Fundraising for More Days of Action!
7th February 2015 | Fundraising / News
Bring Back British Rail needs your help! We are now fundraising to pay the costs of materials / leaflets for two more nationwide Days of Action for Public Ownership of Our Railways before the General Election on 7 May.
2nd Day of Action: Wednesday 1 April 2015
Don’t be Fooled by Franchises! To mark 21 years since the enactment of the Railways Act (1993), which began this disastrous privatisation.
1st Day of Action: Friday 27 February 2015
To coincide with the second reading in the House of Commons of Caroline Lucas’s Railways Bill for a publicly owned railway that puts people before profit.
Many of the organisations we normally work with cannot pay for materials / leaflets in the run-up to the General Election because of the new draconian ‘gagging law‘. That’s why we need to do this from the ground up, by collecting small donations from Bring Back British Rail supporters all around the country.
Our goal is Β£2,000.
Please follow the link to donate today!
www.bringbackbritishrail.org/donate/dayofaction

We welcome Chiltern Railways being brought back into public ownership today π That leaves only four rail franchises still in the private sector π
β° Count down to their demise using our handy Privatisation Departures Board π
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The #RailwaysBill which will create our new Great British Railways is now being scrutinised by the UK House of Lords π Can they close the loopholes for re-privatisation & help deliver a fully-integrated railway? Please read & share the Association of British Commuters' excellent briefing π @top fans ...
Railways Bill Briefing 1: Ownership and Structure
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The Railways Bill is supposed to be a tool for bringing the railway fully into public ownership and integrating its structure and finances. However, there is great uncertainty on both these counts,β¦4 CommentsComment on Facebook
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Great to see Liverpool City Region Combined Authority agree plans to take Merseyrail back into public ownership when the Serco/Transport UK contract ends in 2028 ππ But there's still a big loophole in the #RailwaysBill meaning a future Mayor could easily re-privatise it π€¦ββοΈ
Kim Johnson MP Maria Eagle Dan Carden Paula Barker MP @top fans ...
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it, or it's been deleted.3 CommentsComment on Facebook
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π¨ Privatisation loopholes discovered in the Railways Bill π¨ Last month, we thought we had a big win when the government amended the Bill to ensure that Great British Railways is fully publicly owned. But no one checked the small printβ¦ Read more from Emily Sullivan, co-founder of the Association of British Commuters in RAIL Magazine π @top fans ...
Drafting issues in the Railways Bill put public ownership at risk
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Emily Sullivan explains why the new βwholly ownedβ requirement for Great British Railways will not deliver the public ownership Parliament expects.1 CommentsComment on Facebook
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π’ The 3rd Reading of the #RailwaysBill will now take place this πͺπ²π±π ππ¬ πππ»π² π Don't miss your chance to email your MP and ask them to back crucial amendments to ensure that our new publicly-owned Great British Railways always puts passengers' rights before private profit π @top fans ...
Railways Bill: Demand your MP protect passengers' rights and our environment
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The Railways Bill must protect passengers' rights and our environment4 CommentsComment on Facebook
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