DfT Operator

[4] In the year ending March 2024, DfT OLR Holdings had 16,700 employees and revenue of £3.5 billion with an operating profit of £29.4 million.[1] In December 2024, the Secretary of State for Transport announced that the company's name was changing to DfT Operator Limited.This coincided with the announcement that three more passenger train services were to be brought into public ownership in 2025:[5] DFT Operator has a number of active and dormant subsidiaries.[6][7] Train Fleet (2019) Limited was established in August 2019 to take ownership of 40 Class 365 units from Eversholt Rail Group.[8][9] In July 2021, all were sold back to Eversholt after termination of their leases with Govia Thameslink Railway was agreed.
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