Co-operative Rail: A Radical Solution
4th April 2011 | Evidence / News
Published today by Co-operatives UK the Co-operative Rail: A Radical Solution report examines the disasters of privatisation, in order to propose an alternative way of running the rail network.
“Harnessing the interests of passengers, staff and providers by opening up to co-operative business models for train and track.”
This is an interesting new vision for how our railways could run in the future, which would stop profits being siphoned off to shareholders and would be a damn-sight better than the mess we have now!
Fair Fares Now!
31st March 2011 | News
Bring Back British Rail is now officially supporting the Fair Fares Now campaign launched by the Campaign for Better Transport in response to January’s fare rises and the prospect of further extortionate unregulated rises over the next few years under the new government. Please visit the campaign website for more details of how to get involved:
New Petition Launched
2nd January 2011 | News / Petition
New for 2011, we have launched a new ongoing petition here on the Bring Back British Rail website. Without a fixed deadline, this petition aims to become a way of accumulating and consolidating support for our campaign.
Add your name and comment TODAY to become part of the definitive list of disgruntled rail passengers and disheartened train employees supporting the Bring Back British Rail campaign in calling for a newly unified national rail network run for people not profit.
Campaign Supporters
31st December 2010 | News
During the first two years, Bring Back British Rail ran a Membership Scheme. The people listed below joined the scheme and were therefore instrumental in helping establish the campaign:
Ellie Harrison, Fraser Muggeridge, Daniel Bateman, Robert McCracken, Jan Greggain-Peck, Brian McCulloch, Kristofer Keane, Kenneth Muir, Mike Sargent, Anthony Hallatt, Kate Joester, David Sterratt, Martyn Cheney, Mark Stevens, Bernard Harrison, Stuart Malthouse, David Keen, Alistair Ford, Clifford Singer, John Malcolm Robinson, Morgan Winters, Darren Towler, New Horizons Advertising Agency Ltd, M J Herbison, James Riley, David Dennis, Elisabeth Winkler, Andrew Saffrey, A C Cleary, Ross Clark, Dennis Barnes, Nigel Gadd, Andrew McPartlin, Paul Ebbens, William Loneskie, John Benson, Liz Rayment, Alex Partington, Michael Dalgleish, Roy Rogers, Andrew Back, Paul Martin, Barry Morrison, Andrew Shore, Samuel Ashton, Philip Clarke, Robert Segrott, Roy Hammersley, Martin Norris, Laurence Eccles, Paul Cook, Barrie Fairbairn, Thomas Corcoran, Jack Ogden, Daniel Casey, Sean Sharples, Paul Rutland, Richard Hadingham, Danny Leigh, Emma Balkind, Lloyd Butler, Simon Lowe, Paul Sharville, Alan Hayward, Zachary Daunt-Jones, Gregory Burton, David Bennett, Mark Jones, Andy Wakefield, Hugh Potton
Patrons:
Tony Benn, Caroline Lucas
Get your t-shirts in time for Christmas!
24th November 2010 | Merchandise / News
We have Bring Back British Rail campaign t-shirts now available in a full range of sizes (small, medium, large and x-large). The perfect Christmas present for disgruntled rail passengers!
T-shirts are plain white cotton with our screen-printed logo on the front and back (as shown below). Only £12 each including delivery in the UK. Order before Friday 17 December 2010 to get your t-shirt in time for Christmas!
T-shirts are now available in the Merchandise section of the website. If you would like to be kept up-to-date when new merchandise becomes available, please sign up for our mailing list and join our Facebook page.
A Bring Back British Rail t-shirt is great way of showing your support and spreading the word about the campaign!
Reply to consultation
15th October 2010 | News
Dear Rail Franchise Policy Team,
I am writing on behalf of the Bring Back British Rail campaign in response to your open consultation on ‘Reforming Rail Franchising’, due to close on 18 October 2010.
The Bring Back British Rail campaign is a growing movement of disgruntled rail passengers and disheartened TOC employees who are demanding that the government make major improvements to the county’s dysfunctional rail franchise system. The campaign, launched in 2009, currently numbers close to 8,000 supporters across our Facebook community, website and mailing list.
Since its introduction over 17 years ago, the franchise system has caused the fracturing and disintegration of our once world-class rail network. This has led to:
- the lowering of employee conditions and morale
- a poor, inefficient, expensive and confusing service for passengers
T-Shirts now available
1st October 2010 | Merchandise / News
More Bring Back British Rail campaign t-shirts are now available to order for just £12 each including delivery in the UK. We now have a full range of sizes (small, medium, large and x-large) back in stock. Described by The List Magazine as “stylishly merchandised”, all t-shirts are plain white cotton with our screen-printed logo on the front and back (as shown below).
Autumn Activities!
24th September 2010 | News
This looks likely to be a tough autumn for public services in the UK, with the new government’s Spending Review due to be announced on 20 October 2010.
We want to step up the promotion of the Bring Back British Rail campaign during this period so that it becomes a flagship for the resistance against the continual depletion and privatisation of our public services.
We have over 17,000 more Bring Back British Rail stickers printed and ready to post out to willing volunteers who are keen to help us promote the campaign. If you would like to get involved, please email your postal address with an indication of the number of stickers you plan to distribute and we will get them in the post.
Please stick responsibly and help us spread the word!
Rail Franchises – Have your say!
17th September 2010 | News
You have until 18 October to have your say about how rail services are run in this country. This summer, the new government launched its Reforming Rail Franchising public consultation.
The Bring Back British Rail campaign is demanding an end to the bitty and inefficient franchise system, in favour of a fully integrated, publically owned rail network which is run as one organisation for passengers rather than profits.
Email your views to: franchisepolicy@dft.gsi.gov.uk
Post your views to:
Rail Franchise Policy Team
Department for Transport
5/27 Great Minster House
76 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DR
Campaign Planning Meeting
23rd August 2010 | News
We are holding the first open campaign planning meeting this Sunday 29 August 2010 at 2pm at a venue near Edinburgh Waverley station.
If you are have suggestions or feedback and are keen to get actively involved in the Bring Back British Rail campaign, then please come along!
Email info@bringbackbritishrail.org for the venue details.
We welcome Chiltern Railways being brought back into public ownership today 👏 That leaves only four rail franchises still in the private sector 🚆
⏰ Count down to their demise using our handy Privatisation Departures Board 👇
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The #RailwaysBill which will create our new Great British Railways is now being scrutinised by the UK House of Lords 🚆 Can they close the loopholes for re-privatisation & help deliver a fully-integrated railway? Please read & share the Association of British Commuters' excellent briefing 👇 @top fans ...
Railways Bill Briefing 1: Ownership and Structure
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The Railways Bill is supposed to be a tool for bringing the railway fully into public ownership and integrating its structure and finances. However, there is great uncertainty on both these counts,…4 CommentsComment on Facebook
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Great to see Liverpool City Region Combined Authority agree plans to take Merseyrail back into public ownership when the Serco/Transport UK contract ends in 2028 👏🚆 But there's still a big loophole in the #RailwaysBill meaning a future Mayor could easily re-privatise it 🤦♂️
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🚨 Privatisation loopholes discovered in the Railways Bill 🚨 Last month, we thought we had a big win when the government amended the Bill to ensure that Great British Railways is fully publicly owned. But no one checked the small print… Read more from Emily Sullivan, co-founder of the Association of British Commuters in RAIL Magazine 👇 @top fans ...
Drafting issues in the Railways Bill put public ownership at risk
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Emily Sullivan explains why the new ‘wholly owned’ requirement for Great British Railways will not deliver the public ownership Parliament expects.1 CommentsComment on Facebook
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📢 The 3rd Reading of the #RailwaysBill will now take place this 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝟭𝟬 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 🚆 Don't miss your chance to email your MP and ask them to back crucial amendments to ensure that our new publicly-owned Great British Railways always puts passengers' rights before private profit 👇 @top fans ...
Railways Bill: Demand your MP protect passengers' rights and our environment
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The Railways Bill must protect passengers' rights and our environment4 CommentsComment on Facebook
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