The Bill which will create Great British Railways is being debated in the House of Commons today, as the Railways Bill receives its Second Reading. The Government has announced that the GBR identity will start to appear on trains and stations in the spring.

Rail unions are warning that staff and passengers are being put at risk by repeated budget reductions which have left fewer British Transport Police officers. The British Transport Police Authority meets in two days from now, when members will be told that the number of officers on patrol has fallen by almost a third since 2009, and that more than 500 posts are currently set to disappear by the end of the current financial year.