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Denis Russell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

8th March 2015 | Your Views

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Privatisation has meant a worse, more expensive service, in prettier uniforms, with less pay for the workforce while a few directors pocket enormous sums.
Tom Fraser, Edinburgh
I agree. What we are seeing is legal larceny for the privatised railways to make annual profits in excess of 100% and still accept public subsidies.
Keith Wallis, Gosport
Whenever I travel on trains of our European neighbours I envy their systems and feel ashamed of the mess and confusion foreign travellers meet in the UK.
Gillian Murray, Nottingham
Bring it back.
David Tait, Barrhead
There is no need for the profit motive in the rail industry, but a socially-owned network cannot return to the pre-90s. We can learn from the privatisation experiment.
Stephen Smith, Hawick

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Allowing private rail firms to run 'open access' services alongside our new publicly-owned Great British Railways "will result in taxpayers having to pay ££ billions in additional subsidies"🚅💸

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Allowing private rail firms to run open access services alongside our new publicly-owned Great British Railways will result in taxpayers having to pay ££ billions in additional subsidies🚅💸@heidi_labour must #ScrapOpenAccess now!

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Allowing private rail firms to run 'open access' services alongside our new publicly-owned Great British Railways "will result in taxpayers having to pay ££ billions in additional subsidies"🚅💸
Heidi Alexander must #ScrapOpenAccess now!
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Allowing private rail firms to run open access services alongside our new publicly-owned Great British Railways will result in taxpayers having to pay ££ billions in additional subsidies🚅💸
Heidi Alexander must #ScrapOpenAccess now!
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🚆 The Labour Party's plan for our new #GreatBritishRailways aims to maintain “An ongoing role for the private sector” 😠 What a joke! Help us to 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 by responding to the Department for Transport’s consultation before the deadline this Tuesday 15 April! 👇 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 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 of our railways in the Department for Transport's important public consultation! 🚆That means:

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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! 🚆
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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
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
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
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
Now is the moment to re-nationalise the railways and it has never been cheaper or more possible.
Andrew Gilligan, journalist
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
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
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
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
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
A good public transport system should be the foundation of a fair, just, happy, low-carbon world.
Ellie Harrison, campaign founder
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
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
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
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
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
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

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