Labour commits to bringing railways back into public ownership
1 year, 5 months ago

Labour commits to bringing railways back into public ownership

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Rail: ‘This is where we are, but it is definitely not where anybody wants to be’
2 months, 1 week ago

Rail: ‘This is where we are, but it is definitely not where anybody wants to be’

The Independent  

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What’s the point of publicly owned railways if train fares don’t go down?
3 months, 4 weeks ago

What’s the point of publicly owned railways if train fares don’t go down?

The Independent  

It is nearly 30 years since Tony Blair rewrote Clause IV of the Labour Party’s constitution. That phrase, “common ownership”, was regarded by many in the party – and by many of the party’s enemies – to mean nationalisation, by which the state would own the public corporations that run services, especially those with features of a monopoly. The railways …

What will nationalisation mean for Britain’s rail network and passengers?
3 months, 4 weeks ago

What will nationalisation mean for Britain’s rail network and passengers?

The Independent  

The rather dry-sounding Passenger Railway Services Act 2024 has received royal assent and is thus now law. Given the state of the public finances, there seems little chance that rail users will see the magic combination of lower fares, higher investment and improved services. The Tories were extremely reluctant, naturally, to have to bring train operations back into public ownership …

Rail fares will continue to rise under Labour’s public ownership plan, transport secretary indicates
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Rail fares will continue to rise under Labour’s public ownership plan, transport secretary indicates

The Independent  

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Three rail firms to be brought into public ownership but fares will still rise
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Three rail firms to be brought into public ownership but fares will still rise

The Independent  

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Trains can only get better, says the government – let’s see
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Trains can only get better, says the government – let’s see

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Starting with journeys on South Western Railway, we’re switching tracks by bringing services back under public control to create a …

Southern Western Railways service first to transfer into public ownership
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Southern Western Railways service first to transfer into public ownership

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said: “For too long, the British public have had to …

South Western Railway to become first rail operator to return to public ownership
3 months, 4 weeks ago

South Western Railway to become first rail operator to return to public ownership

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Railways set to come back into public ownership after Lords pass nationalisation bill
4 months, 1 week ago

Railways set to come back into public ownership after Lords pass nationalisation bill

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Labour picks trains tsar to drive through railway renationalisation
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Labour picks trains tsar to drive through railway renationalisation

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Rail nationalisation takes a step closer under Starmer’s first major public reform in Commons victory
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Rail nationalisation takes a step closer under Starmer’s first major public reform in Commons victory

The Independent  

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Government launches ‘shadow’ body to overhaul Britain’s railways
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Government launches ‘shadow’ body to overhaul Britain’s railways

The Independent  

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Louise Haigh launches historic rail nationalisation scheme in bid to prove Labour’s socialist credentials
8 months ago

Louise Haigh launches historic rail nationalisation scheme in bid to prove Labour’s socialist credentials

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Is public ownership back in fashion under Labour?
8 months, 1 week ago

Is public ownership back in fashion under Labour?

The Independent  

Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband have unveiled the creation of GB Energy – the publicly owned clean power company that Labour promised in its manifesto, “to cut bills for good and boost energy security”. And the energy security and net zero secretary said: “Great British Energy comes from a simple idea – that the British people should own and benefit …

Rail has fundamental problems that nationalisation alone cannot solve
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Rail has fundamental problems that nationalisation alone cannot solve

The Independent  

How wrong can you be about the railways? The prime minister could have encouraged his transport ministers to settle with the train drivers’ union, Aslef, well before the dispute became the longest and most bitter in railway history and drove many passengers away permanently. Instead, Sunak chose to portray two years of sporadic walkouts as “Labour’s strikes”. Only a fool …

Starmer Govt Releases Plans To Renationalise UK’s Privately-Owned Railways
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Starmer Govt Releases Plans To Renationalise UK’s Privately-Owned Railways

News 18  

The UK’s new Labour government introduced Thursday long-promised draft legislation to renationalise the country’s rail services, most of which are privately owned. “After years of unacceptably low performance, the bill is a landmark change that will allow the Government to bring rail passenger services back into public ownership,” a statement read. Labour triumphed over the Conservative party in elections on …

Can Keir Starmer take the brakes off Britain’s rail network?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Can Keir Starmer take the brakes off Britain’s rail network?

The Independent  

In part, Labour won the general election because of a feeling among the public that “nothing works any more”. Both in his leadership campaign in 2020 and in this year’s election manifesto, Keir Starmer promised to bring the railways into “common” or “public” ownership. It also says that management by Great British Railways will “reform the ticketing system, to make …

How would Labour’s plan to nationalise the railways work?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

How would Labour’s plan to nationalise the railways work?

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UK's Labour outlines plan to renationalise railways within 5 years
11 months, 1 week ago

UK's Labour outlines plan to renationalise railways within 5 years

Hindustan Times  

LONDON, - Britain's opposition Labour Party said it planned to renationalise the country's rail network within five years without paying compensation to private operators as it set out its plans to fix the troubled railway system. UK's Labour outlines plan to renationalise railways within 5 years Britain's train services were privatised in the 1990s but several operators have been renationalised …

Labour fails to rule out fare rises under rail nationalisation plan
11 months, 1 week ago

Labour fails to rule out fare rises under rail nationalisation plan

The Independent  

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Labour pledge to renationalise railways within five years
11 months, 1 week ago

Labour pledge to renationalise railways within five years

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Status of major rail reforms labelled ‘staggering admission of failure’
1 year, 4 months ago

Status of major rail reforms labelled ‘staggering admission of failure’

The Independent  

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Labour not guilty of ‘great rail betrayal’ over HS2, Sir Keir Starmer insists
1 year, 6 months ago

Labour not guilty of ‘great rail betrayal’ over HS2, Sir Keir Starmer insists

The Independent  

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Ministers accused of ‘rail betrayal’ as they refuse to confirm HS2 to Manchester
1 year, 6 months ago

Ministers accused of ‘rail betrayal’ as they refuse to confirm HS2 to Manchester

The Independent  

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Labour studying HS2 costs amid questions over fate of Manchester leg
1 year, 6 months ago

Labour studying HS2 costs amid questions over fate of Manchester leg

The Independent  

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Boost train competition to ‘revitalise’ railways, report urges
1 year, 8 months ago

Boost train competition to ‘revitalise’ railways, report urges

The Independent  

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Nearly a quarter of train journeys to be on nationalised services
1 year, 10 months ago

Nearly a quarter of train journeys to be on nationalised services

The Independent  

Nearly one in four passenger journeys on Britain’s railways will be on nationalised services once TransPennine Express comes under Government control. The next Labour government will end this sticking plaster politics Louise Haigh, shadow transport secretary It will take over TransPennine Express on May 28. Labour’s shadow transport secretary, Louise Haigh, said: “This endless cycle of shambolic private operators failing …

We must reimagine the future of the railway to help it succeed
1 year, 11 months ago

We must reimagine the future of the railway to help it succeed

The Independent  

For more than a century, and thanks to the rise of the internal combustion engine, Britain’s railways have been in an almost constant state of decline. While inflation rages and wage costs soar, Network Rail can only hold its spending on maintenance at a constant cash level; it means real terms investment spending on the existing system, leaving aside HS2 …

Sturgeon urges Harper to intervene in rail dispute as more strikes loom
2 years, 3 months ago

Sturgeon urges Harper to intervene in rail dispute as more strikes loom

The Independent  

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Not a way to run a railway: the lunacy of trains in the UK
2 years, 3 months ago

Not a way to run a railway: the lunacy of trains in the UK

The Independent  

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Creation of Great British Railways delayed
2 years, 5 months ago

Creation of Great British Railways delayed

The Independent  

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Unions call for urgent meeting with Nicola Sturgeon over future of rail network
2 years, 5 months ago

Unions call for urgent meeting with Nicola Sturgeon over future of rail network

The Independent  

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Liz Truss and Kwarteng ‘libertarian anarchists’, says RMT boss Mick Lynch
2 years, 6 months ago

Liz Truss and Kwarteng ‘libertarian anarchists’, says RMT boss Mick Lynch

The Independent  

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Rail strikes disrupt weekend travel
2 years, 7 months ago

Rail strikes disrupt weekend travel

The Independent  

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Government’s rail cuts ‘letting down North and Midlands’ as MPs urge rethink
2 years, 8 months ago

Government’s rail cuts ‘letting down North and Midlands’ as MPs urge rethink

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Further strike action possible as latest walkout cripples rail services again
2 years, 9 months ago

Further strike action possible as latest walkout cripples rail services again

The Independent  

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The Tories have resorted to sharing misleading information over rail strikes
2 years, 9 months ago

The Tories have resorted to sharing misleading information over rail strikes

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Move to publicly-owned rail operator must not mean job losses, warns Labour
3 years, 1 month ago

Move to publicly-owned rail operator must not mean job losses, warns Labour

The Independent  

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Government takes over Southeastern train services
3 years, 5 months ago

Government takes over Southeastern train services

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Passengers and taxpayers deserve better value from railway, say MPs
3 years, 8 months ago

Passengers and taxpayers deserve better value from railway, say MPs

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a hard-hitting report, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee say the Department for Transport “has neither the necessary urgency …

Great British Railways: How will new public sector body’s train network reforms work?
3 years, 10 months ago

Great British Railways: How will new public sector body’s train network reforms work?

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Great British Railways: What powers will the new body have and will it cure our love-hate relationship with rail?
3 years, 10 months ago

Great British Railways: What powers will the new body have and will it cure our love-hate relationship with rail?

The Independent  

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Great British Railways: Major revamp brings UK’s train network back under control of public body
3 years, 10 months ago

Great British Railways: Major revamp brings UK’s train network back under control of public body

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General election: What the Conservative Party manifesto says about travel and transport
5 years, 4 months ago

General election: What the Conservative Party manifesto says about travel and transport

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Privatising Britain’s railways cost taxpayers £5bn per year and increased fares, Labour claims
6 years, 4 months ago

Privatising Britain’s railways cost taxpayers £5bn per year and increased fares, Labour claims

The Independent  

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UK railways: Theresa May 'considering major review of future of network' as anger at disruption grows
6 years, 6 months ago

UK railways: Theresa May 'considering major review of future of network' as anger at disruption grows

The Independent  

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Renationalising railways supported by almost two thirds of Britons, exclusive poll reveals
6 years, 9 months ago

Renationalising railways supported by almost two thirds of Britons, exclusive poll reveals

The Independent  

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The government needs to make an economic – not an ideological – decision about our railways
6 years, 10 months ago

The government needs to make an economic – not an ideological – decision about our railways

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Train fares: rail firms call for ‘root and branch’ reform
6 years, 10 months ago

Train fares: rail firms call for ‘root and branch’ reform

The Independent  

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