Bring Back British Rail
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Campaigning for a re-unified national rail network run for people not profit, since 2009 🚆 Sign our petition at https://t.co/1pIVUkjeKi
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Joined September 2009
We're celebrating @SW_Help being brought back into public ownership today👏. But the real fight begins with the Railways Bill later this year🚆✊. @UKLabour's plan to maintain “An ongoing role for the private sector” risks undermining #GreatBritishRailways.
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RT @ABCommuters: 🚨 We demand an urgent moratorium on 'open access' contracts, which waste hundreds of millions per year of public money. @….
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RT @We_OwnIt: 🚨8 in 10 of us back full public ownership of rail. And the government is working on delivering it. But @railandroad is sti….
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📢 Read our letter to @Heidi_Labour demanding urgent action to stop @RailandRoad awarding new contracts to private companies 🚆💸. Allowing 'open access' operators to continue will completely undermine our new publicly-owned #GreatBritishRailways. 📩
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RT @ABCommuters: .@FirstGroupplc is claiming that private 'open access' rail services add value to the UK economy. But they don't even beli….
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RT @ABCommuters: ⚠️ The economic damage caused by open access is worse now than ever. Between 2007 and 2021, publicly-owned operator LNER….
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We need an immediate moratorium on open access applications!🚆. When East Coast was in public ownership from 2009-2015 it returned £1bn in profits to the taxpayer💷. Now @LNER requires public subsidy as @FirstGroupplc is sucking all the profit out of the line with @LumoTravel 💸.
Today we've rejected three operators' applications to run services on the West Coast Main Line due to insufficient track capacity. Read more about our decision:
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RT @ABCommuters: ⚠️ Any journalists covering open access today must be aware of the serious warnings of timetable crisis on the East Coast….
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RT @ABCommuters: Great news that @railandroad has rejected three open access applications - protecting rail timetabling and performance. B….
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RT @We_OwnIt: The govt's senior transport official warns that open-access rail services could cost taxpayers £229 million a year. Ongoing….
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RT @conradlandin: In opposition Labour dangled continued open access as a carrot for the private rail industry to stop them going ape about….
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RT @ABCommuters: Major clash between Dept for Transport and rail regulator over Open Access. In a last-minute intervention, Govt warns @rai….
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Email your MP today to ensure they 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 in the new #RailwaysBill 🚆. Help us fight back against the private rail companies who are lobbying like crazy behind the scenes 🤑. Take action now 👇.📨
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RT @ASLEFunion: On Tuesday this week we signed a joint letter with the @RMTunion. and @TSSAunion to the Liverpool City Region Transport Com….
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RT @We_OwnIt: The govt’s Railways Bill is making its way through Parliament. BUT private rail companies are already lobbying to let them ke….
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RT @We_OwnIt: The Railways Bill is good news for rail - BUT private companies are already lobbying govt to let them have 'an ongoing role'….
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Do you want to find out what's at stake in the new Railways Bill?🚆 . Don't miss this important online event this 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟰 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲, 𝟳𝗽𝗺 👇. Register at: Let's Make #GreatBritishRailways Great!.
Do you want a railway that is:. 🔥Affordable to use, .🔥Runs often and on time wherever you live .🔥Good for our planet?. Join our Make Great British Railways Great event to find out how we can make sure public ownership of rail delivers for all. Sign up:
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RT @ABCommuters: We're pleased to be joining this important discussion - on Great British Railways and why we need full public ownership fo….
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RT @We_OwnIt: Do you want a railway that is:. 🔥Affordable to use, .🔥Runs often and on time wherever you live .🔥Good for our planet?. Join o….
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RT @We_OwnIt: The government’s Railways Bill is being worked on right now - creating Great British Railways to own and run our railway. Jo….
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RT @ABCommuters: ⚠️ Rail Accessibility: Dept for Transport in breach of UN Disability Convention. After betraying ALL accessibility commit….
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