Malcolm Gibbons, Telford + ShareIf there is profit to be made then we need to feed that back into the country’s coffers.
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Farouk Sohawon, LondonBringing the railway network into public ownership will put some order in and focus on the industry.
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Mike Nash, PoyntonThe train service at my local station (Poynton) is getting worse and worse because Virgin wants to keep increasing the frequency of the Manchester-London service.
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David Robinson, DewsburyRailways should be run as non-profit-making.
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Barbara Penny, HarrogateOur rail fares are the highest in Europe.
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Fiona Nelson, Berwick-upon-TweedI would travel by train a lot more if the fares were more affordable.
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"We Need to End the Disastrous Experiment of Rail Privatisation" 🚉 Don't miss Mick Lynch's article for Jacobin magazine 👇 ... See MoreSee Less
Mick Lynch: We Need to End the Disastrous Experiment of Rail Privatization
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Since the 1993 Railways Act was passed, the privatization of British railways has resulted in rising costs, service reductions, and staff cuts. On the act’s 30th anniversary, RMT general secretary M...Comment on Facebook
I agree with you Mick. It’s not working except for the shareholders.
Totally agree
Not just the railway's gas electric public transport water
So true
Should be run by BR BUT FUNDED PROBABLY. But mick lynch is a left wing communist B. All he wants is to bring down any government who don’t give in to him. I’m ex Br.
Privatisation is spelt with an S
yews lets go back to the days when the unions ran the railways imposing firemen on diesel trains , wrecking the profitability with outrageous wage demands , holding the government and country to ransom .
Let's get rid of Mick Lynch. Only cares about himself. Corrupt
french workers know how to win disputes all out till get what they want not stop start action but gd on yous for fighting for better terms n conditions and pay overs from ppl whos wages have went up 40% in last 12 yrs
Before privatisation there was one guy on over £100k a week in charge. After privatisation there was 600 guys on over £100k a week in charge
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🥳VICTORY: 750,000 people force a climbdown on plans to close ticket offices in England.
👏For everyone who replied to the consultation - thank you!
The message is loud and clear. Rail companies must put people before profit.
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Great news well done to all great result just hope keep there word
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Had an email from them. 'The Petitions Committee decided not to debate the petition you signed'
Be sure they will be back to try again the tories hate to think the public knows better than them
Will the over 75s get their free TV licence now🤣
I don't think we did it. I think the fact that there's a general election coming up in the next year did it.
The next question is; since the Government said that they won't put more money into the subsidies, what is the next thing that the Train Operating Companies (TOC's) will try to cut to keep up the dividend payouts?
France, Germany, Japan, all covered in high-speed rail, helping to grow their economies and improve connectivity around their countries. In Britain … one high-speed line to get from London to Birmingham. It's pathetic.
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😡 Avanti's contract extended despite terrible track record. Passengers deserve affordable, reliable trains. Privatisation is getting us nowhere. ... See MoreSee Less
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We need to demand it from the Labour party as a manifesto pledge because the Tories aren't listening.
Tory Party values.
It's a management contract which means it doesn't matter how bad they are they will still get paid their fee and they will be protected from any loses due to industrial action or even another pandemic ( don't forget the current government likes to remind us all that every household paid £1400 to prop up those naughty striking rail workers)
I wonder how much do we expect from it if it would be nationalised.
Typical Tory reaction rewarding abysmal failure! I expect the CEO to get a knighthood.
Built by the people for the people not the share holders
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Friday 1 September is the final day to help #SaveTicketOffices! 🚉
Fill in the consultation now 👇
www.transportfocus.org.uk/train-station-ticket-office-consultationToday is your last chance to tell the rail companies what you feel about ticket office closures.
Don't let them bring down the shutters, putting profit before people. www.transportfocus.org.uk/train-station-ticket-office-consultation/
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I was in the ticket office at Newcastle today at what I would have expected to be a quiet time. There was a queue in front of me and it quickly lengthened behind me.
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/pm-says-closing-railway-ticket-offices-is-right-thing-for-british-p...
France will launch a €49 rail pass after the success of the 'Deutschlandticket' UK also tried to copy Germany, but was reduced to capping bus fares at £2. This is due to privatisation of Britain's state-owned British Rail. www.euronews.com/travel/2023/09/08/france-will-launch-a-49-rail-pass-after-the-success-of-the-deu...
Form completed. Not that they'll take the slightest bit of notice. The government has already made up their 'minds'.
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Last chance to save our ticket offices! 🚉🎫 If you're in London, please join the Protest: Cut their profits, not our ticket offices outside the Department for Transport next Tuesday 29 August, 10am! See details here 👇 ... See MoreSee Less
Protest: Cut their profits, not our ticket offices
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Join us at 10 am on Tuesday 29th August to protest the government's plans to close a thousand of our train station ticket offices.Comment on Facebook
Keep on about Ticket Offices closing, fact is the 8 x Ticket Offices on our line CLOSED way back in a September 1989! By good old British Rail. In this respect of Ticket Offices it all seems a bit rose tinted spectacles to us.
It seems so strange that in the news, the closure of the ticket offices would affect the elderly and disabled people. Yet they have already spent millions or even billions of pounds in introducing mobility-compliant trains or modifying existing trains.
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