Passengers not Profit: A vision for the Railways Bill
18th August 2025 | Evidence / News
This new report published by our friends at We Own It aims to kickstart a long overdue conversation about what our new publicly-owned Great British Railways should look like, ahead of the introduction of the Railways Bill to Parliament this autumn.
It brings together rail experts and campaigners to call for a range of policies that are necessary to make public ownership a success.
These include: repealing competition law in our railways, scrapping privatised ‘open access’ services, creating a new integrated national timetable, one publicly-owned ticket retailer with cheaper and simpler fares, a new publicly-owned rolling stock company and delivering a fully-accessible railway that is run in the public interest.
This report is essential reading for all politicians and passengers wanting to understand the key issues at stake in the new Railways Bill.
We'll never get a simplified unified railway if private Open Access operators are allowed to continue running their own services & selling their own tickets🚆 The frustration of only being able to use specific tickets on specific trains will persist 😤 Heidi Alexander must #ScrapOpenAccess now! ... See MoreSee Less
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Today we celebrate Greater Anglia coming back into public ownership 🥳 We'll be keeping our Privatisation Departures Board updated as the next dates are announced:
⏱️ bringbackbritishrail.org/departures
But the real fight to make Great British Railways a success begins with the #RailwaysBill later this year 🚆 Watch this space We Own It @top fans ... See MoreSee Less
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The public ownership of Scotland's Railways makes it much easier for The Scottish Government to cut fares to help encourage more rail use 👏 When Great British Railways is established we need to see #PeakFaresGoneForGood all over Britain 🚆 Heidi Alexander? @top fans ... See MoreSee Less
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