Reading some articles on Labour's plans this morning I was surprised that the government still owns and operates 4 former franchises that it took over in recent years as they failed (Northern, Trans Pennine, LNER and Southern) and is still running Network Rail as an autonomous organisation inside the Department of Transport, 10 years after it was taken out of private hands (I thought it had been semi privatised again - but seems not). So more than 25% of the former British Rail has already been piecemeal renationalised.

There is over 65% public support for a nationalised and integrated railway.