{"id":344478,"date":"2026-01-08T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/?p=876380"},"modified":"2026-01-08T04:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:30:00","slug":"dfto-announces-major-plans-for-train-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=344478","title":{"rendered":"DFTO announces major plans for train operators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DfT-image-low-res_cropped-1277x720.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Publicly-owned train services. \/\/ Credit: DFTO\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 100%;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DfT-image-low-res_cropped-1277x720.jpg 1277w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DfT-image-low-res_cropped-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DfT-image-low-res_cropped-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DfT-image-low-res_cropped-750x423.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DfT-image-low-res_cropped-360x203.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DfT-image-low-res_cropped-624x352.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DfT-image-low-res_cropped-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DfT-image-low-res_cropped.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>The Department for Tranport Operator (DFTO) has announced major changes for publicly owned train operators during the coming year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department for Tranport Operator (DFTO) has announced major changes for publicly owned train operators during the coming year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2859,2347,4572,2598,2600,18901,3783,2336,3677,2315,3326,2523,2354,2309,113,2330,47,2428,2337,3547,3165,2616,2413,2414,2582],"tags":[12406],"class_list":["post-344478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barking","category-british-transport-police","category-c2c","category-cambridge","category-cambridge-south","category-department-for-transport-operator-limited-dfto","category-gatwick-express","category-govia-thameslink-railway","category-great-northern","category-greater-anglia","category-london-north-eastern-railway","category-london-northwestern-railway","category-london-waterloo","category-network","category-network-rail","category-northern","category-rail-news","category-south-western-railway","category-southern","category-stowmarket","category-thameslink","category-transpennine-express","category-west-midlands-railway","category-west-midlands-trains","category-wickford","tag-rail-advent"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.10 - 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