The claim that "Rail services used by the hon. Friend's constituents are now back in public ownership" refers to the constituents of Natasha Irons, Labour MP for Croydon East, raised during PMQs on 3 June 2026. The primary rail services serving Croydon stations (East Croydon, Norwood Junction, Purley, Coulsdon, West Croydon, and others) are operated by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which runs Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern, and Gatwick Express services. GTR's services transferred into public ownership on 31 May 2026, just three days before this speech. Operations are now run by a new public sector operator, Thameslink Southern Great Northern Limited (TSGNL), a subsidiary of DfT Operator Limited. Inside Croydon confirmed that trains serving Croydon were among the first to receive new GBR livery as GTR handed services back to state control on 31 May 2026. Other operators serving Croydon stations include London Overground (operated by Transport for London, a public body, already in public hands) and Southeastern (already in the public sector, nationalised under the previous Conservative government). By 3 June 2026, all major rail operators serving Croydon East were in public ownership. The government confirmed that "around 8 in 10 passenger rail journeys that GBR will ultimately be responsible for will take place on publicly owned services" after the GTR transfer. The claim is accurate: the main rail services used by Croydon East constituents transferred to public ownership on 31 May 2026, three days before the speech, and other operators serving the area were already publicly operated. Sources: - GOV.UK, "Britain's biggest train operator's services enter public ownership this weekend" — https://www.gov.uk/government/news/britains-biggest-train-operators-services-enter-public-ownership-this-weekend - GOV.UK, "Great British Railways and the public ownership programme" — https://www.gov.uk/guidance/great-british-railways - GOV.UK, "Transfer of Govia Thameslink Railway's services into public ownership" — https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/transfer-of-govia-thameslink-railways-services-into-public-ownership - Inside Croydon, "Great British Railways trains getting on track through Croydon" — https://insidecroydon.com/2026/05/21/great-british-railways-trains-getting-on-track-through-croydon/ - Hansard, UK Parliament, "Engagements" 3 June 2026 — https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026-06-03/debates/051DBB77-8D86-47FD-91B3-95DD68A17CC0/Engagements - Full Fact, "Has the government brought the railways into public ownership?" — https://fullfact.org/government-tracker/railways-public-ownership/