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?

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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 but short of allowing them to fail, with rail services having practically ended across significant parts of the country, nationalisation was the only option. There’s a new consumer watchdog, the Passenger Standards Authority, which ministers say will “independently monitor standards and champion improvement in service performance against a range of measures”. The shadow transport secretary Gareth Baker, obscure even by the usual standards of this post, hasn’t really got his engine stoked up yet: “Labour have voted against our plan to strengthen the rights of passengers and commuters.

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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’

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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?

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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 proportion of rail services will be in public hands by the end of 2025?
3 months, 4 weeks ago

What proportion of rail services will be in public hands by the end of 2025?

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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

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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 …

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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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. Read our privacy policy South Western Railway will be the first rail operator to return to public ownership next year, …

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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Fast track to nowhere: Nationalising the railways will cost Britain dear, warns ALEX BRUMMER
4 months, 1 week ago

Fast track to nowhere: Nationalising the railways will cost Britain dear, warns ALEX BRUMMER

Daily Mail  

Amid the outrage from retailers and farmers over a poorly designed £40billion tax-raising Budget, Labour’s most misplaced act of socialism has gone almost unnoticed. The Labour manifesto promised to end the hybrid settlement under which mainly private sector licence holders use tracks centrally controlled by Network Rail. Public ownership: The railway nationalisation bill is on a serene, high speed journey …

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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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

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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’

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

Creation of Great British Railways delayed

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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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Major changes to the UK’s rail timetables come into effect on Sunday
2 years, 10 months ago

Major changes to the UK’s rail timetables come into effect on Sunday

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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. Read our privacy policy “Huge cuts to rail services will hit communities across the North,” Labour’s transport spokesperson, Louise Haigh, …

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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British Rail is back, sort of, as government tries to bring 24 years of rail chaos to a close
3 years, 10 months ago

British Rail is back, sort of, as government tries to bring 24 years of rail chaos to a close

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Welcome back British Rail! British Rail, sorry, Great British Railways, will be a state-owned entity that will set the timetables, oversee prices, look after the infrastructure and sell the tickets centrally. There was even a time when French and German rail passengers had their super-efficient travel subsidised by profits their train-operating companies made from Britain’s shabby system. But the “Great” …

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?

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Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The present system …

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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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. Instead, a new public body, Great British Railways, will “integrate the railways, owning the infrastructure, collecting fare revenue, running and …

Do EU rules stop Britain re-nationalising its railways? It depends what you mean by 'nationalise'
5 years, 9 months ago

Do EU rules stop Britain re-nationalising its railways? It depends what you mean by 'nationalise'

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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

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The 'catastrophic' privatisation of Britain’s railways has cost the taxpayer £5bn …

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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Whether or not nationalisation is the answer, there are serious questions about the health of Britain's railways
7 years, 3 months ago

Whether or not nationalisation is the answer, there are serious questions about the health of Britain's railways

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The Labour Party's renationalisation solution to failing rail franchises risks returning to a golden age of British Rail that never was
8 years, 1 month ago

The Labour Party's renationalisation solution to failing rail franchises risks returning to a golden age of British Rail that never was

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Our railways are a disaster – but nationalisation would only make the situation worse
8 years, 6 months ago

Our railways are a disaster – but nationalisation would only make the situation worse

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Corbyn: Nationalising some rail services could cut ticket prices by 10%
8 years, 7 months ago

Corbyn: Nationalising some rail services could cut ticket prices by 10%

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Britain's railways doing well despite privatisation
9 years, 2 months ago

Britain's railways doing well despite privatisation

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