The MP for Milton Keynes North, Ben Everitt, has met with Rail Minister Wendy Morton.
Last year, the Government revealed new plans to put the nations railways under a single national leadership for the first time in 25 years.
The Transport Secretary announced a competition for cities and towns to submit a bid to be home to the new Great British Railways (GBR) headquarters, putting places against each other in a bid to become home to the new HQ.
Milton Keynes has officially entered the national competition to become the headquarters of the new Great British Railway.
When Great British Railways was announced, local MPs Iain and Ben wrote to the Transport Secretary outlining backing the bid with Milton Keynes already playing a huge role in the UK rail industry.
MK is home to Network Rail’s The Quadrant and the world’s longest continuously running rail works Wolverton Works, and Bletchley Station will be benefitting from the Towns Fund, while East-West Rail will be a vital new connection linking Milton Keynes with Oxford and Cambridge.
Locations across the country with strong, historical links to the railway are encouraged to make the case for why they should be the new home of Great British Rail. The GBR Transition Team will shortlist the best applications in May, after which a public vote will help determine the winning location.
Ben said: "I was delighted to meet with the Rail Minister and talk about all the fantastic reasons why it's just got to be Milton Keynes for the new HQ of Great British Railways.
"We've got pieces of railway past, present and future - from the Royal Train at the world's longest continuously operating rail works in Wolverton Works, to Network's Rail's operations centre at The Quadrant, to the future expansion of East-West rail to MK, we really are at the centre of UK railways."
