questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the rail network in each of the next five years.
answerText: For the next three financial years (2026/27 to 2028/29 inclusive) the Department estimates the net cost to the public purse could be c£9bn a year on average, including passenger services, Network Rail’s operations, maintenance and renewal (OMR) and enhanc...
heading: Railways: Costs