Editing C2c (section)

===State ownership===
In the lead up to the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]], the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] of [[Keir Starmer]] committed itself to bring the passenger operations of the British rail network back under [[state ownership]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Elgot |first1=Jessica |last2=Topham |first2=Gwyn |date=24 April 2024 |title=Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years of coming to power |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/24/labour-promises-rail-nationalisation-within-five-years-of-coming-to-power |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=The Guardia |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 April 2024 |title=Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within five years |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68889345 |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=BBC News |archive-date=30 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130061916/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68889345 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following its [[2024 United Kingdom general election|election in 2024]], the government introduced the ''Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024'' that received the [[royal assent]] in November 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 September 2024 |title=Rail nationalisation takes a step closer with Starmer's first major public reform |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rail-nationalisation-commons-victory-reform-b2606498.html |access-date=8 February 2025 |website=The Independent |archive-date=10 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210102151/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rail-nationalisation-commons-victory-reform-b2606498.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2023, the Department for Transport announced that c2c's contract had been extended to 20 July 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 February 2023 |title=Trenitalia c2c Limited 2021: notice of variation |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172678/trenitalia-c2c-ltd-notice-of-variation.pdf |access-date=24 July 2023 |publisher=Department for Transport |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724015257/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172678/trenitalia-c2c-ltd-notice-of-variation.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2024, it was announced that the [[Trenitalia]] operated [[C2c (1996-2025)|c2c]] National Rail Contract would not be renewed when it expired, with [[DfT Operator]] to take over on 20 July 2025 by [[Great British Railways]].<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Espiner |first1=Tom |title=South Western, C2C, and Greater Anglia to be renationalised |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqlnrgjr79o |access-date=4 December 2024 |work=BBC News |date=3 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207094714/https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2024/12/04-government-reveals-first-three-renationalised.html |url=https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2024/12/04-government-reveals-first-three-renationalised.html |title=Government reveals first three operators to be renationalised after law change |publisher=[[Railnews]] |date=4 December 2024 |archive-date=7 December 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Operators to move in-house every three months |magazine=[[Rail (magazine)|Rail]] |issue=1024 |date=11 December 2024 |page=14}}</ref>