiry

The Government has introduced the Railways Bill to Parliament to legislate for its commitment to unify network operations with infrastructure management under a single organisation – Great British Railways.

The Bill is expected to go through ‘line by line’ scrutiny by a Public Bill Committee, which is separate to the Transport Committee. Given the significant public interest and the centrality of this legislation to the Government’s rail policy, the Transport Committee plans to make its own contribution to ensuring that the Bill contains the necessary means to deliver on that policy.

We plan to focus our scrutiny on three themes: passenger standards and experience, access to the railway, and the role of devolution in the GBR era.

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This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:59pm on 26 November 2025.

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Past events

Wednesday 7 January 2026
9:15am Public
Railways Bill - Oral evidence 7 January 2026
9:15am
  • The Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE (Minister of State for Rail at Department for Transport)
  • Jeremy Westlake (Chief Executive at Network Rail)
  • Richard Goodman (Director General for Rail Reform and Strategy at Department for Transport)
  • Lucy Ryan (Director for Rail Transformation Programme at Department for Transport)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 17 December 2025
9:15am Public
Railways Bill - Oral evidence 17 December 2025
9:15am
  • Fiona Hyslop MSP (Cabinet Secretary for Transport at The Scottish Government)
  • Bill Reeve (Director of Rail Reform at Transport Scotland)
10:00am
  • Peter McDonald (Director of Transport and Connectivity at The Welsh Government)
10:45am
  • Jason Prince (Director at Urban Transport Group)
  • Mal Drury-Rose (Executive Director at West Midlands Rail Executive)
  • Jamie Ross (Director of Transport at Liverpool City Region)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 10 December 2025
9:00am Private
9:15am Public
Railways Bill - Oral evidence 10 December 2025
9:15am
  • Ben Plowden (Chief Executive at Campaign for Better Transport)
  • Emma Vogelmann (Co-Chief Executive at Transport for All)
  • Sue Sharp (Deputy Chair at Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee)
10:00am
  • John Davies (Vice President for Industrial Relations at Trainline)
  • Anthony Smith (Chair at Independent Rail Retailers)
  • David Pitt (Vice President at SilverRail Technologies UK Ltd)
10:45am
  • Alex Robertson (Chief Executive at Transport Focus)
  • Alex Campbell (Director of Insight and Policy at Transport Focus)
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 26 November 2025
9:15am Public
Railways Bill - Oral evidence 26 November 2025
9:15am
  • John Larkinson (Chief Executive at Office of Rail and Road)
  • Stephanie Tobyn (Director of Strategy, Policy and Reform at Office of Rail and Road)
10:15am
  • Maggie Simpson OBE (Director General at Rail Freight Group)
  • Steve Montgomery (Managing Director at FirstRail)
  • Nick Brooks (Director General at AllRail)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

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