 The passage of the Railways Bill was controversial and there was much lobbying against the Bill.The Labour Party was opposed to it and promised to renationalise the railways, as and when resources allowed, when it returned to government—though this was not achieved during their period in government between 1997 and 2010.The Railways Bill became the Railways Act on 5 November 1993, and the organisational structure dictated by it came into effect on 1 April 1994.