Campaign against East Midlands Railway (Abellio)
Abellio has operated the East Midlands franchise since August 2019, taking over from the previous operator East Midlands Trains, which was owned by Stagecoach. The franchise includes a majority of domestic train services running to and from London St. Pancras and is intended to last for eight years. In 2018 Stagecoach and Virgin Trains were stripped of their contract to run the East Coast Main Line, and in December 2019 they also lost the West Coast Main Line franchise, marking an end to the Virgin Trains brand – good riddance! Abellio also operates the Abellio Greater Anglia franchise as well as Merseyrail in a joint venture with Serco and West Midlands in a joint venture with JR East and Mitsui.
• Do you use the East Midlands Trains service regularly?
• Do you believe it should be returned to public hands as part of a re-unified national rail network run for people not profit?
• Then, why not start a campaign building up to the franchise end?
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Existing Campaigns / Groups:
• We say ‘No’ to East Mids Trains/Thameslink overcrowding and service cuts from May
