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Michael Williams, Gravesend

20th August 2013 | Your Views

Five times the subsidy of the old BR. I don’t think this is sustainable.

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Great initiative. Let’s hope we get there.
Claudia Zeiske, Huntly
Privatisation was a huge mistake, just driven by political dogma. New Labour broke their promise to re-nationalise. But there is still hope! Good luck!
Michael Cockburn, Cambridge
Yes.
Matthew Fleming, London
Bring back British Rail.
Al-Karim Bhanji, London
Rail services in this country have become unaffordable for many. People are stopped from seeing their families and miss other important social or professional connections.
Megan Garrett-Jones, Sheffield

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📢 Read our letter to Heidi Alexander demanding urgent action to stop the Office of Rail & Road awarding new contracts to private companies 🚆💸 Allowing 'open access' operators to continue will completely undermine our new publicly-owned #GreatBritishRailways before it has even begun 👇 @top fans We Own It
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📢 Read our letter to Heidi Alexander demanding urgent action to stop the Office of Rail & Road awarding new contracts to private companies 🚆💸 Allowing open access operators to continue will completely undermine our new publicly-owned #GreatBritishRailways before it has even begun 👇 @top fans We Own It
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📣 Heidi Alexander for Swindon South, we need an immediate moratorium on open access applications! 🚆 When East Coast was in public ownership from 2009-2015, it returned £1bn in profits to the taxpayer 💷 Now publicly-owned London North Eastern Railway requires millions in subsidy because FirstGroup is sucking all the profit out of the line with its open access operator, Lumo 💸 @top fans ... See MoreSee Less

Rail regulator rejects West Coast Main Line applications due to insufficient capacity | Office of Rail and Road

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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has rejected applications from three companies seeking track access contracts with Network Rail to run services on the West Coast Main Line (WCML).

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Email your MP today to ensure they 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 in the new #RailwaysBill 🚆 Help us 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 who are lobbying like crazy behind the scenes 🤑
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Email your MP today to ensure they 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 in the new #RailwaysBill 🚆 Help us 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 who are lobbying like crazy behind the scenes 🤑
Take action now 👇 @top fans
📨 weownit.org.uk/act-now/great-british-railways-action

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🚊 Watch the recording of last night's Make Great British Railways Great - event and take action here: weownit.org.uk/act-now/great-british-railways-action ... See MoreSee Less

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Do you want to find out what's at stake in the new Railways Bill? 🚆 Don't miss this important online event this 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟰 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲, 𝟳𝗽𝗺 👇 Let's Make Great British Railways Great! @top fans
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Our Supporters

East Coast shows us that publicly owned rail works better for passengers and taxpayers. We need a railway fit for the future – it’s got to be in public hands.
Cat Hobbs, We Own It
Let’s make the case for democratic social ownership, fit for the 21st century, ensuring our railways are run in the interests of passengers, not profiteers.
Owen Jones, writer
In 1948 Labour nationalised rail to rebuild Britain after a world war. Today bankers and speculators use privatised trains for tax scams. Time to bring back British Rail.
Alex Gordon, former RMT President
At its heart privatisation in Britain was never about selling public networks but about selling the rights to tax those who are obliged to use them.
James Meek, writer
To be able to reduce C02 emissions, by persuading people to leave cars at home, we need a fast, efficient subsidised railway system that’s run for people not profit!
Ellie Harrison, campaign founder
Only a publicly owned railway can deliver affordable fares, good services, high customer satisfaction, properly staffed stations and a profitable return to the public purse.
Charles Secrett, The ACT! Alliance
Research into privatisation… boils down to one key finding: the only way Branson and the vast majority of train barons make their profits is through handouts from the taxpayer.
Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian
The privatisation of the railways was a scandal that created an unworkable and expensive structure which should be replaced with a national unified network.
Christian Wolmar, transport commentator
Now is the moment to re-nationalise the railways and it has never been cheaper or more possible.
Andrew Gilligan, journalist
Privatisation has delivered… a system in which train operators and energy firms compete not on service – but on how many tariffs they can bamboozle customers with.
Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian
Taking our railways back from private profiteers will mean better services, fairer rail fares and more than £1 billion a year in savings for the public purse.
Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP
Privatisation of the railways has failed. Its time to make a virtue of public ownership, and the public service provided by state employees.
Charles Secrett, The ACT! Alliance
The UK public wants a publicly owned railway, and so do we. Lush calls for an end to the failed experiment of privatising essential services.
Tamsin Omond, Lush Campaigns
Transport is an essential public service and ought to be publicly owned and publicly controlled. We need an enormous expansion in the investment in our railways and that is the best way of achieving it.
Tony Benn, politician
There is no good excuse left for rail privatisation beyond enriching wealthy elites. Public ownership delivers for social and environmental needs over private profit.
Professor Andrew Cumbers, University of Glasgow
If the private companies that took over the national railways are cutting back and eroding services at a time when the climate crisis demands expanded low-carbon transportation alternatives to keep more of us out of planes, then these services too must be reclaimed.
Naomi Klein, writer
A good public transport system should be the foundation of a fair, just, happy, low-carbon world.
Ellie Harrison, campaign founder
Something as important and necessary (and enjoyable) as train travel should be in the hands of the people, be affordable and safe, not making money for shareholders.
Nina Power, writer
Privatisation is only progress, if you mean progressing towards an apocalypse of injustice. Bring back British Rail!
Josie Long, comedian
Like most people in Britain, I think that a railway is a natural function of the state, and so ought to be run by the state – for the sake of coherence, transparency, continuity, accountability and national pride.
Andrew Martin, writer

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