By Clive Wratten

Recently, the House of Commons Transport Select Committee quietly unveiled its long-awaited Railways Bill, laying the groundwork for Great British Railways, a single body to bring track and train under one roof.

It’s a major step in modernising how our railways are run, but despite its potential to reshape how millions of us travel for work, it barely made headlines.

Every day, thousands of people travel for work, not just executives, but engineers, consultants, carers and contractors. They rely on Britain’s railways to reach the meetings, sites and opportunities that keep the economy moving. Yet for too long, the system has been letting them down. And unless business travellers are given due prominence in this Bill, after all, they generate over a third of rail revenue* - Great British Railways (GBR) risks missing a great opportunity to rebuild trust in the system that moves working Britain.

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