Great British Railways

Great British Railways

Great British Railways Transition Team logo
Company type	State-owned enterprise
Industry	Railway transport, infrastructure and asset management
Predecessor	Network Rail Department for Transport (some functions) Rail Delivery Group (some functions)
Headquarters	Derby , England
Area served	Great Britain Some functions devolved in Scotland, Wales, and some combined authority areas in England
Key people	Laura Shoaf - chair of Shadow Great British Railways
Products	Public transport
Owner	HM Government (Department for Transport)
Website	gbrtt.co.uk

Great British Railways (GBR) is a planned state-owned railway company that is to oversee passenger rail transport in Great Britain, with the exception of Transport for London, Merseytravel, light rail and tram services.

It will assume the existing responsibilities of Network Rail, to become the owner and manager of most railway infrastructure across Great Britain.

The publicly-owned body will be the long-term replacement for the previous privatised rail franchising system which lasted from 1996 until its effective abolition in 2021. All train operating companies will be taken into public ownership as their contracts expire and then folded into GBR, reunifying passenger services under one publicly-owned entity for the first time since the privatisation of British Rail. This will not include open-access operators, who will be able to continue running services on selected routes.

GBR will be headquartered in Derby.

In September 2024, the DfT set up Shadow Great British Railways to start the work of GBR prior to its legal establishment in Parliament.