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Help us reach 120,000 signatures before Friday! On Friday 18 January at 10am, we're taking our Care2 petition to Renationalise our Railways to the Department for Transport to submit as evidence to the Williams Rail Review. We must ensure public ownership is on the table. ...
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Renationalising the railways would lower fares, improve working conditions and provide a better organised service. The majority of (119381 signatures on petition)Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Google PlusShare on Linked InShare by Email
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I read somewhere that privatisation is excluded from his remit
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can't get out of europe, fat chance of getting BR back LOL.
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Iv'e signed this petition on a previous occasion. The longer it takes the more we subsidise another country's fares as our go up, and up, and up. Maybe we should get back in our cars and totally clog all the roads on our way to work or home or wherever people have to travel. Come on people stop using the railways they will learn we are not to be trampled on.
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4 days ago
Will the Department for Transport's latest review of our railways be the chance for a #RailRevolution or just more government whitewash? We're joining forces with the Association of British Commuters, We Own It and Care2 to demand that public ownership is on the table. Read this brilliant blog post for all the details... ...
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URGENT: It is still unclear whether the Williams Review will consider public ownership! Read more about our investigation here and please join us at the DfT on Friday 18th Jan to demand a Rail Revolution and full transparency from the government.Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Google PlusShare on Linked InShare by Email
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Send your own views before deadline this Friday 18 January 2019 https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/williams-rail-review
Whitewash sanitised for " Don't blame me Guv " Grayling
If this is a report commissioned by the Tories of course it won’t recommend nationalization.
Bound to be a whitewash - rarely has a Government ever admitted they got something so badly wrong. If Grayling can award a shipping contract to a company with no ships and no track record, what chance do the railways have?
One thing to remember with government is the old saying he who pays the piper calls the tune
Sadly I think you already know the answer to that question, it’s just going to be more of the same “sticking plaster” gimmicks that will amount to next to nothing
Whitewash
This review is a joke. Who is behind it? None other than Failing Grayling who last week refused to meet with experts in Cheshire who are concerned about unstable ground conditions - salt mines, brine fields and gas storage underneath the HS2 line. Just look at the terms of reference. "The review was established to recommend the most appropriate organisational and commercial frameworks to support the delivery of the GOVERNMENT'S VISION for the railway." (NOT nationalisation then!) It says it will look at the whole of the industry but will not include the following: public investment decisions made through existing franchise agreements railway funding 2019-2024 commitments (Control Period 6) High Speed 2 and other major projects spending decisions made through the Spending Review 2019 THIS FARCE is no better than the so-called consultations carried out by HS2 UnLtd. It's being done so they can say they have done it. As is the case with HS2, they will ignore any suggestions that contradict their dogmatic er - vision!
It will be nothing but a distraction just like all the other grossly expensive“investigations”. Diversion tactics rule OK?
It's a complete whitewash; look at the question it asks!
A picture of Corbyn wondering why he isn't elsewhere, sat in a high chair, overseeing a theoretical discussion about "potential". But not contributing. And he's still the lesser of two evils by a significant margin :/
It's a white wash from a nasty, greedy, lying government busy transferring public money in to the greedy back pockets of the private sector.
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Bring Back British Rail is with Association of British Commuters and 3 others.
2 weeks ago
Coverage on BBC News of our Rail Revolution: National Day of Action today calling for a #FaresFreeze and radical reform of our broken privatised railway system. ...
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I just hope you Tory voters are satisfied.not just with B R.but everything else they’ve sold off.you are now paying for something that once was yours.
My understanding is that Renationalising the railways... which I’m strongly in favour of... is only possible outside of the EU.
I feel certain that there could be a legal challenge to the profiteering which is so obviously going on. Who gave the authority in the first place to sell off an asset which belonged to the British people, against the will of the vast majority of the British people. EU Directive 91/440 in 1991, that's who. No british people had any say in the matter except perhaps John Major and the Conservative government at the time. Time to take back what is legally and morally ours.
Here is the puzzle. How does Chris 'failing' Grayling manage to put one foot in front of the other when it's such a complicated manoeuvre?
There is no point in prattling on about it and whether or not it’s allowed or precluded by the EU. BR was often total shit and my line has considerably improved after privatisation so there is no universal panacea. All the moaners will continue to commute so why on earth would the companies NOT put the prices up? If on the other hand commuters refused to pay or travel the whole thing would be sorted in a week. Politics is the same, we shove a cross on a bit of paper and then moan about what we’ve done for a few years before doing it all again.
How do they justify a rise ABOVE inflation?
it is plain wrong when we need to encourage people to leave their cars and travel by rail that they are scared off by yet another exortionant ticket rise. A rise to pay inflated bonuses and share dividends that should go to reduce ticket prices. Bring back BR indeed, a joined up network working for our people.
I see theories about the EU preventing our rail system being nationalised but there's no such thing. It's our own political dogma and their excuses. It didn't prevent the last Labour government from taking East Coast Main line back into public ownership.
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Bring Back British Rail added 13 new photos — with Association of British Commuters and 4 others at London King’s Cross Station.
2 weeks ago
Our Rail Revolution: National Day of Action kicked off this morning with a protest against fare hikes at London King's Cross Station. Actions continue this afternoon and tomorrow at stations across the country.Our Rail Revolution: National Day of Action kicked off this morning with a protest against fare hikes at London King's Cross Station. Actions continue this afternoon and tomorrow at stations across the country. ...
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Grayling failing railing transport minister no wonder he gave a contract to a ferry company that has never ran freight will be another grayling disaster
Fare rises above rate of inflation are unacceptable and themselves add to inflationary pressures. Time they were taken out of private ownership.
I note, sadly, the BBC has decided to amplify Grayling's unjustified lets blame the Unions spiel. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46731749?fbclid=IwAR3QOQhH_i2EQh4Nw5MUItuHIibq4RGo0fw9qsmOqgJphYzS--PSKlNK8qQ
Why is Corbyn there. He wouldn’t renationalise the railways?
Wonder why the government aren't bothered by it because its us paying for their first class travel out of our pockets.
Make trains great again.......
I can't pretend to know the full reasons/excuses for the rise in rail fares. I suspect it's about the politics of having a national rail system and what proportion of costs are to be borne by the users (passengers and freight) and how much is to be pumped in by government. In most of Europe the rail network is nationalised or supported by the state in a way that we are not. I do have reservations about renationalising the railway, bringing back BR as if this is some kind of panacea which will guarantee good, punctual reliable comfortable service where you'll always find a seat and fares will be low. That is not my memory of BR and there's no evidence that bringing the industry back into public ownership would make much difference; it would also be incredibly costly to the taxpayer to do that..
Highest priced worst performing railway in Europe if not the world.
The usual suspects waving their badly made placards will not change as thing, as for bringing back BR, no thanks the service was dreadful and the trains in general slow and dirty.
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2 weeks ago
“The rolling stock companies are profiting, the train-operating companies are profiting – meanwhile passengers are being hit with fare increases and are stuck with cattle trucks for trains” says Bring Back British Rail's Ellie Harrison in The Guardian's article about the ongoing failure of Northern Rail. Join our friends fighting back at Northern Resist ✊ ...
Northern admits it has not begun retiring Pacer trains as promised
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I love the 142 to be honest. But there warn out the poor little things. They saved our branch lines. And are very reliable. But we need them gone. We need to get back to ownership of trains rather than leasing and we need nationalisation to remove the many levels of profiteering. Privatisation from the very start was designed to transfer tax money in to the banks back pockets. It's a legal form of theft and it needs to be stopped. And how dare the rail delivery group brag about the transfer of subsidy to the fare payer. As a tax payer I want my taxes to subsidise the railway so we can have a fluid economy and people can once again travel for social need.
Northern Rail are incompetent at best and the Pacers have no place in todays railway. They are uncomfortable, unreliable, and not suitable for the fares the travelling public have to pay when other lines still operated by Northern Rail have superior train sets. They should have been replaced years ago. I don’t care if train enthusiasts like them, I doubt they have to endure commuting on them on a daily basis.
... and yet privatisation is credited with introducing a wealth of new rolling stock! Usually only when legislation demands it and, sometimes, not even then. Most of the stock introduced by BR since the 1970s is still in service and I quite appreciate the mix of styles and eras present but I can't stand the undue credit given to privatisation. Of all present railway factions, who's introducing the most new stock? TfL. The least privatised.
Privately held publicly funded monopoly. A licence to print money.
Take the franchise off them
They're good trains, perfect for the loss making routes in Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire etc. They helped keep.many a line open during the 80's /90's when BR was tasked with slashing operating costs to reduce the PSO Grant obligations.
We need to get shut of grayling he is shit at his job bring back BRS
Was on the old bone shaker yesterday. Came in from London where millions have been spent on the St Albans line and the Carpenters park line....and thought why does the North put up with this? Kick out your MPs if they do nothing.
Without them Northern would be fkd! Love em or hate them they very rarely break.
Long live the "nodding donkeys" 😂
They may be unloved and sometimes have an uncivilised ride but nevertheless, the Pacers have saved many branch lines from closure. Under the 2020 Reduced Mobility Act, most Pacers are supposed to be withdrawn unless they receive modifications.
My friend came over with his family from Italy and it cost him nearly £1000 to get from Heathrow to Cornwall for three of them. Less than £200 to fly from Italy to Heathrow.. How is that even possible?
Gotta keep the shareholders happy ain't we.
Use them as ballast wagons.thats all they are fit for.better ride in a goods brakevan.
Northern due to classified as a Heritage operation.
The pacers where a sort term fix and will be pay for them 7 time over and have been a God send to small village in the north of England
Nor have SWR on replacement of the 455’s their MD admitted in writing there would be no improvement in the suburban stock until at least 2020 ! In fact they’re bringing back more former BR stock The progress of privatisation
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Perfect little units for preserved lines.
I like them. What I don't like is the class 150. Worst unit ever
I'm shocked and surprised that Northern are not honouring their commitment... no, no I'm not shocked at all really.
Last time I caught a brand new Thameslink 700 the seat was hard as rock and in mid summer it was so cold with the air con ramped up (down?) to kill that my son and I got off to warm up! The Javelins aren't much better....I'll take the pacer please!
I agree withthe sentiment but its not strictly true to say that all Train Operating Companies are profiting. Although those that lose most are not shy in handing back the keys to the franchise.
The latest fare increase proposal has caused outrage. We are told that 98p of every £1 taken in revenue is invested back into the railway "Network". I would like to know - if this is the case, how are the TOCs and Leasing Companies making such enormous profits? I find it hard to believe that these profits are the result of only 2p in every pound being kept by TOCs, Leasing Companies, and their shareholders, who are laughing all the way to the bank. We are being taken for mugs - again, but most people just shrug their shoulders, have a little moan, and put up with it.
Northern have no timetable either LOL
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