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Survation Poll: 58 percent think rail privatisation has been a failure

6th January 2017 | Polls

A Survation poll for We Own It finds:

• 58% think rail privatisation has been a failure
• 28% think it has been a complete failure
• Only 1% think it has been a complete success
• Nearly half (48%) believe fares would be lower under public ownership
• Only 13% think fares would be higher under public ownership

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Unilad Poll: 93 percent support re-nationalisation

17th August 2016 | Polls

An online poll for Unilad shows 90+ % support the government re-nationalising the railways.

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Mirror Poll: 92 percent support re-nationalisation

16th August 2016 | Polls

An online poll of Mirror readers shows 90+ % support the nationalisation Britain’s railways.

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YouGov Poll: 66 percent support re-nationalisation

4th November 2013 | News / Polls

A poll published today by YouGov shows that 66% support re-nationalising the railway companies while 23% think they should continue to be run privately. 68% of the public say the energy companies should be run in the public sector, while only 21% say they should remain in private hands.

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Sunday Express Poll: 60 percent support re-nationalisation

21st October 2012 | News / Polls

This poll by the Sunday Express shows six out of 10 voters want the railways re-nationalised.

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Guardian Poll: 93 percent support re-nationalisation

4th October 2012 | News / Polls

An online poll by the Guardian today shows that 93% of respondents say the railways should be re-nationalised.

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MSN User Poll: 75 percent support re-nationalisation

4th October 2012 | News / Polls

An MSN User poll of 6,000 people today showed 75% in favour of the re-nationalisation of Britain’s railways.

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GfK Poll: 70 percent support re-nationalisation

3rd September 2012 | News / Polls

A poll of 1,000 members of the public carried out by research agency GfK National Opinion Polls, showed that 70% think UK rail should be returned to public ownership.

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PoliticsHome Poll: 51 percent support re-nationalisation

2nd July 2009 | News / Polls

This poll by PoliticsHome carried out after news broke of the re-nationalisation of the East Coast rail line reveals that a 51% of voters would like the UK’s railways to be fully re-nationalised.

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Your Views

  • If the rail service was re-nationalised it would be more reliable and cheaper, because it would not be running for private profit. I for one would use it again.

    Kenneth Stirland, Middlesbrough

  • Stop privatisation and extortionate fares, bring down the corporate greedy scum of the Earth.

    Chris Loades, Crawley

  • Overpriced, poor service. Privatisation hasn’t introduced real competition. The only competition is bidding for lines which increases prices for the end user.

    George Moczulski, London

  • The continual dropping of standards, quality of service and reduction of safety while ramping up prices has to stop.

    Nick Sharp, St Neots

  • At least under British Rail it was easy to go anywhere in the UK and not be swamped with a maze of different fares.

    Stephen Sinden, Wye

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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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Bring Back British Rail and Association of British Commuters
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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 ...

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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.
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3 months ago

📢 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 ...

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Railways Bill: Demand your MP protect passengers' rights and our environment

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The Railways Bill must protect passengers' rights and our environment
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📢 Last chance to take action! The #RailwaysBill which will establish Great British Railways get its 3rd Reading in the Commons this 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝟯 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 🚆 Please email your MP to ask them to back our amendments ensuring passengers' rights are always put before private profit 👇 @top fans ...

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Railways Bill: Demand your MP protect passengers' rights and our environment

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The Railways Bill must protect passengers' rights and our environment
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Bring Back British Rail
3 months ago

Good Riddance Govia! 🚆 We’re celebrating Thameslink, Southern Railway & Great Northern finally back in public ownership today 👏 This marks the end of a decade long fight begun by our friends the Association of British Commuters during the #SouthernFail crisis in 2016. Read more here: bringbackbritishrail.org/news @top fans ...

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    • A good public transport system should be the foundation of a fair, just, happy, low-carbon world.

      Ellie Harrison, campaign founder

    • Taking our railways back from private profiteers will mean better services, fairer rail fares and more than £1 billion a year in savings for the public purse.

      Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP

    • Privatisation is only progress, if you mean progressing towards an apocalypse of injustice. Bring back British Rail!

      Josie Long, comedian

    • Transport is an essential public service and ought to be publicly owned and publicly controlled. We need an enormous expansion in the investment in our railways and that is the best way of achieving it.

      Tony Benn, politician

    • East Coast shows us that publicly owned rail works better for passengers and taxpayers. We need a railway fit for the future – it’s got to be in public hands.

      Cat Hobbs, We Own It

    • To be able to reduce C02 emissions, by persuading people to leave cars at home, we need a fast, efficient subsidised railway system that’s run for people not profit!

      Ellie Harrison, campaign founder

    • If the private companies that took over the national railways are cutting back and eroding services at a time when the climate crisis demands expanded low-carbon transportation alternatives to keep more of us out of planes, then these services too must be reclaimed.

      Naomi Klein, writer

    • Let’s make the case for democratic social ownership, fit for the 21st century, ensuring our railways are run in the interests of passengers, not profiteers.

      Owen Jones, writer

    • Now is the moment to re-nationalise the railways and it has never been cheaper or more possible.

      Andrew Gilligan, journalist

    • There is no good excuse left for rail privatisation beyond enriching wealthy elites. Public ownership delivers for social and environmental needs over private profit.

      Professor Andrew Cumbers, University of Glasgow

    • The privatisation of the railways was a scandal that created an unworkable and expensive structure which should be replaced with a national unified network.

      Christian Wolmar, transport commentator

    • At its heart privatisation in Britain was never about selling public networks but about selling the rights to tax those who are obliged to use them.

      James Meek, writer

    • Research into privatisation… boils down to one key finding: the only way Branson and the vast majority of train barons make their profits is through handouts from the taxpayer.

      Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian

    • Privatisation of the railways has failed. Its time to make a virtue of public ownership, and the public service provided by state employees.

      Charles Secrett, The ACT! Alliance

    • Only a publicly owned railway can deliver affordable fares, good services, high customer satisfaction, properly staffed stations and a profitable return to the public purse.

      Charles Secrett, The ACT! Alliance

    • The UK public wants a publicly owned railway, and so do we. Lush calls for an end to the failed experiment of privatising essential services.

      Tamsin Omond, Lush Campaigns

    • In 1948 Labour nationalised rail to rebuild Britain after a world war. Today bankers and speculators use privatised trains for tax scams. Time to bring back British Rail.

      Alex Gordon, former RMT President

    • Privatisation has delivered… a system in which train operators and energy firms compete not on service – but on how many tariffs they can bamboozle customers with.

      Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian

    • Like most people in Britain, I think that a railway is a natural function of the state, and so ought to be run by the state – for the sake of coherence, transparency, continuity, accountability and national pride.

      Andrew Martin, writer

    • Something as important and necessary (and enjoyable) as train travel should be in the hands of the people, be affordable and safe, not making money for shareholders.

      Nina Power, writer

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