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Carla Mitchell, London

26th April 2014 | Your Views

Tomorrow won’t be soon enough.

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  • The railways, along with the utilities, should be for the benefit of all and not for profit for the privileged.

    John Hearn, Rotherham
  • It’s good for business and good for the customers.

    Jasvinder Singh, Birmingham
  • The current service is terrible at best and getting progressively worse. The only conclusion can be that sufficient investment is not being made. EU outperforms UK.

    Adrian Uden, London
  • Privatisation drives up prices and encourages companies to make too much money out of a public service.

    Jennie C-Knight, Cromer
  • How about being able to travel across the country for less than it costs to fly to another country entirely?

    Josh Cluderay, London

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๐Ÿš† The Labour Party's plan for our new #GreatBritishRailways aims to maintain โ€œAn ongoing role for the private sectorโ€ ๐Ÿ˜  What a joke! Help us to ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ by responding to the Department for Transportโ€™s consultation before the deadline this Tuesday 15 April! ๐Ÿ‘‡ bringbackbritishrail.org/gbr We Own It @top fans ... See MoreSee Less

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Demand full public ownership before the deadline on Tuesday 15 April 2025, 23:59
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Just 2 days left to ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ of our railways in the Department for Transport's important public consultation! ๐Ÿš†That means:

1. One public ticket retailer
2. No privatised services
3. Publicly-owned rolling stock
4. Putting the public interest first

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Help us to make #GreatBritishRailways great! ๐Ÿš†
๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ before the deadline on Tuesday 15 April 2025, 23:59 ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Help us to make #GreatBritishRailways great! ๐Ÿš†
๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ before the deadline on Tuesday 15 April 2025, 23:59 ๐Ÿ‘‡
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We'll only get the full benefits of a publicly-owned railway if the Department for Transport & Heidi Alexander end the profiteering of rolling stock companies; invest in our railways and put people & planet at the heart of our new #GreatBritishRailways๐Ÿš†๐Ÿง We Own It @top fans ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿš† We share the Association of British Commuters' concerns that Heidi Alexander has dropped the public interest duty of our new publicly-owned #GreatBritishRailways in order to preserve a role for private companies ๐Ÿคฆ Read more here & look out for our guide to the Department for Transport's consultation coming soon ๐Ÿ‘‡ @top fans We Own It ... See MoreSee Less

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Last week, the Department for Transport (DfT) launched a consultation on the legislation for Great British Railways (GBR). It has since become clear that the DfT dropped GBRโ€™s headline โ€˜public int...
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    Our Supporters

    • 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
    • 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
    • Taking our railways back from private profiteers will mean better services, fairer rail fares and more than ยฃ1 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Privatisation has delivered… a system in which train operators and energy firms compete not on service โ€“ but on how many tariffs they can bamboozle customers with.

      Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian
    • Now is the moment to re-nationalise the railways and it has never been cheaper or more possible.

      Andrew Gilligan, journalist
    • 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
    • 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
    • A good public transport system should be the foundation of a fair, just, happy, low-carbon world.

      Ellie Harrison, campaign founder
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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