The proportion of late trains on the first line to be re-nationalised by Labour soared to nearly half in its first year under public ownership, figures show.
In a blow for Andy Burnham‘s plans for more state control, services arriving late on South Western Railway (SWR) surged from 34 per cent to 46 per cent.
The decline took hold in the six months after the operator became the first of Britain’s 19 privatised train firms to be taken under full public ownership in May last year.
And while its record has since improved, data obtained by the Daily Mail shows more trains were
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