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As a long-time campaigner for publicly owned railways and the proud owner of a very well-worn @bringbackbritishrail.org t-shirt, I am excited to vote for #GreatBritishRailways in public hands today 🛤️🙌 But as @sianberry just said in the Commons debate - shall we do the actual trains next?! 🚆

Today House of Commons will debate Railways Bill Great that franchises are coming into public ownership but we also need 🚄 Publicly owned rolling stock (trains) 🚄 An end to competition + private profit 🚄 Accountable passenger watchdog 🚄 Lower fares, new lines, investment!

🚄Excellent news - the government is freezing rail fares!🚄 Next we need REDUCTIONS as UK rail fares are out of control But this is a step in the right direction after 30 years of privatisation and a win for public ownership! 🎉🎉🎉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🚨 NEW: Rail fares will be frozen for the first time in 30 years. ASLEF has long been campaigning against transport poverty. This is the right decision, at the right time, to help passengers be able to afford to make the journeys they need to take. 👏 @heidialexander.bsky.social

The government’s new Railways Bill, tabled today in the House of Commons, sets Great British Railways up to fail and passengers to be disappointed. 👀Take a look at our response to the Bill.

Great British Railways legislation out today! 🎉🚄 Here are 5 ways the government can use public ownership to bring down our extortionate rail fares 🔽 labourlist.org/2025/08/publ...

Ellie Harrison of @Bringbackbritishrail wants to see a publicly-owned ticket retailer to set affordable fares. What do you want for the future of our railways? We've set out our vision for the railways. Email your MP today and get them to fight for a railway that puts passengers first. 👇

Why are we still waiting for better buses? 🚍 Next Weds 24 Sept, we're back at the ScotParl for the 2nd hearing of our petition to "Accelerate the implementation of bus franchising powers" Help us reach 5,000 signatures before! Sign & share this link 👇 📝 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2116

Rail researcher, Dr Grace Brown, explains why the upcoming railways bill is the perfect time to end the rolling stock rip-off. Private train leasing companies made over £400m in profit in 2023. That money should be reinvested to lower fares. Agree? Email your MP today👇

Rail expert @christianwolmar explains how public ownership of rail has worked in the past and can work again. Get your MP to fight for a railway that delivers for passengers, not private profiteers. Take 1 minute to email them today 👇

This time last week we brought together over 40 MPs and rail experts in parliament to push for a railway that works for passengers, not profit. The railways bill is a huge opportunity to finally kick out private profiteers from the system and bring down fares. Get your MP to read our report 👇

Lots of MP's want a railway that works for passengers, not profit. Alongside @chrishinchliff, @martinwrigleymp and rail experts, we co-hosted a parliamentary drop-in session attended by over 40 MPs. The government must make public ownership of the railways a success.

Do you want a railway that works for people not profit? 🚆 The good news is there’s lots of MPs who agree. 👍🏼 We were in parliament today with Chris Hinchliffe MP, Martin Wrigley MP and some fantastic rail experts to launch our vision for the railways bill. Check out the report below 👇🏼

Are you an MP? Do you want to know how to make public ownership of rail a huge success? TODAY brilliant experts are ready to talk to you at Jubilee room in parliament 12pm-2pm! incl @christianwolmar.bsky.social @bringbackbr.bsky.social @abcommuters.bsky.social weownit.org.uk/act-now/pass...

State-owned Scotrail scrapped peak fares this week. Meanwhile rail fares across the UK could go up 5.8%. Public transport finance could & should be radically overhauled to release it from dependence on fares. Read our guest blog from @farefreelondon.bsky.social on the case for fare-free transport.

Our railway must work for passengers, not profit. We're in Parliament this Thursday, 4th September to talk to MPs about rail reforms the government needs to include in their Railways Bill. 27 MPs have already said they are coming. Ask your MP to join us in Parliament TODAY vist.ly/459mj

"Axe ROSCOs, scrap open access" 🚆 Great coverage of @weownit.org.uk's calls for full UK rail renationalisation on RailTech.com 👏 Read the 'Passengers not profit: a vision for the Railways Bill' report here 👇 weownit.org.uk/act-now/pass...

There's so much at stake with the new Railways Bill being introduced to the UK Parliament this autumn 🚆 Check out @weownit.org.uk's vision for how our new publicly-owned #GreatBritishRailways should be established 👇

🚨BREAKING: Rail fares could go up by 5.5%🚨 But they don't have to. There is a different way. Delivering public ownership of our whole railway - not only train operators - would allow the government to cut fares for you. 🆕READ our new report now: weownit.org.uk/passengersno...

3 out of 4 of us want a publicly owned railway. But how can we make sure it's a success? We asked rail experts including @christianwolmar.bsky.social @abcommuters.bsky.social @bringbackbr.bsky.social @rmtunion.bsky.social 🚄👉https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/passengers-vision-for-the-railways-bill

📣Launching today!📣 Our vision for Labour's Railways Bill. 🚆 We're calling on the government to make FULL public ownership the final destination of their rail reforms. Read the full report today. Link in comments👇

Our new publicly-owned #GreatBritishRailways must mark the beginning of a new era 🚆 We need a railway that is run in the public interest – one that is fully-accessible & affordable for everyone to use 🙌 Read @abcommuters.bsky.social's open letter to @heidialexander.bsky.social 👇

A trailer for Blurred Lines was screened at the Scotsman Picturehouse earlier today as part of the Bristol and Edinburgh Filmfest! Thanks to @bringbackbr.bsky.social for making it happen! 😀

This is just shocking 😱 Transport Secretary @heidialexander.bsky.social is asleep at the wheel! Allowing the Office of Rail & Road to approve these privatised 'open access' services will prevent the delivery of a fully re-unified, publicly-owned #GreatBritishRailways until at least 2033 🚆

Enjoyed this documentary and was reminded not only that the name Great British Railways is dumb but also that rolling stock companies and open access lie diametrically opposite a truly nationalised railway; nice work by @rikufryderyk.bsky.social!

Fantastic new documentary on Great British Railways, asking why the government is so slow to come up with a proper plan. Made by the talented young filmmaker @rikufryderyk.bsky.social feat Ellie Harrison from @bringbackbr.bsky.social and @christianwolmar.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_6U...

Brilliant to see c2c rail services now back in public ownership! 👏 But just how long will we be waiting until #GreatBritishRailways is established? 🚉🤔 Watch 14-year-old film maker @rikufryderyk.bsky.social try to make sense of it in this new documentary 👇

RMT welcomes c2c public ownership and calls for end to outsourcing: London to Essex train company c2c will come into public hands on Sunday but outsourced cleaners will remain with a private contractor. rmtunion.org/3IAVc35

Private 'open access' rail services are threatening billions of public money and the future of rail reform under Great British Railways. The Transport Minister must urgently intervene and block any more approvals from the rail regulator, Office of Rail and Road weownit.org.uk/news/stop-pr...

📢 Read our letter to Heidi Alexander demanding urgent action to stop the ORR awarding new contracts to private companies 🚆💸 Allowing 'open access' operators to continue will completely undermine our new publicly-owned #GreatBritishRailways 👇 📩 weownit.org.uk/news/stop-private-firms-in-our-railway

8 in 10 of us back full public ownership of rail. And the government is working on delivering it. But @railandroad is still letting private firms in - disrespecting democracy. @Heidi_Labour, impose a moratorium on new 'open-access' approvals. vist.ly/3xwvq

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 millions in public subsidy because FirstGroup is sucking all the profit out of the line through Lumo 💸

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 👇 📨 weownit.org.uk/act-now/great-british-railways-action

The govt’s Railways Bill is making its way through Parliament. BUT private rail companies are already lobbying to let them keep a piece of the pie. Watch a panel of experts discuss the changes we need in our railway to make sure public ownership works. vist.ly/3n7rrm2

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: weownit.org.uk/act-now/events Let's Make #GreatBritishRailways Great!

Railways are moving into public ownership, but private companies are fighting tooth and nail for a share. Join We Own it & a panel of rail experts live on Tuesday 24th June to hear more about how we can make sure Great British Railways is truly great.

RMT slams First Group's profiteering and calls for crackdown on open access rail Rail union, RMT today condemned First Group’s huge profits and its ongoing exploitation of Britain’s fragmented railway system through open access operations. youtu.be/CPUfIOvtrt4?...

🚨 NEW: “The Open Access Gravy Train — Why It Must End” Open access rail services are bleeding public money into private hands — just as Britain begins to rebuild its railways. A must-read for anyone who wants real public transport. open.substack.com/pub/rmtunion...

So much for the prospect of government'policy simply aimed at achieving the public good.

Ludicrous. Much like retaining ticket sellers like Trainline who provide the same service as network rail, but for a fee. Fools and their money 🙄

Allowing Open Access operators to run privatised rail services in competition with publicly-owned operators risks sabotaging the whole #GreatBritishRailways project 🚆 @heidialexander.bsky.social must stop the Office of Rail & Road granting more licences before it’s too late!

Open Access Crisis: Great British Railways and East Coast Main Line under threat. Network Rail warns of December timetable crisis, with billions of taxpayers' money under threat. But the rail regulator, ORR, is betraying the public and backing the private companies. abcommuters.com/2025/06/08/o...

The problems of the privatised railway will continue if @heidialexander.bsky.social persists with plans to enable “An ongoing role for the private sector” 🚆 Allowing Open Access services alongside #GreatBritishRailways will mean passengers are still penalised for catching the 'wrong' train 🤦

📻 Did you hear us on LBC News last week? 🚆 We were welcoming the re-nationalisation of South Western Railway, and discussing the legislative steps required before #GreatBritishRailways is finally established… Listen here 👇 @weownit.org.uk

YES! I worked for Dept of Transport (aka DAFT) when railways were privatised and even politically neutral civil servants voiced our concerns about such a daft [!] policy. @bringbackbr.bsky.social

Best of luck. Running private and public services in parallel is merely a way to ensure the efficient transfer of taxpayers' money to shareholders and CEOs. See also NHS.

We're celebrating SWR being brought back into public ownership today 👏 But the real fight begins with the Railways Bill later this year🚆✊ Labour's plan to maintain “An ongoing role for the private sector” risks undermining #GreatBritishRailways www.bringbackbritishrail.org/2025/05/cele...

Amazing! Government is bringing rail into public ownership after 30 years of failed privatisation 🎉🚄🎉🚄🎉🚄 Now what's needed? - NO backdoor privatisation / "ongoing role" for private sector - Bring the trains themselves into public hands - INVEST! www.gov.uk/government/n...

Exposed: Great British Railways Under Threat from Private Companies, Part One Tory task force GBRTT remained main policy advisor to the DfT until March this year, with evidence of corporate capture by private companies @bringbackbr.bsky.social abcommuters.com/2025/05/16/g...