Campaign against Abellio Greater Anglia
Following the election of the new government in July 2024, the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act became law on 28 November 2024.
Privatisation Departures Board
This means that all the remaining private train operators controlled by the Department for Transport will now return to public ownership when their current contracts end.
Join the countdown to re-nationalisation with our new Privatisation Departures Board.
Read on for the previous franchise information…
The National Rail Contract for East Anglia was directly awarded to Abellio by the Department for Transport in September 2021. Abellio, the international arm of Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the national state-owned rail operator in the Netherlands, had operated the previous East Anglia franchise since February 2012. The contract includes a majority of train services running to and from London Liverpool Street and is intended to run for five years. Abellio also operates the East Midlands Railway, 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 Abellio Greater Anglia 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:
• NOR4NOR: Norfolk for Nationalisation of Rail (Contact Dave Welsh to get involved)
• Greater Anglia “GA” (Abellio) Discussion & Complaints Group
