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Mark Gough, Wakefield

8th November 2013 | Your Views

Why privatise profits? East Coast mainline proves the point.

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People need trains and they should be run for them and not for the profit of shareholders.
A Paterson, Shropshire
Please put Britain’s railways back to when we had the most efficient railways in Europe, i.e. when they were state run, like the majority of European ones are now.
Richard Lewis, Sheffield
The railway infrastructure and all other infrastructure should be owned by the state as, for example, in France.
Liz Yates, High Wycombe
Whose Railways? Ours. Give back our railways.
Peter Sains, Bishop Auckland
Transport is too important to be left in the hands of those only interested in profits.
Marian Connolly, Bristol

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Allowing Open Access operators to run privatised rail services 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 with publicly-owned operators risks sabotaging the whole #GreatBritishRailways project 🚆 Heidi Alexander must stop the Office of Rail & Road granting more licences before it’s too late! Read more in this brilliant new investigation by the Association of British Commuters 👇 @top fans We Own It ... See MoreSee Less

Open Access Crisis: Great British Railways and East Coast Main Line under threat

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Private ‘open access’ train operators are creating a crisis for the entire railway – threatening billions of taxpayers’ money, as well as timetable planning and operational performance on the�...

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The problems of the privatised railway will only continue if Heidi Alexander persists with plans to enable “An ongoing role for the private sector” in the new Railways Bill 🚆 Allowing Open Access services alongside #GreatBritishRailways will mean passengers are still penalised for catching the 'wrong' train 🤦@top fans ... See MoreSee Less

Train firms must stop criminalising 'innocent errors', report finds

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An inquiry found "disproportionate" punishments for often innocent mistakes.

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📻 Did you hear us on LBC News last week? 🚆 We were welcoming the re-nationalisation of South Western Railway, and discussing the legislative steps required before #greatbritishrailways is finally established… Listen here 👇 New Economy Organisers Network - NEON We Own It ... See MoreSee Less

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We're celebrating South Western Railway being brought back into public ownership today 👏 But the real fight begins with the Railways Bill later this year 🚆✊ Heidi Alexander's plan to maintain “An ongoing role for the private sector” risks undermining #GreatBritishRailways 👇
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Were celebrating South Western Railway being brought back into public ownership today 👏 But the real fight begins with the Railways Bill later this year 🚆✊ Heidi Alexanders plan to maintain “An ongoing role for the private sector” risks undermining #GreatBritishRailways 👇
Read more at: bringbackbritishrail.org/news

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We're celebrating South Western Railway being brought back into public ownership today 👏 But the real fight begins with the Railways Bill later this year 🚆✊ The Labour Party's plan to maintain “An ongoing role for the private sector” risks undermining #GreatBritishRailways 👇 We Own It @top fans ... See MoreSee Less

Celebrating the first rail franchise to be re-nationalised - Bring Back British Rail

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Today we welcome the first franchise - South Western Railway - to be brought back into public ownership under the Passenger Railway Services (Public

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A good public transport system should be the foundation of a fair, just, happy, low-carbon world.
Ellie Harrison, campaign founder
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Now is the moment to re-nationalise the railways and it has never been cheaper or more possible.
Andrew Gilligan, journalist
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 is only progress, if you mean progressing towards an apocalypse of injustice. Bring back British Rail!
Josie Long, comedian

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