{"id":247145,"date":"2025-05-25T21:04:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T20:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/watershed-moment-first-train-operator-nationalised-under-government-plans-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T21:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T20:04:41","slug":"watershed-moment-first-train-operator-nationalised-under-government-plans-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/watershed-moment-first-train-operator-nationalised-under-government-plans-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Watershed moment&#8217;: First train operator nationalised under government plans | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/3TVrG1K6uXk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'Watershed moment': First train operator nationalised under government plans | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3TVrG1K6uXk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Government\u2019s renationalisation of rail services has started as trains operated by South Western Railway (SWR) were taken into public control.<\/p>\n<p>The train operator officially came under public ownership at around 2am on Sunday. The first journey, the 5.36am from Woking, was partly a rail replacement bus service due to engineering works.<\/p>\n<p>Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, who travelled on the first renationalised departure from London Waterloo, said it was \u201ca new dawn for our railways\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>ITV News&#8217; Fred Dimbleby was on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government\u2019s renationalisation of rail services has started as trains operated by South Western Railway (SWR) were taken into public control. The train operator officially came under public ownership at around 2am on Sunday. The first journey, the 5.36am from Woking, was partly a rail replacement bus service due to engineering works. 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