New Government, New Tactics!

11th May 2015 | News

Following the General Election it seems we really do have a fight on our hands! Thirteen of the twenty current rail franchises come up for renewal during this parliament and we must work hard to demand that they are not re-privatised against our will (with contracts of up to 25 years!)

In response, Bring Back British Rail is launching its own ‘franchises’. Our aim is to encourage and support a network of grassroots campaigns around the country each targeting a different private Train Operating Company in the run up to its franchise end: highlighting its failures and inefficiencies and promoting public ownership as the commonsense alternative.

We need you! Below is a list of the Train Operating Companies in most pressing need of local campaigns. If you rely on any of these services regularly and believe they should be returned to public hands, then please get involved!

October 2015: Northern Rail
October 2015: First TransPennine Express
June 2016: Abellio Greater Anglia
November 2016: Virgin Trains
November 2016: London Overground
February 2017: London Midland
June 2017: East Midlands Trains
February 2018: Southeastern
June 2018: Arriva Trains Wales
November 2018: First Great Western
December 2018: South West Trains
July 2019: CrossCountry
August 2021: Chiltern Railways

(dates show when new contracts will be awarded)

Please spread the word! www.bringbackbritishrail.org/franchises