The city’s Green MP said she disappointed to see “gaps” in the government’s plans to renationalise the railway.

Sian Berry, the MP for Brighton Pavilion, spoke on a Bill in the House of Commons for the first time on Monday.

Ms Berry said she it was “great” to be speaking on her first Bill, and that it was the Passenger Railway Services Bill, which is set to bring passenger railway services back into public hands.

She praised Transport Secretary Louise Haigh.

“The fact that this measure made it through the dramatic sift of Labour policy that took place before the election, and is among the first and most urgent pieces of new legislation we are looking at, is I believe in no small way due to the Secretary of State’s own commitments to this policy and her dedicated internal advocacy for it,” Ms Berry said.

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Speaking on behalf of her constituents, Ms Berry said renationalising the railway is close to the hearts of people living in Brighton Pavilion.

She said: “An annual season ticket between Brighton and London currently costs my constituents the best part of £6,000. That cost has risen by approximately 40 per cent in the past ten years, far more than wages in Brighton have risen. In the face of service cuts and failure to invest, passengers have had to form local pressure groups such as the Preston Park Train Campaign to save services.

“In so many stations, understaffing and disabled access remain dreadful, creating appalling discrimination against passengers and don’t get me started on toilet provision.”

While she was happy with the Bill overall, she said she had some question and comments about it.

Ms Berry said: “From the information I have, it appears that the Bill will not bring into public ownership the regional services currently let by concession contracts, including the Elizabeth line, Mersey Rail and the London Overground, or any of the services on open-access routes, including Eurostar, Grand Central, Heathrow Express, Hull Trains and Lumo.

“For passengers hearing the government promise to bring private operators into public hands but then hearing that a service they use will be excluded will be a disappointment. I hope we will hear more soon about how those gaps will be filled.”

Simon Lightwood, a Minister for Transport, said: "How to secure the delivery of services in those areas will remain a matter for local leaders. The wider railways Bill will give local leaders a statutory role in governing, managing, planning and developing the rail network. This, along with our plans to give local authorities more control over bus services through our better buses Bill, will make it more straightforward to integrate the railways with other forms of transport."