Public Ownership Day of Action
7th August 2013 | Demonstration / News
Momentum is building for Public Ownership For Our Railways, with the launch of this new nationwide campaign coordinated by Action For Rail and supported by Bring Back British Rail, We Own It, The ACT! Alliance, the Campaign against Climate Change and many other organisations around the country.
Join us for the national Day of Action on Tuesday 13 August at stations all over the country and at our big demo outside London Kings Cross Station.
Demonstration in London:
Tuesday 13 August 2013
7:45 – 9:00AM
King’s Cross Station
(outside the new Pancras Road entrance)
Actions are also taking place from 8:00 – 9:00AM (unless otherwise stated) outside these major railway stations: Alnmouth 9:30 – 11:00, Ashford International, Aylesbury, Berwick Upon Tweed (9:00 – 10:00), Birmingham International (7:30 – 17:00), Birmingham New Street (7:30 – 9:00), Bletchley, Brighton (11:00 – 12:00 with Caroline Lucas), Bristol Stapleton Road (7:00 – 9:00), Bristol Temple Meads (7:30 – 9:00), Canterbury West (6:50 – 8:30), Chatham (7:00 – 8:30), Chelmsford, Coventry (7:00 – 9:00), Derby (7:15 – 8:45), Doncaster, Ealing Broadway (17:00 – 19:00), Edinburgh Waverley (7:30 – 9:00), Glasgow Central (7:30 – 9:00), Glasgow Queen Street (16:30 – 18:00), Hastings, Homerton (7:45 – 9:00), Lancaster (16:00 – 18:00), Leeds, Littlehampton, Liverpool Lime Street (7:30 – 9:00), London Kings Cross (7:45 – 9:00), London Paddington (8:00 – 10:00), London Victoria (7:30 – 9:00), London Waterloo (7:45 – 9:00), Manchester Piccadilly (7:30 – 9:30), Matlock Bath, Newcastle Central (7:30 – 9:00), Norwich (6:00 – 10:00), Peterborough (8:00 – 9:00), Preston (16:00 – 18:00), Putney (17:30 – 19:30), Raynes Park (17:30 – 18:30), Reading (17:00 – 18:00), Rochester, Scarborough (17:00 – 19:00), Southampton Central, Southport (7:30 – 9:30), Sudbury, Tonbridge (9:00 – 11:00), Watford Junction, Weymouth (7:45 – 9:00) and York.
If you plan to go along to any of these, make sure you order some free Bring Back British Rail stickers or merchandise before the weekend so we can get them out to you in time!

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